“What If” Humans Are Spiritual Beings Primarily?

What if now we are living in a time when we are ready for this understanding and a time that needs this kind of understanding for us to be able to solve the problems that we face?

How would that affect how we perceive the physical world?

In brief, our quest to understand the infinite complexity of the world around us will probably gain intensity and certainly it will gain focus.

How will that affect how we perceive our intellectual powers?

In brief, this gift of intellect will be honored more and shared for the benefit of each other since our gift is what, in turn, we can give to others.

How will that affect our purpose, knowing that we are spiritual beings primarily?

That is a good question. The answer seems to be just out of reach, sort of like the embryo in the womb – feeling more and more cramped – but not really knowing all the wonders ahead or how all of the senses developed in the womb will come in handy.

It is not really a “what if” question, it is a “roll up your sleeves and get to it” call to action.

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All The Wiser, You Say?

When the seed lands on fertile soil its intended purpose begins to unfold. Weeds will need to be removed and care will need to be sustained though.

At every instant we take in information that comes from observation or deliberate research and this influx of information is knowledge. Even if it is misunderstood it still becomes part of our knowledge base for the time being until we learn otherwise. I like the use of the word “otherwise” because it includes the word ‘wise.’ Wisdom is knowledge that has gone through this process and is aligned with reality.

For all individuals knowledge is ever-present and readily accessible. The nature of knowledge is that it is ever-present and readily accessible. The role of knowledge is to satisfy the need to know. This loop of the nature and role of knowledge is self-sustaining if unimpeded.

When the nature and role of knowledge is unimpeded the economy functions at its highest potential.

In the divine economy model it is the axis of the “Nature and Role of Knowledge” that all things revolve around.

Whatever allows the free flow of knowledge serves the economy best. All interventionism constrains the free flow of knowledge hence it is harmful to the economy and to the people of the world.

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Savings, Time Preference, and Future Civilization

Randy notices things and he takes the time to think about what he sees. He is like you and me because he gains understanding by examining and pondering cause and effect.

Good economics is the opposite of the nonsense of debt and spending. The very best school of economic thought is Austrian economics which is built upon the foundation laid by Menger and Bohm-Bawerk, Mises, and Rothbard, and which recognizes the subjective nature of human decisions. One aspect of the subjective decision-making that humans make has to do with the future.

Time preference and savings are part of economics and economics is, broadly speaking, the study of human action. One of the laws of human action that is understood apriori is that humans prefer to have now what is desired rather than at some time in the future. This is what the economic term of time preference represents.

Of course time preference is subjective so the degree of preferring now to the future changes for an individual and across individuals for many reasons and over time. In societies where humans are no longer just barely subsistent it manifests itself in the economy as savings which in turn becomes capital and becomes a part of the capital structure. The capital and the capital structure transform the level of productivity in the economy in a manner that meets the hopes for the future that is inherent in the time preference of that society.

As examples, if one society fears war and inflation in the future the time preferences would be very high and under those conditions saving makes little sense. If another society is at peace with other neighboring societies and the value of its money is appreciating because of the effects of increasing productivity then the time preference is relatively low and the tendency to save would be greater.

Not only is time preference an indicator of the anxiety or tranquility of a society but it also directly affects the amount of savings which then affects directly the potential for transformation since it affects the capital and the capital structure.

In other words, the peaceful society will be more prosperous and the people in that society will not only have more goods and service available but will also have put aside money as savings which will enable them to be able to purchase and enjoy these new and wondrous things.

Now suppose the peaceful and prosperous society has a significant number of people who become less attached to earthly pleasures because of a changed spiritual orientation. In the present they will not need as much as before and this means that their time preference decreases. This translates into more savings and more capital to enter the capital structure. The capital and the capital structure is what transforms the economy and that transformation always is in the direction of serving the consumer.

What goods and services will best serve the increasing number of these spiritually motivated members of society? None of this can be known ahead of time. What is known is that societies in the future will look different from the one we know and at some point in time those societies will be significantly different from anything we imagined.

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Socialism = Declination. It is the destroyer of civilization.

Lurking in the dark is the phantom, but being unsuspecting Richard and Elaham just go about their business as usual. They are in danger and do not know it. There are serious consequences ahead for them, perpetuated by the silent phantom. Richard and Elaham would have been wise to have been watchful.

Watchful and wise. When the incentive to save wanes the immediate consequences are not seen unless socialism is full-blown and chronic.

If a society has in the past had incentives to save, then when it transitions to socialism the full effect of this destructive ideology will be masked by capital consumption. There will still be resources carried over from the earlier times when capital was used to generate products for the future.

Examine the incentives to save in socialism. You do not own anything because it is collectivized. Some may reply ‘that is only in an extreme system of socialism but other lesser degrees of socialism allow ownership.’ But at some point the table tips because the disincentives to be the productive members of society become too great. Why work hard and save when others who do not work hard and save receive the benefits? This progressively whittles away at the numbers who are willing to work hard and save.

For example, when you do not own the place where you live and it needs repair do you (or will most people) take on the costs of the repairs?

The declination and deterioration begins to set in. Look at Venezuela.

Getting out of the blight of socialism is far more difficult than being lulled into it. Without ownership there is very little incentive to save (“Save for what?” is the pressing question.) which means that over time there are less and less available goods and services, eventually leading to the extreme system where the political class has all the wealth and the rest are impoverished.

Why would politicians strive for this? First, they are the ones in the political class. Then there are those who are actually militant Marxists who think that helping to destroy capitalism leads to the glorious age of communism!

How can politicians get away with portraying socialism as a noble ends?

• First, there is enough remnant capital that hides – in the short run – the destructiveness of socialism.
• Second, the politician demonizes wealth which enables the State:

1.  to distract attention away from the corruption of the State
2. to extract even more from those who have wealth, sustaining the State
3. and this also satisfies the envy of the masses.

• Third, the politician actually unabashedly promises to give people some of the wealth that it confiscates from the wealthy.
• Fourth, the politician allows the State to counterfeit the currency and amass great debt to give the illusion of viability.

Socialism = Declination. It is the destroyer of civilization.

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Illuminating Economics

Where is the light switch to turn on the light so we can navigate through the Dark Ages of economics in which we are living?

What better way to gain focus than to use a lens made with precision and which accurately does two things:

1. Provides such clarity that all things economic can be examined from all directions.
2. Completely exposes the flaws, the fallacies, the superstitions, and the destructiveness of statism.

Implied – going from the dark to the light – is leaving the darkness that is causing such great suffering and instead benefiting from true economic science, the light of which honors subjective human beings.

Of course, this means leaving behind the superstitions which have burdened economic science for a long time. These economic fallacies continue to linger and the only sensible way to deal with them is to let them disappear into their own darkness of ignorance.

An illuminating new technology is the best and most powerful way to completely dissociate true economic science from the darkness of economic ignorance and its corollary – political corruption.

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