“You’ll own nothing, and be happy.” Ha ha. I wonder if Schwab regrets saying that. Actually the phrase originated in 2016 from Danish MP Ida Auken’s essay “Welcome to 2030: I Own Nothing, Have No Privacy, and Life has Never Been Better” written for the World Economic Forum. Not sure why the WEF would embrace such a seemingly derogatory message. But they did (although it is no longer found on their website).
I find it hilarious that Harari is a spokesperson for the WEF. In his book Sapiens he talks about his belief that the golden age of the industrial revolution is done and humanity's greatest battle to come will be with the shadow side of the industrial revolution.
So what would any strong intelligent man do after pointing this out? Join forces with the biggest corporate leaders and super powers. This all seems like one giant SNL skit
I'm with you there brother. I am currently reading "Sapiens" (know thy enemy) and also find it odd that Harari would be joined up with Schwab & Company. He is probably a very weak smart person who wants to side with the apparent winners.
When I was a boy growing up in a Central European totalitarian country, I remember reading an article in which the author mused about the future of music. He said something like, "In the future, I see people attending huge concerts with stages awash in blazing light, musicians dressed in glittery outfits playing electronic instruments. Meanwhile, in a house on a quiet street, a little girl in the attic is playing the piano, singing Yesterday."
What's passed for music today is what the generic fodder peddled by the generic supermarket is to real food. Listening to music without seeing the musician in person is like eating without smelling the food. Like making love with a condom - no, scratch that - like jerking off to a porn movie.
We're living through a historical period in which people - among lots of other things - have succumbed to the idea that technologies (stuff concocted to perform tasks) have the power to provide a solution to every last thing in their lives. People have given up on their own selves and have pretty much outsourced most of their lives to providers of this and that and the other thing.
It's happening all right. Resistance is futile, at least in the sense that those intent on turning themselves into automatons or androids can't be convicted otherwise - they're believers, disciples of technology, technocracy.
So, the minority of us who are with it have to be the little girl in the attic and hope that this shit will blow over some day.
Not sure what you mean...do you mean internal dialogue such as "am I being stupid and/or arrogant about all this, or what??" ...something like that? Yes, if that is what you mean, it is probably about 70% who don't do that...
so final arguments aren't made in the shower? lol? i am naive to this. so how does one question ideas if, well, i simply don't understand how that works... i'm not being ignorant intentionally. i'm truly fascinated.
Sheep typically do not question what comes down from daddy and mommy. They trust completely and wholly even if something seems odd, in fact, nothing DOES feel odd. It is all wrapped up in a nice package, all shiny and bright.
Great article. Blumen in the first paragraphs describes a world in the future that seems pretty compelling. And then explains how it wouldn’t really work out that way. I believe he is correct in both accounts. But it is of course impossible to predict with precision what is going to happen…and in my opinion the description of the future world will be adjusted to make the mechanisms that brought it to be viable. In other words, whatever that world actually is, will be determined by whatever it was that brought it to be. Yes, if the description of “what brought it to be” doesn’t in fact “work” then obviously the world that results will be different. IMHO, NOT different by all that much….just enough to make it a plausible reality. Dark times ahead….
I'm just a poor farm girl from Oklahoma, and while I'd love to support several people here on Substack...well, my 71 year old husband works hard for the little money we do have and I have to spend it wisely.
Like on HARD COPY books and extra solar panels and I'm saving up for a water well. And while I get lovely, free range eggs every day, they do cost me some chicken scratch. lol
I don't think we're going to be able to help out the one's who can't see. I think the best thing to do at this late in the game is focus on self. Yourself. My self. Our SELVES.
We must gain the skills and resources (while we can) to be able to SAY NO to this dystopian nightmare. We must be prepared to say NO and cut off the hellfones, to say NO and shut off the internet even. Just like those folks who said NO to their damn smart meters. Say it and MEAN IT.
2023 is the year we fill up our agency cups. This is the year to get OUT of the program. We've got to let those who are comfortable in the program sink or swim on their own and worry about US. Our own damn selves and our loved ones. Or at least the one's within reach.
It's way past "de-googling". It's even past "de-programing". You're either awake and aware or you're already enslaved.
You are right...I think we have moved from the stage of hoping that sheep will flip to shrews. Although there are sheep that will do that...I feel that most of them will not. We do need to focus of taking care of ourselves...as well as taking care of our shrew friends and family. We are clearly moving into that stage of all of this...
Good read, Todd, Great example on how they start off slow and slowly creep into all aspects of your life. Linking today as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Interesting read for us "old" people. I would say, take the best of both worlds. For good music use those ancient CDs, and for everyday music use streaming. But the problem obviously goes a bit deeper, as you mentioned the quality is also going down, so it doesn't matter if you have a CD when its terribly mixed. Now "digital remastered" is a warning sign.
You mentioned the poor people in Africa. Just think of that you're a pretty rich guy with millions on your several bank accounts. Now you switch on TV and see those poor people in Africa, and guess what, they are happy and have fun. The children have not enough to eat, but they play and have fun. While you with your millions sit there and are bored to death, that can't be, that doesn't fit into your world view, or what you think is your view of the world.
Hmm, maybe thats the picture uncle Klaus has in his head when he says that we are happy when we own nothing. "Look, these african people are so happy, because they own nothing. We should try that in the so called civilized West too."
Good point. Frankly I don't think Uncle Klaus gives a rat's ass about any of this (I'm sure you would agree). The key point here too is the Uncle Klaus and his minions will be the one who owns everything...I don't think the happy folks of Russia have a direct evil landowner (well, that's no entirely true...but).
This also applies to what is used in the US, and all other corporations with a Central Bank, as unbacked paper currency. Across the top of the 'note' they clearly inform you who owns the 'note' (owed back with interest).
Even when you exchange the 'note' for a tangible asset/commodity, like a vehicle or home, that is not your name on the 'legal' title, the 'equitable' title is elsewhere.
I purchase used CD's and DVD's from DejaVuDiscs, and I have hundreds of real books. Years ago I said that only fools trust in pixels, and that was before censorship was the raging monster it is now. Just wait until all money is pixel fairy dust that can evaporate at the whim of the controllers. What joy that will be!
Proudly, my small children know how to use (and daily listen to) my old cassette tapes! I was one who always looked on technology with suspicion. I for one would prefer to own less, but still to own. Ownership and boundaries (as in nations) are, in fact, important. You can’t even come away from reading scripture (specifically the prophets) and not see that ownership actually is important. It’s not that we own things that is bad, it’s that we hoard thins and are greedy for things. It’s great that the richest of the rich who have literally everything they want (except world dominion...yet 🥁) are telling the minions they don’t need anything.
Recently I tried to “rent“ a movie on Amazon, but a notice came up saying “that movie is unavailable in your region”. Uh. No. It’s digital. It doesn’t work like that. However, your weird attempts at priming (pun intended!) us for global totalitarian control certainly do! So I found the dvd on eBay, because it’s one I’d rather own anyway! I’m stubborn about buying all my homeschool books and any books I want to read anymore. I tend towards the used books whenever I can. But, I’m with you. This whole digital “ownership” thing I absurd! I face this even as an artist. Back when I was in art school one could buy and own a copywrite for PhotoShop. Now? Nope. Only a monthly paid subscription to rent the program. Makes me so cranky.
Ownership is one of the tenets of freedom. It always has been. It isn't necessarily, as you say here, a materialistic "grab and attachment." It is instead an important indicator of autonomy and freedom to own and control an asset. Surely it is one of the first things any totalitarian regime will want to change.
It is interesting that they started with intellectual property, which has a dubious and confusing "right to own." Intellectual property cannot be copied and distributed by anyone other than the copyright owner. But this doesn't mean you can't own the material, you just can't copy it and sell it (or distribute it). This is fair, and in some ways is confusing. An individual does have the right in ownership of a piece of intellectual property to sell the actual item, or give it away, he/she just doesn't have the right to duplicate it.
It is a complicated topic legally and otherwise...and easy to manipulate and abuse. The Amazon incident removing 1984 from Kindles is a good example of the illegal use of technology which makes it possible to censor, remove, or otherwise ban ownership and control. If you don't buy an item, and simply RENT it, then the owner can do anything they want...i.e., take it away from you if you are a bad girl (or boy) or never allow your access to it in the first place.
the ability to claim your shirt as your own, is the basis of law as we know it. a return to common law is the lynch pin. the rejection of positive law, key. there must be a victim. 'come on folks.
positive law is decrees from on high.
common law is 'who got hurt? ok. you owe this person compensation. government not benefiting. the victim receives remedy. people move on.
peace
jeez, not a great synopsis. i'll stick with it. beasties just came on. gotta dance.
I find it hilarious that Harari is a spokesperson for the WEF. In his book Sapiens he talks about his belief that the golden age of the industrial revolution is done and humanity's greatest battle to come will be with the shadow side of the industrial revolution.
So what would any strong intelligent man do after pointing this out? Join forces with the biggest corporate leaders and super powers. This all seems like one giant SNL skit
I'm with you there brother. I am currently reading "Sapiens" (know thy enemy) and also find it odd that Harari would be joined up with Schwab & Company. He is probably a very weak smart person who wants to side with the apparent winners.
When I was a boy growing up in a Central European totalitarian country, I remember reading an article in which the author mused about the future of music. He said something like, "In the future, I see people attending huge concerts with stages awash in blazing light, musicians dressed in glittery outfits playing electronic instruments. Meanwhile, in a house on a quiet street, a little girl in the attic is playing the piano, singing Yesterday."
What's passed for music today is what the generic fodder peddled by the generic supermarket is to real food. Listening to music without seeing the musician in person is like eating without smelling the food. Like making love with a condom - no, scratch that - like jerking off to a porn movie.
We're living through a historical period in which people - among lots of other things - have succumbed to the idea that technologies (stuff concocted to perform tasks) have the power to provide a solution to every last thing in their lives. People have given up on their own selves and have pretty much outsourced most of their lives to providers of this and that and the other thing.
It's happening all right. Resistance is futile, at least in the sense that those intent on turning themselves into automatons or androids can't be convicted otherwise - they're believers, disciples of technology, technocracy.
So, the minority of us who are with it have to be the little girl in the attic and hope that this shit will blow over some day.
hey doc. what is the truth as to perhaps 70% of the population not having an internal dialogue? curious
peace
Not sure what you mean...do you mean internal dialogue such as "am I being stupid and/or arrogant about all this, or what??" ...something like that? Yes, if that is what you mean, it is probably about 70% who don't do that...
so final arguments aren't made in the shower? lol? i am naive to this. so how does one question ideas if, well, i simply don't understand how that works... i'm not being ignorant intentionally. i'm truly fascinated.
peace
Sheep typically do not question what comes down from daddy and mommy. They trust completely and wholly even if something seems odd, in fact, nothing DOES feel odd. It is all wrapped up in a nice package, all shiny and bright.
absolutely gob smacked.
kinda.
well.
nevermind.
peace
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Those globalists do have their plans. I thought that this article was also interesting today on how they may wreck havoc and chaos but won't be able to succeed. Did you see this one? https://www.activistpost.com/2023/01/technocratic-dystopia-is-impossible.html
Great article. Blumen in the first paragraphs describes a world in the future that seems pretty compelling. And then explains how it wouldn’t really work out that way. I believe he is correct in both accounts. But it is of course impossible to predict with precision what is going to happen…and in my opinion the description of the future world will be adjusted to make the mechanisms that brought it to be viable. In other words, whatever that world actually is, will be determined by whatever it was that brought it to be. Yes, if the description of “what brought it to be” doesn’t in fact “work” then obviously the world that results will be different. IMHO, NOT different by all that much….just enough to make it a plausible reality. Dark times ahead….
Thanks for making this one free to read, hun!
I'm just a poor farm girl from Oklahoma, and while I'd love to support several people here on Substack...well, my 71 year old husband works hard for the little money we do have and I have to spend it wisely.
Like on HARD COPY books and extra solar panels and I'm saving up for a water well. And while I get lovely, free range eggs every day, they do cost me some chicken scratch. lol
I don't think we're going to be able to help out the one's who can't see. I think the best thing to do at this late in the game is focus on self. Yourself. My self. Our SELVES.
We must gain the skills and resources (while we can) to be able to SAY NO to this dystopian nightmare. We must be prepared to say NO and cut off the hellfones, to say NO and shut off the internet even. Just like those folks who said NO to their damn smart meters. Say it and MEAN IT.
2023 is the year we fill up our agency cups. This is the year to get OUT of the program. We've got to let those who are comfortable in the program sink or swim on their own and worry about US. Our own damn selves and our loved ones. Or at least the one's within reach.
It's way past "de-googling". It's even past "de-programing". You're either awake and aware or you're already enslaved.
You are right...I think we have moved from the stage of hoping that sheep will flip to shrews. Although there are sheep that will do that...I feel that most of them will not. We do need to focus of taking care of ourselves...as well as taking care of our shrew friends and family. We are clearly moving into that stage of all of this...
Good read, Todd, Great example on how they start off slow and slowly creep into all aspects of your life. Linking today as usual @https://nothingnewunderthesun2016.com/
Thank you!!
Interesting read for us "old" people. I would say, take the best of both worlds. For good music use those ancient CDs, and for everyday music use streaming. But the problem obviously goes a bit deeper, as you mentioned the quality is also going down, so it doesn't matter if you have a CD when its terribly mixed. Now "digital remastered" is a warning sign.
You mentioned the poor people in Africa. Just think of that you're a pretty rich guy with millions on your several bank accounts. Now you switch on TV and see those poor people in Africa, and guess what, they are happy and have fun. The children have not enough to eat, but they play and have fun. While you with your millions sit there and are bored to death, that can't be, that doesn't fit into your world view, or what you think is your view of the world.
Hmm, maybe thats the picture uncle Klaus has in his head when he says that we are happy when we own nothing. "Look, these african people are so happy, because they own nothing. We should try that in the so called civilized West too."
Good point. Frankly I don't think Uncle Klaus gives a rat's ass about any of this (I'm sure you would agree). The key point here too is the Uncle Klaus and his minions will be the one who owns everything...I don't think the happy folks of Russia have a direct evil landowner (well, that's no entirely true...but).
This also applies to what is used in the US, and all other corporations with a Central Bank, as unbacked paper currency. Across the top of the 'note' they clearly inform you who owns the 'note' (owed back with interest).
Even when you exchange the 'note' for a tangible asset/commodity, like a vehicle or home, that is not your name on the 'legal' title, the 'equitable' title is elsewhere.
Very good point!!
I purchase used CD's and DVD's from DejaVuDiscs, and I have hundreds of real books. Years ago I said that only fools trust in pixels, and that was before censorship was the raging monster it is now. Just wait until all money is pixel fairy dust that can evaporate at the whim of the controllers. What joy that will be!
Exactly! That is the agenda!!
Proudly, my small children know how to use (and daily listen to) my old cassette tapes! I was one who always looked on technology with suspicion. I for one would prefer to own less, but still to own. Ownership and boundaries (as in nations) are, in fact, important. You can’t even come away from reading scripture (specifically the prophets) and not see that ownership actually is important. It’s not that we own things that is bad, it’s that we hoard thins and are greedy for things. It’s great that the richest of the rich who have literally everything they want (except world dominion...yet 🥁) are telling the minions they don’t need anything.
Recently I tried to “rent“ a movie on Amazon, but a notice came up saying “that movie is unavailable in your region”. Uh. No. It’s digital. It doesn’t work like that. However, your weird attempts at priming (pun intended!) us for global totalitarian control certainly do! So I found the dvd on eBay, because it’s one I’d rather own anyway! I’m stubborn about buying all my homeschool books and any books I want to read anymore. I tend towards the used books whenever I can. But, I’m with you. This whole digital “ownership” thing I absurd! I face this even as an artist. Back when I was in art school one could buy and own a copywrite for PhotoShop. Now? Nope. Only a monthly paid subscription to rent the program. Makes me so cranky.
Ownership is one of the tenets of freedom. It always has been. It isn't necessarily, as you say here, a materialistic "grab and attachment." It is instead an important indicator of autonomy and freedom to own and control an asset. Surely it is one of the first things any totalitarian regime will want to change.
It is interesting that they started with intellectual property, which has a dubious and confusing "right to own." Intellectual property cannot be copied and distributed by anyone other than the copyright owner. But this doesn't mean you can't own the material, you just can't copy it and sell it (or distribute it). This is fair, and in some ways is confusing. An individual does have the right in ownership of a piece of intellectual property to sell the actual item, or give it away, he/she just doesn't have the right to duplicate it.
It is a complicated topic legally and otherwise...and easy to manipulate and abuse. The Amazon incident removing 1984 from Kindles is a good example of the illegal use of technology which makes it possible to censor, remove, or otherwise ban ownership and control. If you don't buy an item, and simply RENT it, then the owner can do anything they want...i.e., take it away from you if you are a bad girl (or boy) or never allow your access to it in the first place.
the ability to claim your shirt as your own, is the basis of law as we know it. a return to common law is the lynch pin. the rejection of positive law, key. there must be a victim. 'come on folks.
positive law is decrees from on high.
common law is 'who got hurt? ok. you owe this person compensation. government not benefiting. the victim receives remedy. people move on.
peace
jeez, not a great synopsis. i'll stick with it. beasties just came on. gotta dance.
peace
Good enough.
And I am sure he doesn’t own anything.
You mean Schwab? Right...I'm sure he doesn't!!! HA....
His goal is for he and his minions to own it all.