tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post2907899839897396267..comments2024-03-25T15:17:04.488-07:00Comments on Captain Capitalism: How to Avenge the Death of the United StatesCaptain Capitalismhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05620212946121617985noreply@blogger.comBlogger49125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-68939065165612368012014-12-23T13:38:12.201-08:002014-12-23T13:38:12.201-08:00Achieving "Galt" is impossible with a co...Achieving "Galt" is impossible with a country that has a printing press. I didn't believe it either. But, as history has turned out - it makes absolutely<br />ZERO difference. A ton of us tried. Honestly you are a little late to the game. This was a huge movement when the recession first started. Google it.<br /><br />I'm sure I even wrote about it on my blog years ago.<br /> <br />I really take offense to your belief that letting the US fall into a fully socialist country will some how make people turn towards capitalism. If they don't<br />have access to the things they want? How do you expect that to happen? Investment goes away. Companies stop wanting to sell items into those countries. They don't gain the skills to build those things. As time goes on the <br />brain drain gets worse/ They get more used to government benefits or rationing cards.<br /> <br />It is a fallacy that socialists don't turn to capitalists on their own. I come from<br />the socialist/welfare system. My mother was one month shy of being 15 when I was born. What makes people turn away from socialist beliefs is getting that first job<br />where they could buy a car with the taxes they pay from a years work. Having a goal to work towards. Even if that is just a flat screen TV.<br /> <br />I would tell all your readers - you can either work your ass off when you are young. Or you can work your ass off when you are old. And if you are super stupid at life - you might get to do both. Get a fucking job. Even if<br />you hate the shit out of it. That's why its called a job. Not Disneyland. Even if you have to start at the bottom and work up. But everyone is too good now to work up the ladder. Life isn't fair. Some will have to work harder than others to get the same result. <br /> <br />The problem with most of these millennials is Gen X told them to follow their bliss. Well, I found out pretty early in life that not everyone can be astronauts and<br />firemen or veterinarians. Well, that used to be the things kids wanted to be when I was growing up. I wanted to be a vet, but figured out I could survive that way. So I went into a computer company as a receptionist and worked my way into tech. From the bottom up. Find any way into a company. Then find any way<br />you can to move up to get more skills. They used to call that intern-ing. Like Steve Jobs did. Honestly, without the "Slave" parents of Jobs, Gates, or even<br />Sam Walton - none of those companies would exist. You need to get capitol from somewhere.<br /> <br />I adore you Cappy, but Cuba and Venezuela pretty much shits on your theory.<br />No sign of a turn there.<br /> <br />Snarkolepsy,<br />she_saidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17295496307020536583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62589858582752823942013-08-19T16:22:15.623-07:002013-08-19T16:22:15.623-07:00I don't understand the point about debt. I hav...I don't understand the point about debt. I have a lot of debt but not job and no assets. What exactly can they do to me?<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-90734425476678008232013-08-18T08:50:17.560-07:002013-08-18T08:50:17.560-07:00You forgot "STOP PAYING TAXES".
Of cour...You forgot "STOP PAYING TAXES".<br /><br />Of course, the terror and fear of the illegal, unconstitutional and completely corrupt "tax court" system has everyone shaking in their boots, after all illegal imprisonment is not fun.<br /><br />However, you can dodge, deflect, avoid, and above all BARTER.<br /><br />Don't have a useful skill you can parlay into income? LEARN ONE.<br /><br />Stop feeding the damn machine.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-15164199678055978802013-08-16T10:38:54.544-07:002013-08-16T10:38:54.544-07:00Of course for the legion of men who are legally sl...Of course for the legion of men who are legally slaves via child support and alimony simply stopping or going minimal means jail. They have to leave the country to find freedom... which *I* did! :) CostelloMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01761146021325732522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-90048166567729263212013-08-13T16:14:26.478-07:002013-08-13T16:14:26.478-07:00@lozozlo
Marriageable clones of me? Maybe, but I...@lozozlo<br /><br />Marriageable clones of me? Maybe, but I think they might be in very high demand, especially with this crowd ;-)<br /><br />Zorritanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-8053906301001021872013-08-12T15:37:35.545-07:002013-08-12T15:37:35.545-07:00"Of course, all of this is now rapidly becomi..."Of course, all of this is now rapidly becoming just a dream. Yes, it was very feasible back in the 1980's when you had the likes of Ronald Reagan in office"<br /><br />Reagan? You mean the man who practically outlawed guns in California and then not only reinvented Nixon's "War on Drugs" but took it to heights never before imagined?<br /><br />NO THANKS!<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-87290356539287449222013-08-12T00:27:33.674-07:002013-08-12T00:27:33.674-07:00More money! Less responsibility! Shorter hours! No...More money! Less responsibility! Shorter hours! No stress! More freedom! It's all about me! This is the rallying cry for gen Y women. In my option the main driver for the decline is disengaged men. <br /><br /> <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-82259250413337710502013-08-11T17:46:54.551-07:002013-08-11T17:46:54.551-07:00"you will do your share in helping bring the ..."you will do your share in helping bring the socialist system down. "<br /><br />I am working on a new source of energy that could be used to back the printing press.<br /><br />The government will never die and will become more powerful than ever.<br /><br />I refuse to be a slave to the market.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-24419146146189777582013-08-10T07:43:04.576-07:002013-08-10T07:43:04.576-07:00@lozozlo - Will fix that, and thanks for reading. ...@lozozlo - Will fix that, and thanks for reading. I think what I meant is that spend time with your family before the SHTF, because after it hits it's gonna suck. Might as well live in fantasyland with your family, because by default you'll be spending more time with family when reality comes crashing down. Now that I think of it, strengthening your family relationships prior to collapse is essential. My point with the dollar amounts was to show just how easy life would be if you're living where you want to live, rent free, while going Galt cloward Piven style.<br /><br />@Omega - the collapse is just the first step. Personally, while I am a libertarian, I will support the appropriate strongman of my choice in the post collapse chaos. Lots of deadwood to clear out in a post collapse political, social and economic environment. I am hoping for a Cincinnatus - the roman general George Washington drew on for inspiration. If the people of this country prove they can make revolutionary changes to our broken system peacefully and absent an economic collapse, then I will rethink things - but the point of the reelection of Obama is that the people of this country are beyond all help and hope, and so we must change our tactics. With the revelations regarding the NSA, IRS, etc., the need to crash the system ASAP is approaching critical. Starving the beast and sucking it dry accomplishes that end by legally and peacefully using the system against itself.Donttreadonmattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-85175453722497036452013-08-09T22:51:24.203-07:002013-08-09T22:51:24.203-07:00Well, I understand why you are angry. I sure as h...Well, I understand why you are angry. I sure as hell am angry too. But what I don't get is how this plan is any better than out and out revolution.<br /><br />So the US goes bankrupt socialist. What does that accomplish? Do you have any evidence that doing this is going to do anything other than help destroy America? Do you have any evidence that something better will arise from ashes? Do you have any evidence that the government won't just seize your property and enslave you?<br /><br />The let it burn approach is great for emotional satisfaction, but it is not a rational response. At the very least, trying for a revolution has the potential for a better outcome, and let's you say that you didn't just let your country slip away.OmegaPaladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16031663925500964350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-12728170706667728422013-08-09T21:20:44.987-07:002013-08-09T21:20:44.987-07:007 years ago when my wife left me with two kids and...7 years ago when my wife left me with two kids and a mortgage I learned very quickly that I needed to find a budget I could live within. And to make matters worse a number of bad things happened all at once, my car which was 14 years old finally died and I had to buy a new one (used but new for me), the 16 year old home air conditioning system gave out, and various appliances started falling apart, and to make things worse I got laid off from what was a well paying IT job. In other words I was screwed!<br /><br />But I didn't give up. I didn't have a choice. I learned to fix and replace things like blower motors, condenser motors, thermostats, run capacitors, attic exhaust fans, washing machines, brake lines, power steering pumps, and learned basic plumbing.<br /><br />And when the air conditioner system finally was no longer serviceable I bought window units (one every few months when I had the extra cash) which now a days are only a couple hundred dollars a piece, some of them are even portable so you can move them were you need them and you can turn them off in rooms that you don't need. The furnace I can keep running but I completely separated the cooling system from the furnace since it mostly just blocks the air flow now. And to separate rooms that are never used but don't have doors I put up cheap heavy curtains. They keep the heat or cool from escaping the rooms where I want it.<br /><br />The last repair man who fixed the furnace automatic valve simply banged on it a couple times to unjam it. Cost me only $60 instead of several hundred and told me if I needed any maintenance done on it again or needed parts cheap to just call him rather than the company he works for. Basically barter. I'd much rather pay him cash he can keep rather than some company that will pay him what's left after taxes. I'm all about starving the beast. Help my neighbors feed their families but screw the damn leeches.James Wolfenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-57404816061091735592013-08-09T18:32:13.402-07:002013-08-09T18:32:13.402-07:00Cap, we morons prefer to call this the 'Let it...Cap, we morons prefer to call this the 'Let it burn' method. <br />Lower earnings to the point that you get any taxes back, apply for every federal subsidy, grant and handout you can. <br />Grow your own food, buy locally -- cash under the table, do odd jobs here and there for cash, etc. <br /><br />So, Let It Burn™ and gimme a match.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-39106114570594303862013-08-09T15:53:35.173-07:002013-08-09T15:53:35.173-07:00Cap, you worry too much. If you don't like the...Cap, you worry too much. If you don't like the flavor they're serving where you are, -move-. Its a concept that has served me well over the years.<br /><br />Also, don't forget that crooked politics and graft makes all kinds of opportunity for getting your tax money back. -Somebody- is getting all that dough, go work for that guy. Under the table, of course.The Phantomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10159748429049446398noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-9818762173937051362013-08-09T14:24:19.140-07:002013-08-09T14:24:19.140-07:00Cappy great rant. I would only note a couple of t...Cappy great rant. I would only note a couple of things. Well, one really. I think the QE was a proof of concept test. <br /><br />For the last several years the largest buyer of US bonds have been ...... the Federal Bank. Oddly, and in somewhat of a paradox, only recently have the foreign investors started to come back. The reason is our debt has increased uncertainty in the bond market, and thus the return rates. (higher risk/higher returns) See here for instance http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/johnransom/2013/08/05/crash-government-bank-losses-of-192-billion-benefit-obama-n1656028/page/full<br /><br />And for the Fed buying our bonds here... http://goldnews.bullionvault.com/if-not-foreign-buyers-then-fed-qe<br /><br />That doesn't change your premise, it's just another dance step added to the eventual demise. And, I heartily agree. Nothing will change until we finally say "enough" and lay down. And say gimme my phone, damnit!!! Where's my food stamps!! Give me my bailout! I want what everyone else is getting from my work! I think I'm going to go back to college, get me a huge student loan and then just walk away and cry to someone that I need debt forgiveness. And that it's not fair or something. Let's this idiocy collapse under it's own weight instead of trying to carry the burden that added to daily. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-45074649858844318352013-08-09T13:47:58.129-07:002013-08-09T13:47:58.129-07:00The tragedy is that if you pull this off it will b...The tragedy is that if you pull this off it will be seen as a failure of capitalism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-80828991415701621002013-08-09T10:50:57.429-07:002013-08-09T10:50:57.429-07:00@Matt
an update - read zorrita's amazing comm...@Matt<br /><br />an update - read zorrita's amazing comment above.<br /><br />@zorrita - are there any marriageable clones of you out there? :-)lozozlonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-18878332926836804832013-08-09T10:46:36.752-07:002013-08-09T10:46:36.752-07:00@donttreadonmatt
Great article! But your site req...@donttreadonmatt<br /><br />Great article! But your site requires registration to comment (as opposed to anonymous or name/url) so I won't comment there, but will instead post here for everyone's consideration if our dear host would be so kind as to allow me:<br /><br /><br /><br />Your article was excellent, but I do have a few quick questions.<br /><br /><i>In the meantime, before the economic collapse, you will have more free time to spend with your family</i><br /><br />Why not spend more free time with your family after the collapse too? That time with your family is much more important than any material possession you could be earning, above and beyond what you need to live. A man's life does not consist of his many possessions, right? :-)<br /><br /><i> can you and your family live off of roughly $40,000 per year, when your largest monthly expense, your mortgage or rent, is gone? Can you live off of $3,300 per month? Can you live off $770 per week? Can you live off $110 per day</i><br /><br />Especially if you have no mortgage, how could you not? Almost all people historically did - americans have a hyper-inflated sense of what you need. What possible budget could someone have that, post housing, met the following criteria<br /><br />a.) consumed $3300 per month<br />b.) consisted only of what is necessary and reasonably desired.<br /><br />If you need more than $3300/month, then you are doing it wrong, and probably wasting tons of money on consumerist garbage.lozozlonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-68862473982469836982013-08-09T10:40:29.231-07:002013-08-09T10:40:29.231-07:00'So you can't be killing people or taking ...'So you can't be killing people or taking up arms as it would be the antithesis of democracy - i.e.- you would be a tyrant."<br /><br />true, but violence is inevitable. the rampaging hordes of fatherless thugs and desperate socialist government enforcers will be coming for everyone eventually. the decline will not be a peaceful one.patriarchal landminehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06099811875832338022noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-5908925282558284642013-08-09T10:33:06.445-07:002013-08-09T10:33:06.445-07:00+1 on going sheldon, recommend reading Asimov'...+1 on going sheldon, recommend reading Asimov's first, second and third Foundation books. Plus the prequel.<br /><br />Would also recommend A Canticle for Leibowitz and READING The Postman. There is hope, yet much work ahead.Self-exiled Spaniardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-69491619018450921432013-08-09T09:40:42.766-07:002013-08-09T09:40:42.766-07:00Ain't nobody rolling over. Cap's point is ...Ain't nobody rolling over. Cap's point is the fight is already lost. Obamacare is now law and the GOP is unable to do anything to stop it (assuming they want to, which is debatable) and amnesty is about to add 20 to 40 million new low wage, low information "citizens" in the US that will demand access to entitlements in some fashion. The GOP is in the process of helping make it happen.<br /><br />The question is not if we're going socialist but how fast. With the GOP now irrelevant and no meaningful adversarial press we will go at warp speed.<br /><br />"We" are firmly in the minority now and there is no party even approaching an electable majority that would represent us and be able to lead a fight against the liberal hoard. <br /><br />My responsibility now is to enjoy my remaining time on this rock and try to avoid the worst of the effects of the decline.Carlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-16262739138760852872013-08-09T09:37:31.620-07:002013-08-09T09:37:31.620-07:00Great article. More and more, liberty minded peopl...Great article. More and more, liberty minded people are realizing the going Galt is the only choice left.<br /><br />I did an analysis earlier this year on how a family of four can go Galt as well. As a previous commenter stated, I call it "Going Galt Cloward-Piven Style." Check it out. The results are pretty depressing for those still slaving away and supporting the beast.<br /><br />http://the-black-brigade.blogspot.com/2013/02/going-galt-cloward-piven-style.html<br /><br />Starve the beast and suck it dry at the same time.Donttreadonmattnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-29078854121775081562013-08-09T09:27:28.756-07:002013-08-09T09:27:28.756-07:00Just as I was reading this, I overheard four male ...Just as I was reading this, I overheard four male co-workers laughing and guffawing over the fact that their wives order them around like servants.<br /><br />Disgusting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-55684695946382028262013-08-09T09:15:33.653-07:002013-08-09T09:15:33.653-07:00"I...are angry" < seriously?"I...are angry" < seriously?Laguna Beach Fogeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027025872132699493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-62786707052448271882013-08-09T09:08:40.126-07:002013-08-09T09:08:40.126-07:00In the first three months of 2009 the company my h...In the first three months of 2009 the company my husband works for furloughed a good part of it's workforce and laid off the rest. My husband was furloughed. He received unemployment during this time and then went back to work half days for another three months (at which point the unemployment benefits stopped). His health insurance benefits remained intact.<br /><br />Here are the facts: <br />We have five kids. I was pregnant with #5 at the time.<br /><br />I do not receive an income (I defy anyone to say that I don't work!)<br /><br />We homeschool.<br /><br />We garden.<br /><br />We hardly ever eat out. <br /><br />We do not eat junk food, rather foods that offer the most nutritional bang for the buck. We have been known to eat dandelions from our back yard.<br /><br />We tend to be fairly crunchy. <br /><br />I sew, cut everyone's hair (including my own if necessary), bake bread, use natural/herbal medicine, make compost. Breastfed all my babies. I personally consider reclaiming old knowledge to be a challenge and fun.<br /><br />We don't really have our kids involved in a lot of outside activities, because that becomes a logistical nightmare, and truthfully, soccer, ballet, etc. really don't significantly improve a kids life. My boys were much more into building catapults out of legos, anyway. We already kept birthday celebrations to a minimum (homemade cake and favourite homemade meal. Bliss!)so that was no biggie.<br /><br />Murphy moved in so to speak...Our dryer broke, the dishwasher died, and then the TV went kaput.<br /><br />Guess what? It turns out that you CAN hang laundry out to dry until your sweet husband can fix the dryer himself using info found for free on the internet. Washing dishes by hand is not so bad. Plus, you can teach your older children to do this and it's a life skill they will have forever. If you have the internet you can watch all kinds of entertaining/educational things on youtube (and at the time HULU) for free. We never had cable anyway and didn't really watch that much TV. We decided to "Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without." If it couldn't be fixed with duct tape and or #8 wire it couldn't be fixed.<br /><br />We had plenty of food, clean water, shelter (our mortgage at the time was hundreds less than what most pay in rent and always made our payments on time) and clothing. We also had a loving and supportive church and family community. They didn't support us financially (although they would have if we'd needed them to.)<br /><br />We never took a dime from the American taxpayers. We had some savings that we used, but very little debt. We were okay. Maybe it sounds corny, but we also had each other.<br /><br />When we were preparing our taxes the following year, we were a little stunned to see what my husband made in 2009. The situation was somewhat stressful, but we never felt "poor". Never hungry. The kids were happy, healthy and learning new things. Thriving, really. <br /><br />That total for the year of 2009 for our family of seven was $37000.00 and some change.<br /><br />$37,000.00. Just let that sink in for a moment.<br /><br />It can be done. It's not even that hard!<br /><br />I have zero sympathy for people who claim to be poor on more than that with fewer or no kids. Cry me a damn river.Zorritanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8358039.post-36924404527254236212013-08-09T08:21:07.972-07:002013-08-09T08:21:07.972-07:001099-GOV. Is it hard to understand? Wage slaves ...1099-GOV. Is it hard to understand? Wage slaves are foced to take a W2 for NSA/IRS tracking. Working contractors, if there are any left, get their 1099-MISC.<br /><br />FAIRNESS demands that recipients of government dollars earned through endless queues in stale bullding get their 1099-GOV for their 'income, redistributed'.<br /><br />Once we determine what WE deided in the mimimum income, whatever the source, then a 1099-GOV's untaxed value will drip over to the mimimium untaxed for W2/1099-MISC.<br /><br />Government at every level issues W2's and 1099-MISC to their slaves/contractors. Porting the data over to the existing systems for NSA/IRS reporting would take less than a month.<br /><br />1099-GOV is FAIR, accountable, and measures pandering quantitatively.SenatorMark4http://senatormark4.artistwebsites.comnoreply@blogger.com