When the average American looks back to the time of the
revolutionary war, they tend to think of Battles and People
Lexington and Concord
Washington
Jefferson
Bunker Hill
The Boston Massacre
Benedict Arnold
I won’t belabor the point. But what is not often talked
about is the ideas of the time.
And the people that brought them to life.
A short 20 years earlier throwing off the chains of the
British Empire would have been impossible.
During the American Enlightenment, the thought leaders of the
time created an environment of discourse that allowed the Revolution to take
place. Thomas Paine didn’t just get up
with the sun, make some tea, and spontaneously write a pamphlet.
If you have never, as an Adult, read the Federalist Papers
for yourself, and you believe you are in the Liberty movement, you are at open
mike night at the local comedy club, not a Netflix special.
Madison and Hamilton layout and handle subjects we still deal with to this day in regard to the proper aim, scope, and composition of government.
Thought Leadership made the United States a thing.
Told you that story to tell you this one.
It is happening again.
Right Now.
This series of tubes, this bundle of fiber optics, this constant
flinging of 1s and 0s around the planet is allowing it to happen at literally
the speed of light.
In my childhood there would be letters and stamps involved.
Now I click publish and my Estonian and Bangladeshi readers have it.
And most likely on a handheld device. And they can talk back.
So today is a tribute to those that have given me the
ability to see into the future.
These people are Prophets. And most give their knowledge for free
This list is not all inclusive. I read too much for that to be possible.
It is ALSO not in order of importance. This is a Michael Yon style mind dump.
John Micheal Greer aka the Arch Druid
His daily posting of his thoughts of where industrial society is headed for nearly 12 years have shaped how I believe we will live for decades to come.
It is a blog that builds on each prior post so you have to start at the beginning and move forward in time.
He also has several books that are in my library.
While his blog is informative his nonfiction books are a must have. The Long Emergency is a Must read volume. That is if you want to see the future.
Karl Denninger
I have read the Market ticker since I cannot remember. Karl as far as I can tell has only been wrong about anything once. Ever. (The utility of precious metals and it'll be my next post)
Karl figured out the covid lockdown nonsense was useless when no else even know what covid was.
Should you get to the comments section, which is where Denninger mostly teaches class, watch yourself. The man don't suffer fools.
Joel Salatin
I'm into agriculture, so he is a no-brainer. But if you are a human that likes to eat, his book Folks this ain't normal is needed primer on the breakdown of industrial agriculture and what you need to do to not starve.
Judi Master of Memetic Warfare. While not a writer for the most point CA masterfully curates content both at WRSA and some back channels. I consider CA to be at the nexus of the liberty movement.
His articles on cars are neat but he really shines in social commentary. Thing learned are the concept of Clovers (NPCs that drive) and rational retorts to the green energy scam.
Vox
Social commentary that focus on wargaming the enemy. Useful for understanding what Globohomo's next move might be.
Micheal Yon
This man has seen everything and fears nothing. When he speaks, you would be wise to listen.
On Point social commentary. I NEVER listen to podcasts, but I will listen to his.
This 99th percentile level thinking
Well reason financial analysis. Cause fuck CNBC.
If you are a catholic, she's for you. Not a catholic? Also for you
Multiple writers here, all at the top of the game
Consistent insightful comment
28 traits of the Modern Man
News to Keep you out of the Camps
Here:
Robert Greene
33 Laws of War, 48 laws of power. Art of seduction
I initially did not add The Burning Platform even though I am a longtime reader simply because it is a aggregator / content hybrid
The Tipping Point and David and Goliath
Everybook but especially Antifragile
https://synlogos.org.https://synlogos.org.
https://www.libertystorch.info
https://www.corbettreport.com
https://bayourenaissanceman.blogspot.com
Mind Dump complete
Tell me who I missed in the comments
James Howard Kuntsler,
ReplyDeleteRather than John
Noted and corrected. Thanks!
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KUNStler
DeleteForget The Federalist Papers. You are better off reading The Anti-Federalist Papers. The Federalist Papers were propaganda in support of the coup that took the US from the much superior Articles of Confederation and replaced them with what we have now. The Anti-Federalists were right about everything.
ReplyDeleteYou are correct. There was much debate at the time. And history proved them right.
DeleteYou missed Catherine Austin Fitts. Essential voice.
ReplyDeleteLove to add. What is her medium? Audio? Vlog? Blog? Anyone know best source for material?
DeleteCatherine Austin Fitts on Solari Report and YouTube videos, particularly Greg Hunter’s show.
DeleteKarl Denninger has been wrong more than once. I used to subscribe to Market-Ticker and dropped it because of his attitude and use of the "ban hammer". He actually banned a nuclear scientist because that guy disagreed with Karl on something related to nuclear energy. I mean seriously, WTF??
ReplyDeleteKarl is an intelligent guy but has a serious superiority complex and a princess thin skin.
He was wrong on when the government would fail to to the level of debt. He wrote at least a decade ago that we were almost there. His thinking completely disregarded inflation and how currency depreciation also reduces the debt in real terms.
Sure, on a long enough timeline he is prediction is correct.
All those fine folks and more are aggregated at
ReplyDeletehttps://normalamerican.com/news/
Arrived here via WRSA / will definitely be adding some to https://synlogos.org.
ReplyDeleteThanks Sasha
DeleteThe Burning Platform...
ReplyDeleteLiberty's Torch - libertystorch.info Fran Poretto, and a couple of other thoughtful folks. -original grandpa
ReplyDeleteCorbettreport.com
ReplyDeleteBayou Renaissance Man
ReplyDeleteGot here and added via WRSA as well. I would add Ole Remus posthumously.
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https://web.archive.org/web/20110101000000*/http://woodpilereport.com/
Genius. Added
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