tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post5079356534332050115..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: There's Only One Way Out of This MessCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-23569445099821171712012-01-20T13:13:20.112-08:002012-01-20T13:13:20.112-08:00Did you check out the sweet video review on Amazon...Did you check out the sweet video review on Amazon? Is that someone you know?<br /><br />http://www.amazon.com/Worthless-Indispensable-Guide-Choosing-Right/dp/1467978302/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1323872833&sr=8-1Sydney Cartonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-63437113208757772072012-01-18T19:20:02.708-08:002012-01-18T19:20:02.708-08:00Ah captain, I think this post has Font utilization...Ah captain, I think this post has Font utilization crankiness kondition (yes, it's a German malady).<br /><br />But you only have a mild case of it. When it's really bad it swaps in and out of "kidprint" and "comic sans relief".<br /><br />The solution is more Rumpie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-69249960137012726382012-01-17T23:00:18.292-08:002012-01-17T23:00:18.292-08:00I enjoyed this post Capt but there are other issue...I enjoyed this post Capt but there are other issues at work.<br /><br />Even if men were free to produce, why would they? <br /><br />I'm working on my own software company part time and follow lots of software startup blogs etc. There's a very strong trend forming, so many young men don't want to build big successful companies that employ people, they want a passive stream of income, Tim Ferris style.<br /><br />It's not because they're lazy, it's not because they don't like their work and it's not because they can't build a big business. It's because they have no incentive. Why do people build billion dollar companies?<br /><br />I don't quite know.<br /><br />I suspect for many, outside of the Steve Job's of the world it's due to some social duty and prestige.<br /><br />Young men lack strong families, strong male role models, have no real community, no sense of place or national identity. <br /><br />In Britain we have something called 'positive descrimination' which is why many of my Engineering friends have been looked over in favor or dirt cheap imported Indian workers. All the female Engineers from my Uni got great jobs immediatly to meet gender quotas. Go to any large British city and try to spot the White person. Young men are starting to opening talk about 'the problem'.<br /><br />Raised by a single mother in a city where everyone's faceless, where being a straight white male is the greatest sin possible. No real identity or direction... Punished for producing? What's the solution?<br /><br />Simple. Produce enough for yourself and do whatever the f**k you want. I've got friends and associates in 20+ countries! Just last week my longest friend who's 26~ quit his IT manager job, sold his house, dumped his f**king sofa and started a web design business. He must be making only a fraction of what he used to make but now he's location independent and going to Canada for a year.<br /><br />I'm aiming to end up in China. I'm also going to register a new company in Hong Kong when I fly through this Summer to avoid business taxes in the UK on moral grounds. It's very cheap and easy.<br /><br />I'm starting a blog btw, will make a well written and more factual post about this.Rowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08175111118129319956noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-9814734965262357812012-01-17T21:26:20.906-08:002012-01-17T21:26:20.906-08:00Alas, poor Keynes.
Keynes never wanted perpetual ...Alas, poor Keynes.<br /><br />Keynes never wanted perpetual deficit financing. He just thought that during an economic crisis, the government should deficit-finance until the economy recovered on its own. Then, presumably, they'd repay the loans.<br /><br />"Keynes believed that once full employment had been achieved by fiscal policy measures, the market mechanism could then operate freely." (http://www.econlib.org/library/Enc/bios/Keynes.html)<br /><br />That's closer to Ron Paul than to the hyperinflationists that run governments today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-22079917567978946582012-01-17T20:47:30.572-08:002012-01-17T20:47:30.572-08:00Jeez, Cap, you know if you hit the nail on the hea...Jeez, Cap, you know if you hit the nail on the head so many times in a row you end up pounding it through the wood right?Aaronhttps://secure.ronpaul2012.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-45428690944177799312012-01-17T17:06:41.216-08:002012-01-17T17:06:41.216-08:00A fine rant; needs a little editing, but on the ba...A fine rant; needs a little editing, but on the ball.Robert of Ottawanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-80252787564028361982012-01-17T16:02:47.097-08:002012-01-17T16:02:47.097-08:00Hey Captain,
that was a well done posting. But let...Hey Captain,<br />that was a well done posting. But lets face it, nothing is going to change. The reforms you listed all make perfect sense. Until the USA hits the debt wall, and that day is not very far away, nothing will change. In the Washington culture, they regard a reduced growth rate in government spending, to be a government cutback. They think they can keep borrowing trillions from China, forever into the future. It`s kind of like the Romans believing they could never loose to the barbarians. Well Alaric sacked Rome, and the citizens of Rome were in shock.Pat Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00551693452450069608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-17995860627216049782012-01-17T15:13:10.060-08:002012-01-17T15:13:10.060-08:00To each according to his needs, from each,...ahh, ...To each according to his needs, from each,...ahh, screw that! Give me more stuff that someone else built or earned while I was playing in university!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-10519860486499101482012-01-17T14:54:00.402-08:002012-01-17T14:54:00.402-08:00Captain,
For 20 years I have used "stuff&quo...Captain,<br /><br />For 20 years I have used "stuff" as the basis of economic discussions with my friends, relatives and children. Good for you to get it this simple.<br /><br />A point I always make is that the more people we have producing stuff the greater the real wealth of the people because everybody can have more stuff for the same number of personal working hours.<br /><br />The government produces almost no stuff (except defense, courts, police and some teachers) so most government employees destroy wealth. <br /><br />The macroeconomic multiplier of government spending disappears in a pass of gas when you analyze an economy in terms of stuff.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-73256393870097343632012-01-17T13:34:49.794-08:002012-01-17T13:34:49.794-08:00Hey TJ,
Getting that stuff out of the ground and ...Hey TJ,<br /><br />Getting that stuff out of the ground and doing it efficiently and then using it.....<br /><br />That counts as "making" something.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-77512236677572347432012-01-17T13:13:52.424-08:002012-01-17T13:13:52.424-08:00Hey Anon,
Yes, it's been happenign to me too....Hey Anon,<br /><br />Yes, it's been happenign to me too.<br /><br />Any recommendations? I've eliminated some advertising, but any way to scan a blog?Captain Capitalismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-61929945865871202582012-01-17T13:11:22.834-08:002012-01-17T13:11:22.834-08:00Bang on cappy. I live in sakatchewan and it's ...Bang on cappy. I live in sakatchewan and it's booming. Problem is most of the wealth comes from the ground[oil,mining] We don,t really make anything and we should be. This creates a false sense of growth that most people don't acknowledge and will eventually spell trouble.TJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-49186283606046268872012-01-17T12:29:32.849-08:002012-01-17T12:29:32.849-08:00I do believe, as a jealous Canadian, that American...I do believe, as a jealous Canadian, that American entrepreneurs are the most creative and innovative in the world. Just get out of their way!<br /><br />It will not be entirely easy, of course. David Goldman writes, perceptively, that after WWII much of the world was Communist, and much of the rest was embroiled in political turmoil. So America had the benefit of most of the capital and human capital that fled communism and chaos. That benefit has ended, and its main effect was to convince brainless, leftist people that running an economy was easy.<br /><br />But you are correct - America made its way in the 1880-1950 world, before it benefitted much from capital flight and human capital flight, competing against the best that Europe and Asia had to offer, and winning - in mineral production, in cars and trucks, in aviation, in petroleum, you name it. Let us see that once more!<br /><br />John LewisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-22029753577891289372012-01-17T12:29:19.752-08:002012-01-17T12:29:19.752-08:00Captain,
Several times now over the last few week...Captain,<br /><br />Several times now over the last few weeks, when I go to your site I get a warning from my Norton Internet Security. It says it has blocked an attack by "Malicious Toolkit Website 9". Not sure what's causing this but it makes me want to avoid your site until it's fixed. May not be something you did, but it may be worth checking if someone has done something to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com