John Balkam on Nostr: Well, here goes nothing. THE DEATH OF "THE DEATH ECONOMY" & THE BIRTH OF "THE LIFE ...

Well, here goes nothing.

THE DEATH OF "THE DEATH ECONOMY" & THE BIRTH OF "THE LIFE ECONOMY"

What we are experiencing right now is the long, slow death of the "death economy." Outlined in John Perkins' remarkable book, Confessions of an Economic Hitman, the death economy has pillaged the world. The rich have become fewer and richer while the number of poor have increased and become poorer.

The four pillars of the death economy, as Perkins outlined, are:

- Fear
- Debt
- Anxiety over Insufficiency, and
- Divide and Conquer

While it's an uncomfortable truth, it is true that the political, religious, financial, economic, and media leaders of the past century have lorded over society using these nefarious and demoralizing tactics.

The seat of the global empire of the death economy has been the United States of America since the end of WWII. While Americans can take credit for many positive developments for humanity in the time our country has played this role on the global stage, we cannot overlook the dark and evil side of our country.

In his book, Perkins detailed that, "the death economy is driven by the goal that was promoted by a group of economists in the 1970s and 1980s, including Nobel Prize winners Friedrich von Hayek (1974) and Milton Friedman (1976), and can be summarized as 'the only responsibility of business is to maximize short-term owner profits, regardless of the social and environmental costs."

The consequences of this attitude is that the world has been conquered by a small group of people that Perkins calls "the corporatacracy."

What we do next will define our country's legacy.

The opportunity is here to replace the death economy with something more just, fair, and peaceful. The life economy.

If the life economy is the inverse of the death economy, it would be reasonable to suggest that the four pillars of the life economy would be:

- Courage and Love
- Sound Money
- Security in Abundance, and
- Unite and Collaborate

We have all of the tools and knowledge that we need to build this new world. But it will take a critical mass of individuals who will step up and build the life economy with an unshakable commitment to these principles.

Just imagine if the world economy operated with abundance, freedom, and love at it's core instead of lack, debt slavery, and fear.

That's what I intend to fight for in launching this project. I want to live in a world running the software of the life economy. God willing, my children and grandchildren will inherit this world from you and me. It will be a long, hard fight, but we can overcome the death economy and create the life economy.

Let's begin.

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