Feudalism is a system of governance, comparable to democracy, aristocracy, monarchy, etc., Capitalism is economic, comparable, to communism, socialism, or in the case of feudal societies, Manorialism, in Europe, evolving from the collapsed Roman Empire with wealth concentrated in the hands of the senatorial class. The manor lords became the defacto judges, and defenders(knights) of the surrounding peasants after the collapse of central authority. The ties of peasant to manor lord (the land) became the political vassals in the feudal states. The most powerful, not necessarily the wealthiest, becoming the Kings.
It is, IMHO, a bit of intellectual masturbation to presume that such things can be neatly divided into separate concepts. Feudalism is deeply tied to agrarian societies, mercantilism, and, eventually, capitalism. Did you have examples of socialist or communist feudal societies?
It is similar to trying to coax consumerism out of capitalism. Consumerism can certainly exist in non-capitalist economies, but can capitalism exist without consumerism? I doubt it.
And the most powerful, generally, become the "wealthiest".
My greetings to Bob, he seems to be a very smart and erudite man!
FSU should logically be an abbreviation for the Former Soviet Union (not identical with the Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS, which didn't include former Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs) which chose to break off and become "independent", like the Baltic and Southern Caucasus states, plus Moldavia on the west flank).
"There has never been a true communist or socialist government, and even if one existed, it would be surrounded by and under constant attack by the capitalists. The truth is that socialism is just another form of capitalism, but with the “government” “owning” the capital instead of private individuals."
If that is the case, why did the Capitalist "Free World" led by America wage a War on Communism (aka, the first Cold War) for much of the 20th century?
And why today do America and other capitalist regimes from Japan to Argentina continue to rage against what they themselves call communist or socialist states from China to North Korea to Cuba to Venezuela, if they were all just in fact another form of capitalism?
You would think that these capitalist states would not expend the massive amount of resources, money, and energy--not to mention waging wars--to attack communism/socialism if it were just another type of capitalism.
Capitalism, socialism, free trade, yadadada = faux narratives to distract us from REALITY....which is clearly outlined in the Bible.....but who believes that ancient artifact, eh? Maybe Michael Hudson?
As Vox Day says: "I definitely have to read this book, especially in light of Rothbard's economic history that essentially reduces the development of modern economics to the gradual relaxations of Christian society's ban on usury over the centuries. As crazy as it sounds, it is entirely possible that what we think of as a necessity for economic growth is, to the contrary, an integral factor in reestablishing large-scale human slavery.
To paraphrase Philip K. Dick, Jesus Christ's war against the moneylenders never ended.
Just because some people are inclined to binary-thinking, allow me to be very clear and state that I do not think this literal interpretation of the Lord's Prayer negates or adulterates in any way the metaphorical debt of sin to which Jesus Christ was without question referring. But given what we know of these matters after centuries of additional evidence concerning the matter, it is the exact opposite of far-fetched to imagine that the literal context is also relevant." -copied from the first article in the following list
Interesting post, Julian. I do however find it baffling that people in the Soviet Union, while having cosmonauts doing space walks, ever could believe that capitalism delivered well-fed happy butlers to its citizens, and that all could have that (and no one had to be the butler), and that they were suckers because of that. Bizarre. Strange.
Most ex-soviets, that I did speak to, were quite happy with their Soviet Union, and not happy with what came after. There's a reason, of course, why many of them are still communists, voting for the communist party. Communism, in the Soviet Union, was not bad at all for them and their families.
Some might even love Stalin, clearing out the worst greedy capitalist bastards, I guess? I tend to get a warm feeling for Stalin, myself, when I read quotes and watch the testimony of one of his bodyguards, even if the creator of the clip (or the owners of the PooTube) added horrible music to it. Stalin was clearly not a narcissistic psychopath, but a man with high morals and character. I won't deny it. I love the dude.
Personally, I believe the Soviets were, as people are most, morally inerior, short-sighted, greedy and never happy with what they've got, unlike Stalin, who was not only a true communist, but also happy with very little, and always willing to share and give credit to real heroes, in a kind of Jesus-like manner, even if knowing the inner minds of the psychopaths, and being hard as steel against them, getting rid of them, in order to protect his soviet comrades.
Some soviets might also have wanted good relations with Europe, of course, like Putin wanted, maybe for both personal reasons, and maybe also for a surviving Northern Hemisphere?
Putin and Russia was denied this promised safety and unity repeatedly, by all warmongering oligarchs, and their political serfs of the west, and the idiots voting for those serfs to warmongers, because of corrupt warmongering media, and mental inability to tell lies from evident truth.
I try to inform people often in Sweden about how to tell lies from evident truth:
Personally, I believe in balance, and that we can achieve it. Some things must be nationalized, and owned by the people through the local communes, regions, state, like health care, schools, pharma, military, military industries, and all other things where profit for a few psychopaths leads to insane immorality. Psychopaths must be located early and be steered early in a way so they can be successful in life, without hurting others, or if not willing, live their lives in mental institutions, and try to keep them as happy as possible in there.
Monopolies, and the rich, must constantly be taxed hard, and wealth must constantly be redistributed to avoid poverty and enslavement of the majority, or unity will hardly be possible!
We had great unity in Sweden, because of "progressive taxation" and low immigration, until the murder of Olof Palme. Since then, Sweden has been under a kind of half-open "coup d'état" in slow-motion, raising inequality, raising immigration, and raising unemployment. Crime and racism follows, of course.
90% of the sheeple of Sweden, however, do not take any notice of this, do not support the wiser leaders, and clearly we are moving into a society filled with poverty, desperation, violence and a high murder frequency... until they wake up and smell the coffee... of course.
So, support people who show signs of being awake! Support wise leaders, who can see simple correlations, who can propose rational solutions, and are standing up for you and your children, and for peace for all children, with a straight spine, and are willing to cooperate in a broad Rainbow Coalition, for peace and unity!
The good people are rare. Very rare. Be kind to the good people! Be one of them! Unite with them! Do not expect the sheeple to wake up quickly! They are mentally slow and immoral, just because they are sheeple!
Regarding the Mega-Rich hiding money ; another way to do that is to put it in Trust Funds which I believe are always tax free . The Trust fund for the Anglo American branch of the Rothschild Family is thought to be about 15 Trillion US ( sounds unbelievable but it's what I heard ) and the Trust for the Continental European Branch is meant to be a tad over 2 Trillion .
Feudalism is a system of governance, comparable to democracy, aristocracy, monarchy, etc., Capitalism is economic, comparable, to communism, socialism, or in the case of feudal societies, Manorialism, in Europe, evolving from the collapsed Roman Empire with wealth concentrated in the hands of the senatorial class. The manor lords became the defacto judges, and defenders(knights) of the surrounding peasants after the collapse of central authority. The ties of peasant to manor lord (the land) became the political vassals in the feudal states. The most powerful, not necessarily the wealthiest, becoming the Kings.
It is, IMHO, a bit of intellectual masturbation to presume that such things can be neatly divided into separate concepts. Feudalism is deeply tied to agrarian societies, mercantilism, and, eventually, capitalism. Did you have examples of socialist or communist feudal societies?
It is similar to trying to coax consumerism out of capitalism. Consumerism can certainly exist in non-capitalist economies, but can capitalism exist without consumerism? I doubt it.
And the most powerful, generally, become the "wealthiest".
My greetings to Bob, he seems to be a very smart and erudite man!
FSU should logically be an abbreviation for the Former Soviet Union (not identical with the Commonwealth of Independent States - CIS, which didn't include former Soviet Socialist Republics (SSRs) which chose to break off and become "independent", like the Baltic and Southern Caucasus states, plus Moldavia on the west flank).
What does FSU stand for and what does the diagram show?https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd67cd77-442c-4d52-ae9e-d86a0a0fd9b5_814x556.jpeg
"There has never been a true communist or socialist government, and even if one existed, it would be surrounded by and under constant attack by the capitalists. The truth is that socialism is just another form of capitalism, but with the “government” “owning” the capital instead of private individuals."
If that is the case, why did the Capitalist "Free World" led by America wage a War on Communism (aka, the first Cold War) for much of the 20th century?
And why today do America and other capitalist regimes from Japan to Argentina continue to rage against what they themselves call communist or socialist states from China to North Korea to Cuba to Venezuela, if they were all just in fact another form of capitalism?
You would think that these capitalist states would not expend the massive amount of resources, money, and energy--not to mention waging wars--to attack communism/socialism if it were just another type of capitalism.
That doesn't make sense.
Capitalism, socialism, free trade, yadadada = faux narratives to distract us from REALITY....which is clearly outlined in the Bible.....but who believes that ancient artifact, eh? Maybe Michael Hudson?
As Vox Day says: "I definitely have to read this book, especially in light of Rothbard's economic history that essentially reduces the development of modern economics to the gradual relaxations of Christian society's ban on usury over the centuries. As crazy as it sounds, it is entirely possible that what we think of as a necessity for economic growth is, to the contrary, an integral factor in reestablishing large-scale human slavery.
To paraphrase Philip K. Dick, Jesus Christ's war against the moneylenders never ended.
Just because some people are inclined to binary-thinking, allow me to be very clear and state that I do not think this literal interpretation of the Lord's Prayer negates or adulterates in any way the metaphorical debt of sin to which Jesus Christ was without question referring. But given what we know of these matters after centuries of additional evidence concerning the matter, it is the exact opposite of far-fetched to imagine that the literal context is also relevant." -copied from the first article in the following list
https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/search?q=Forgive+debts&max-results=20&by-date=false&m=1 - but we keep trying - and failing repeatedly - because we think we're smarter than God!
God? Who is this mythical god thing people use as a last resort reference? Probably best to keep fantasy out of the conversation.
Ha! Your response is as old mankind.
https://crushlimbraw.blogspot.com/search?q=God+laughs&updated-max=2024-05-02T10:13:00-07:00&max-results=20&start=0&by-date=false&m=1?
https://www.openbible.info/topics/god_laughs
No - I don't expect you to read them - but that's where my responsibility ends.
Interesting post, Julian. I do however find it baffling that people in the Soviet Union, while having cosmonauts doing space walks, ever could believe that capitalism delivered well-fed happy butlers to its citizens, and that all could have that (and no one had to be the butler), and that they were suckers because of that. Bizarre. Strange.
Most ex-soviets, that I did speak to, were quite happy with their Soviet Union, and not happy with what came after. There's a reason, of course, why many of them are still communists, voting for the communist party. Communism, in the Soviet Union, was not bad at all for them and their families.
Some might even love Stalin, clearing out the worst greedy capitalist bastards, I guess? I tend to get a warm feeling for Stalin, myself, when I read quotes and watch the testimony of one of his bodyguards, even if the creator of the clip (or the owners of the PooTube) added horrible music to it. Stalin was clearly not a narcissistic psychopath, but a man with high morals and character. I won't deny it. I love the dude.
Personally, I believe the Soviets were, as people are most, morally inerior, short-sighted, greedy and never happy with what they've got, unlike Stalin, who was not only a true communist, but also happy with very little, and always willing to share and give credit to real heroes, in a kind of Jesus-like manner, even if knowing the inner minds of the psychopaths, and being hard as steel against them, getting rid of them, in order to protect his soviet comrades.
Some soviets might also have wanted good relations with Europe, of course, like Putin wanted, maybe for both personal reasons, and maybe also for a surviving Northern Hemisphere?
Putin and Russia was denied this promised safety and unity repeatedly, by all warmongering oligarchs, and their political serfs of the west, and the idiots voting for those serfs to warmongers, because of corrupt warmongering media, and mental inability to tell lies from evident truth.
I try to inform people often in Sweden about how to tell lies from evident truth:
https://vetenskapligapartiet.wordpress.com/vi-vill/sanning/
Personally, I believe in balance, and that we can achieve it. Some things must be nationalized, and owned by the people through the local communes, regions, state, like health care, schools, pharma, military, military industries, and all other things where profit for a few psychopaths leads to insane immorality. Psychopaths must be located early and be steered early in a way so they can be successful in life, without hurting others, or if not willing, live their lives in mental institutions, and try to keep them as happy as possible in there.
Monopolies, and the rich, must constantly be taxed hard, and wealth must constantly be redistributed to avoid poverty and enslavement of the majority, or unity will hardly be possible!
We had great unity in Sweden, because of "progressive taxation" and low immigration, until the murder of Olof Palme. Since then, Sweden has been under a kind of half-open "coup d'état" in slow-motion, raising inequality, raising immigration, and raising unemployment. Crime and racism follows, of course.
The old "Sold F", a Swedish military instruction manual, warned about it, under the chapter about "psychological defense". https://vetenskapligapartiet.wordpress.com/2018/01/05/konspirationsteori-gamla-och-nya-soldathandboken-om-desinformation-och-hur-den-pa-ett-markligt-vis-forandrats/
90% of the sheeple of Sweden, however, do not take any notice of this, do not support the wiser leaders, and clearly we are moving into a society filled with poverty, desperation, violence and a high murder frequency... until they wake up and smell the coffee... of course.
So, support people who show signs of being awake! Support wise leaders, who can see simple correlations, who can propose rational solutions, and are standing up for you and your children, and for peace for all children, with a straight spine, and are willing to cooperate in a broad Rainbow Coalition, for peace and unity!
The good people are rare. Very rare. Be kind to the good people! Be one of them! Unite with them! Do not expect the sheeple to wake up quickly! They are mentally slow and immoral, just because they are sheeple!
Have pity for the sheeple! That is the key!
Is it GDP and Former Soviet Union?!
Ban the bra I say!
I wonder if AI menstruates?
Very interesting .
Regarding the Mega-Rich hiding money ; another way to do that is to put it in Trust Funds which I believe are always tax free . The Trust fund for the Anglo American branch of the Rothschild Family is thought to be about 15 Trillion US ( sounds unbelievable but it's what I heard ) and the Trust for the Continental European Branch is meant to be a tad over 2 Trillion .
I would also like to know what FSU stands for .
Friends Stand United
2
Fuck Shit Up
1
Field Sanitvtion Unit
1
Fast-Spike Unit
1
All anyone needs to do is look at capitalist, socialist, and communist countries (past and present) to see what works the best and what doesn't.
thats not easy to do in this era of misinformation and censorship, living under a propaganda system that includes the msm and education system.
its so great that social media and substack authors like Julian exist to provide alternative views and info.