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codrus 18 hours ago
Etienne makes a good point; we should stop using the term "crony capitalism" and instead use cronyism, corporate welfare, or government favoritism. Stop Calling It Capitalism When It’s Government Favoritism. Words have specific meanings. Unfortunately, capitalism is frequently misused by supporters and critics alike. Too often, what people defend or condemn is not free-market capitalism at all. For the purposes of this essay, I use capitalism to mean free-market capitalism: an economic system based on private property, voluntary exchange, competition, freedom of entry and association, and freedom of contract—including wages negotiated without government-imposed minimums. In a free market, businesses must satisfy customers to earn profits. Persistent losses can signal that resources would be better used elsewhere. Rather than rescuing failing firms with taxpayer money, the free-market perspective is to allow the market process to work. Some call government favoritism crony capitalism. I dislike that expression because it still associates the problem with capitalism. Calling someone a “nice jerk” doesn’t change the fact that you’re calling that person a jerk. Likewise, attaching crony to capitalism leaves the impression that capitalism itself is the problem. Why not simply call it cronyism, corporate welfare, or government favoritism? The defining feature is political privilege, not voluntary exchange. Full article:
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codrus 18 hours ago
The crypto industry suffers the 'largest bank heist in human history' as billions are stolen in the Binance hack. Never store your digital privacy freedom currency on other platforms. If you're not in the middle of transactions, all your currency should be in your possession and in your wallet(s). This is why centralized digital currencies like Stable Coins, and CBCD's and tokenization schemes cannot be depended upon to ever work to your benefit, among the other inherent problems with them.
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codrus 19 hours ago
Ronald Louder, one of the largest Zionist billionaires who for decades poured money into Israhell and who is the president of the World Jewish Congress, just sold all his properties there and left, saying he was never going back and that he could no longer stomach the place. https://rumble.com/shorts/v7hr4cq
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I don't even remember how I found this interview, but I'm so glad I followed the hunch to take a look. It's 3 hours long, but you'll be glad you watched it, if you do. When I started to get an idea of how smart he is and how on target he is with everything. I started to become fascinated, and it got to a point where not listening to all of it was just unacceptable. I see what's happening in the world so differently now—and only after three hours of education. All these connections I was unaware of, with all the great current events falling into place and recognizable structure. He makes it so you can see how it's all connected and who the big players are. And once you see and understand their relationships, you know how to logically determine what can be expected to happen next; apparent chaos, mayhem, and madness start to make sense amongst eachother. This ex-banker, Simon Dixon, does such a good job at explaining what confuses many people, starting from historical origins, so a solid foundation of understanding is created, which is then built upon further by more and more recent historical events. He's good at explaining in terms that let you see how different parts connect to one another and play off one another until, near the end, you can start to predict along with him what comes next. After he was done, I felt like the world was a little brighter and a lot less grim than it was this morning. And he closes on a positive note, leaving people with a helpful suggestion on which direction to go from here. I'm so thankful to him for having the moral conviction to tell us.
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Part of our detox system is a core system known as the endocannabinoid system. Modern allopathic medicine understands little about it. This system, not only being core to the other systems, governs the central nervous system, hormones, gut, heart, and brain health. In the developing fetus and children, it governs IQ development. A key element to this system is THCA, which the body produces. But in modern society our detox system uses our supply up quickly, and we are deficient, and these systems begin failing. Along comes hemp, probably the most valuable plant on the planet. Not only does it produce a million other things we need, but it also has a natural amount of THCA, an amount so small that when you consume it, there is no high, and it doesn't register on drug tests. In 2018 hemp broke free from being suppressed by the powers that mean us ill intent, and we recovered access to it. However, now, under the political liquor lobby, the US Congress is making naturally occurring levels of THCA specifically illegal, only allowing levels much too low or levels much too high—thus gutting our ability to derive health benefits from it any longer. Historically, liquor has been one of their most effective tools to destroy people and keep humanity suppressed. But sales have dropped as people have caught on. So they are jumping to a new tool with this new law: switching to pushing lab-created, hybridized, synthetic high levels of THC (not naturally occurring THCA), which, instead of helping our ES, will instead mentally numb people to the point of no longer being able to make decisions. Literally. This is their updated game plan. https://tinyurl.com/mry8rwzz
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CDC Contractor Admits Injury Volume Was 5x Worse Than "Worst-Case." Newly uncovered internal documents reveal that General Dynamics Information Technology, the contractor hired to process VAERS reports, sent an urgent warning admitting they were completely overwhelmed by an unprecedented tsunami of COVID-19 vaccine injuries, stating plainly: "We are no longer in a position to process these." Yet instead of halting the rollout or alerting the public, twenty CDC officials signed off on a public report calling the safety signals "reassuring," a calculated, flat-out lie designed to hide a brewing catastrophe and keep the mass injection campaign running at all costs. The great Jeffrey Tucker (a voluntaryist) from the Brownstone Institute and Del Bigtree talk about it.
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codrus 3 days ago
To this current news headline: "Under the UK's planned social media ban, more than 100,000 British teenagers aged 16 and 17 could initially be locked out of social media because they lack a passport or driving license that may be needed as a fallback for age verification." I re-bring to the attention of the youth of the United Kingdom what the Nepal youth did last year under similar circumstances: Last year in Nepal, Generation Z protesters toppled the government in September 2025 after the administration banned 26 social media platforms. Prime Minister Resignation: K. P. Sharma Oli resigned, and an interim government was installed following days of unrest. Government Buildings Torched: Protesters set fire to the Federal Parliament, Singha Durbar (the administrative headquarters), the Supreme Court, and the residences of the president and prime minister. Casualties and Causes: The protests, driven by anger over corruption and lack of economic opportunity, resulted in at least 22 to 72 deaths after security forces used live ammunition against demonstrators. Digital Mobilization: The youth used banned platforms like Discord and TikTok to organize, bypassing restrictions to coordinate the rapid overthrow of the political elite. When you guys get angry enough, you know what you need to do.
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codrus 5 days ago
People, not only in America, but around the world, are starting to realize he had a very good reason. image
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