Latest Issues of #AxisOfEasy
If the Fed succeeding is a “Black Swan,” bring it on. What if the “Black Swan” of 2023 is the Federal Reserve succeeds?
Read it »We have the capacity to learn from previous civilization’s errors–rising inequality, hubris, over-reach, decay of production and trade, parasitic elites, and so on–yet we go right ahead and repeat those same errors.
Read it »As painful as this liquidation and repricing of risk is for borrowers and lenders, those without debt, those with cash and those with essential skills that are in demand regardless of boom or bust will all benefit.
Read it »Malicious MasquerAds Lurks Undertop Google Search Results,
Latest in the Twitter Files: Leak Details the Concerning Role Twitter Played in the FBI and
Pentagon’s Efforts,
The UK is Trying to Scrap the GDPR, But How Good is its Replacement, Really? … this and more in AofE #279
If we want social / economic renewal, we have to make it easy to climb the ladder to middle class security for anyone willing to adopt the values and habits of thrift, prudence, negotiation, and hard work.
Read it »If the consensus of experts misunderstand money, credit and prosperity, how are we going to advance? Describing all the ways experts got it wrong is a thriving cottage industry.
Read it »This dynamic–making problems much worse by forcing more of whatever worked in the previous era into a saturated, increasing unstable new era–receives little attention or understanding.
Read it »Twitter’s latest updates: Banned profiles and cross-posting,
US Congress Moves Towards Crypto Regulation in Wake of FTX Collapse,
Open FBI files to public review prompts democrat concerns…. this and more in AofE #278
The question that should be on our minds is: how are my household’s buffers holding up? Lists of predictions for the new year are reliably popular.
Read it »It’s inconvenient when those whose sacrifices are essential to the system get fed up and find some other way to live. Convenience isn’t just about small appliances. It’s also about ruling nations. Let’s start with the semantics of ruling nations.
Read it »It shouldn’t surprise us if 2023 turns out to be atypical and disruptively transformational in ways few believe possible. It seems expectations about 2023 cleave neatly into two camps:
Read it »The mainstream assumption is the status quo will continue on much as before. This isn’t just unlikely, it’s impossible if total energy produced and consumed declines.
Read it »The gag reflex kicks in at some point and we walk away because it is no longer worth the price. Everyone has a line in the sand when it comes to inflated prices they refuse to pay.
Read it » Fourth installment of Twitter files reveals secret US government Twitter portal for censoring COVID-19 material,
Indian Tax Administration Requires Citizens to Link Aadhaar ID to their Permanent Account Numbers,
How PayPal went from Democratizing Financial Services to Becoming a Cornerstone of Our Emerging Social Credit System…. this and more in AofE #277
In my analysis, this is a fatally flawed misreading of structural trends and cycles. Is it time to get out of the stock market?
Read it »Those who see the madness for what it is have only one escape: go to ground, fade from public view, become self-reliant and weather the coming storm in the nooks and crannies.
Read it » FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried and the Modern Political Machine (and His Arrest),
Senate Committee adds age verification requirements to Bill C-11,
Iran-Backed Hackers Targets Human Rights Groups, Journalists And Politicians … this and more in AofE #276
What’s unfettered in America is “Communism for the Rich” and the normalization of corruption that results from the auctioning of political power to protect monopolies and cartels.
Read it »That’s how things fall apart: insiders know but keep their mouths shut, outsiders are clueless, and the decay that started slowly gathers momentum as the last of the experienced and competent workforce burns out, quits or retires.
Read it »The clueless technocrats are about to discover that unfairness and exploitation can’t be measured like revenues and profits, but that doesn’t mean they’re not real.
Read it »The only rational response to this reality is to opt out, lay flat and let it rot.
Read it »ESC movement: End Surveillance Capitalism,
The Twitter files,
TikTok Invisible Challenge “Unfilter” steals credit cards and other info … this and more in AofE #275
Who believed that central banks’ financial perpetual motion machine was anything more than trickery designed to generate phantom wealth ?
Read it »Greed is a powerful motivation to be an ardent believer in the central banking cult. The ideal cult convinces its followers that it isn’t a cult, it’s simply the natural order of things.
Read it »Contributors
Mark E. Jeftovic
Mark is the co-founder of easyDNS and the editor-in-chief of #AxisOfEasy. He is the author of Managing Mission Critical Domains & DNS (Packt UK, 2018) and Unassailable: Protect Yourself from Deplatform Attacks & Cancel Culture.
The Canadian Bitcoiners
Joey Tweets and Len the Lengend are the hosts of The Canadian Bitcoiners Podcast, and you may recognize them as the voices (and faces) behing the AxisOfEasy Podcast. CanadianBitcoiners.com
Charles Hugh Smith
Charles Hugh Smith is the author of numerous books and writes from OfTwoMinds.com.