Oct 29, 2023·edited Oct 29, 2023Liked by Karl Sanchez
Agree with others, a wonderful summation.
Article today on Naked Capitalism which includes quotations of Hudson.
A long quotation from the article is posted below. I noted in an earlier comment on Karl's substack that US does not seem to have any diplomats. In this article we hear that John Kerry says that the biggest missed opportunity in his life is not getting US into the Belt and Road Imitative with China.
"[China] It attempts to find ways it can benefit in tandem with other nations. And it takes diplomacy seriously, thus far not resorting to force in an attempt to advance political objectives. In essence, on the world stage China is the opposite of the US, and it will continue to play an outsized role in the emerging multipolarity.
Right now, the US is making it easier for them to build a more China-centric alternative world order, helping countries overlook their differences because they see a common threat to their national interest, which is an overly aggressive declining hegemon in the US.
Indeed, it has become self-fulfilling. The more China, Russia, India, etc. build up that multipolar world order, the more the US works to undermine it with coups, sanctions, threats. This only hardens the resolve of the other powers and Global South countries. Meanwhile the US works harder trying to tear things down.
Maybe Biden will show some statesmanship at his upcoming meeting with Xi by rethinking the US aggressive stance towards China. It would be smart domestic politics, as well. According to recent polling by National Security Action and Foreign Policy for America, only 13 percent of Americans want an aggressive approach and 5 percent want a confrontational one with China. 78 percent of Americans want to focus more on working to avoid a military conflict with China. But relying on Biden or anyone in neocon-dominated Washington for deft foreign policy isn’t a smart bet.
The real question is just how much destruction the US will cause in the transition to a more multipolar world – one where it must practice actual diplomacy and work with other countries.
That day will likely come first in Europe where there are at least rumblings of throwing off the US shackles, throwing out US lackeys, and pursuing European interests (or the interests of individual European states). The EU project may have to die first but that one can envision. Whether its Brexit forces, or the AfD in Germany, or Orban in Hungary, Fico in Slovakia, there are increasing calls for national interests (even if their idea of nationalism seeks to serve local oligarchies or right wing fantasies). Speaking of Orban, according to the Chinese readout, of his BFR meeting with Xi, Orban stated that Hungary “will continue to be China’s trusted friend and partner in the European Union” and “opposes any decoupling and breakage of supply and industrial chains or the so-called ‘de-risking’ practices.” This goes directly against the European Commission’s economic security strategy. More governments are bound to follow Orban’s lead.
As the conflicts ramp up as part of the US effort to maintain its hegemony, we will unfortunately never know what might have been instead had the US said yes to one of Beijing’s invitations to partner in the BRI and accepted a peaceful transition to a multipolar world."
Look at the US and NATO fleets converging towards Israel. Largest western armada in history.
Don't be surprised if US nukes Iran to teach the Russians and Chinese a lesson that further resistance will result in real global war. Iran is a cheesy target to prove the point. No nukes to retaliate.
Anything else would be solved in time after Iran is turned to a glassy carpark.
Chinese have a saying to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.
After all, no whites/real humans were nuked in the process. The West can easily accept that price for continued Thousand Years Fourth Reich.
The fleet assembled for D-Day was bigger. I'm a big doubter on nuke usage. I commented at Simplicius's on that article. And what's being proved is the West and the Zionists lack civility.
Yes and the essential point is illustrated in the remarks about 'who US backs or backed'. Pointing out that it backs administrations not the people.
To that we should add, just to make it explicit, that the Biden administration is not the American people, either.
So it is not 'nations' backing nations we see here. It is administration backing administrations.
And giving rise to all the miseries of the world visited on the people.
And the crucifying irony, of course, is that when it comes down to time to inflict pain it is people who do the inflicting. When we get down to it: the people hurt the people.
Not the administrations.
They just tell them to do it.
And people are accustomed above all things in all societies to obey.
And that's how it all comes about.
And therefore the massive elephant in the room that this essay omits is the need to educate the people.
Response to Karl Sanchez' ""The Penny Drops - The World Is Multi-Polar": My Two Cents"
"treat as many natural monopolies as public utilities as possible--and most importantly finance and real estate/land/housing. "
First, there are no "natural monopolies". All monopolies are coercive. Even certain natural resources which exist in only one place are not "monopolies" because they can be competed with by alternative resources in most cases. Austrian economic theory pretty much dismisses "natural monopolies."
You might be thinking of things like energy distribution and the like. These are technical matters that can be solved by proper technology.
Second, "finance" covers a lot, but in my view probably shouldn't exist, other than perhaps places where one can pay to have one's money held securely - without any "lending" going on. People should never be "in debt" as a matter of common sense and security. No individualist anarchist will go into debt.
Third, "real estate" is another can of worms. We all know how that started: feudal lords rode around on a horse for a day and claimed all the ground the surrounded. This is absurd because it's obviously based on naked force. The native Americans owned what they sat on and enforced "hunting grounds" to avoid over-hunting. Anything beyond that is ridiculous. The idea of a "mortgage" is covered by "never go into debt."
The question arises: since all of the land is already claimed, what do we do? Well, first of all, an enormous amount of land - in this country, at least - is "owned" by the state for various spurious reasons. Second, a lot of the organizations owning land could justifiably be disenfranchised of that land once the state - and the corporations which are creatures of that state - are eliminated. Third, there are technology issues here as well.
In short, I've always subscribed to "land use" theory, as is done by certain forms of farming in South America. You "own" certain trees or plants but not the land they're on, that is held in common. This could be extended: you put up a structure or you mine it or grow on it, you own the land it sits on. Beyond that, no one owns any other piece of land.
Economics is a huge area of study. It's basically studying "Human Behavior", which is the title of Ludwig von Mises epic tome, which I have yet to read through because it's so huge. People need to compare Austrian economic theory as espoused by people like von Mises, anarchist Murray Rothbard and others.
The son of Milton Friedman, of the Chicago School of Economics, David Friedman, happens to be an anarchist and wrote many years ago (1973) a book called "The Machinery of Freedom", which is a short view of right-wing anarchist free market economics (and when right wing anarchists talk about "free market", they mean really free market, not state capitalism.) It is available for free here:
Really interesting reading.
Thanks for this great synthesis, it's helpful and it's also encouraging.
Agree with others, a wonderful summation.
Article today on Naked Capitalism which includes quotations of Hudson.
A long quotation from the article is posted below. I noted in an earlier comment on Karl's substack that US does not seem to have any diplomats. In this article we hear that John Kerry says that the biggest missed opportunity in his life is not getting US into the Belt and Road Imitative with China.
"[China] It attempts to find ways it can benefit in tandem with other nations. And it takes diplomacy seriously, thus far not resorting to force in an attempt to advance political objectives. In essence, on the world stage China is the opposite of the US, and it will continue to play an outsized role in the emerging multipolarity.
Right now, the US is making it easier for them to build a more China-centric alternative world order, helping countries overlook their differences because they see a common threat to their national interest, which is an overly aggressive declining hegemon in the US.
Indeed, it has become self-fulfilling. The more China, Russia, India, etc. build up that multipolar world order, the more the US works to undermine it with coups, sanctions, threats. This only hardens the resolve of the other powers and Global South countries. Meanwhile the US works harder trying to tear things down.
Maybe Biden will show some statesmanship at his upcoming meeting with Xi by rethinking the US aggressive stance towards China. It would be smart domestic politics, as well. According to recent polling by National Security Action and Foreign Policy for America, only 13 percent of Americans want an aggressive approach and 5 percent want a confrontational one with China. 78 percent of Americans want to focus more on working to avoid a military conflict with China. But relying on Biden or anyone in neocon-dominated Washington for deft foreign policy isn’t a smart bet.
The real question is just how much destruction the US will cause in the transition to a more multipolar world – one where it must practice actual diplomacy and work with other countries.
That day will likely come first in Europe where there are at least rumblings of throwing off the US shackles, throwing out US lackeys, and pursuing European interests (or the interests of individual European states). The EU project may have to die first but that one can envision. Whether its Brexit forces, or the AfD in Germany, or Orban in Hungary, Fico in Slovakia, there are increasing calls for national interests (even if their idea of nationalism seeks to serve local oligarchies or right wing fantasies). Speaking of Orban, according to the Chinese readout, of his BFR meeting with Xi, Orban stated that Hungary “will continue to be China’s trusted friend and partner in the European Union” and “opposes any decoupling and breakage of supply and industrial chains or the so-called ‘de-risking’ practices.” This goes directly against the European Commission’s economic security strategy. More governments are bound to follow Orban’s lead.
As the conflicts ramp up as part of the US effort to maintain its hegemony, we will unfortunately never know what might have been instead had the US said yes to one of Beijing’s invitations to partner in the BRI and accepted a peaceful transition to a multipolar world."
https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2023/10/how-much-of-the-world-will-the-us-burn-in-the-transition-to-multipolarity.html
Yes, it's much easier to say the right thing when you're out of government, freed from the shackles imposed by the Doners.
that is a pretty impressive statement by john kerry... hard to believe!~ thanks for sharing that..
everyone needs to learn how to share.... i can't say that better myself!! thanks karl..
Yes, and the behavior and its controlling mindset must really go beyond that to see all as members of the Human Family.
Moonofalabama is an awesome resource. Cheers.
Look at the US and NATO fleets converging towards Israel. Largest western armada in history.
Don't be surprised if US nukes Iran to teach the Russians and Chinese a lesson that further resistance will result in real global war. Iran is a cheesy target to prove the point. No nukes to retaliate.
Anything else would be solved in time after Iran is turned to a glassy carpark.
Chinese have a saying to kill a chicken to scare the monkeys.
After all, no whites/real humans were nuked in the process. The West can easily accept that price for continued Thousand Years Fourth Reich.
Supremacy of western civilisation!
Thanks to Simplicius.
https://i.imgur.com/9TRlKB5.jpg
https://simplicius76.substack.com/p/world-plummets-into-eschatological
The fleet assembled for D-Day was bigger. I'm a big doubter on nuke usage. I commented at Simplicius's on that article. And what's being proved is the West and the Zionists lack civility.
Yes and the essential point is illustrated in the remarks about 'who US backs or backed'. Pointing out that it backs administrations not the people.
To that we should add, just to make it explicit, that the Biden administration is not the American people, either.
So it is not 'nations' backing nations we see here. It is administration backing administrations.
And giving rise to all the miseries of the world visited on the people.
And the crucifying irony, of course, is that when it comes down to time to inflict pain it is people who do the inflicting. When we get down to it: the people hurt the people.
Not the administrations.
They just tell them to do it.
And people are accustomed above all things in all societies to obey.
And that's how it all comes about.
And therefore the massive elephant in the room that this essay omits is the need to educate the people.
Response to Karl Sanchez' ""The Penny Drops - The World Is Multi-Polar": My Two Cents"
"treat as many natural monopolies as public utilities as possible--and most importantly finance and real estate/land/housing. "
First, there are no "natural monopolies". All monopolies are coercive. Even certain natural resources which exist in only one place are not "monopolies" because they can be competed with by alternative resources in most cases. Austrian economic theory pretty much dismisses "natural monopolies."
You might be thinking of things like energy distribution and the like. These are technical matters that can be solved by proper technology.
Second, "finance" covers a lot, but in my view probably shouldn't exist, other than perhaps places where one can pay to have one's money held securely - without any "lending" going on. People should never be "in debt" as a matter of common sense and security. No individualist anarchist will go into debt.
Third, "real estate" is another can of worms. We all know how that started: feudal lords rode around on a horse for a day and claimed all the ground the surrounded. This is absurd because it's obviously based on naked force. The native Americans owned what they sat on and enforced "hunting grounds" to avoid over-hunting. Anything beyond that is ridiculous. The idea of a "mortgage" is covered by "never go into debt."
The question arises: since all of the land is already claimed, what do we do? Well, first of all, an enormous amount of land - in this country, at least - is "owned" by the state for various spurious reasons. Second, a lot of the organizations owning land could justifiably be disenfranchised of that land once the state - and the corporations which are creatures of that state - are eliminated. Third, there are technology issues here as well.
In short, I've always subscribed to "land use" theory, as is done by certain forms of farming in South America. You "own" certain trees or plants but not the land they're on, that is held in common. This could be extended: you put up a structure or you mine it or grow on it, you own the land it sits on. Beyond that, no one owns any other piece of land.
Economics is a huge area of study. It's basically studying "Human Behavior", which is the title of Ludwig von Mises epic tome, which I have yet to read through because it's so huge. People need to compare Austrian economic theory as espoused by people like von Mises, anarchist Murray Rothbard and others.
The son of Milton Friedman, of the Chicago School of Economics, David Friedman, happens to be an anarchist and wrote many years ago (1973) a book called "The Machinery of Freedom", which is a short view of right-wing anarchist free market economics (and when right wing anarchists talk about "free market", they mean really free market, not state capitalism.) It is available for free here:
https://annas-archive.org/md5/78d9c2b4693188f77603ae3742b13a00