Doug Casey's Take

You've heard a lot about how the US is similar to Ancient Rome.  But, you've probably not heard the strange connection we discuss today.   This episode is likely to upset some of you.  That's not our intention, of course.  Instead, we're exploring an idea that helps us better understand what we're facing today. 

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Chapters: 

00:00 Intro

00:13 Doug's reading "The Ancient City"

2:09 The role of religion in Ancient Greece & Rome

4:08 Doug's Catholic Church Panel at freedom Fest

6:54 Atheists in America

9:00 The psychology behind in-group and out-group

10:11 The binding power of myths

11:52 Is Wokism the disrupter that Christianity was in Ancient Rome?

19:13 Citizenship as In-Group 

20:28 Exile from in-group is equivilant to death

22:51 Race as In-Group

25:18 Religion & Culture Vs. Morality and Law

34:53 Progressivism's assault

36:48 Sign up to get Doug's Essay on the collapse of the Roman Empire: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-cas...

Doug Casey answers your questions about investing, travel, and much more in today's AMA. 

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CHAPTERS:

00:00 Introduction 

00:02 Show up at a protest?

3:07 Long term wealth preservation

4:40 Mandalorian?

5:40 Canada to Mexico 

8:11  Languages to learn

11:36 Carbon streaming

14:41 Bail in?

18:16 long distance phyle

21:09 Health insurance 

28:18 Avoid insurance 

31:40 Pension reallocation 

35:30 US heading for South Africa 

38:19 Grand solar minimum

42:20 Buying t bills?

43:38 Old conservative guys 

45:30 Budapest 

51:38 Vaccine requirements for welfare 

54:26 Russian with a cyber security degree 

57:41 Switzerland 

58:21 Kazakhstan 

1:00:07 Social security 

1:03:05 Languages

1:04:05 21 years old with $25K, what would Doug do?

1:10:00 Cycles 

1:12:26 British empire and global currency 

1:16:00 Will the war on the virus end?

1:18:38 Call to action: paladin network

1:20:12 London or Singapore?

1:21:27 Flee to canada? 

1:22:34 Hope for a refounding of America principles?

1:31:28 Where should Brits go to retire 

1:35:06 Argentina and inflation 

1:38:16 Can colleges be salvaged?

1:41:13 Deflation, hyperinflation, inflation.. 

1:45:12 Death & Afterlife

The Supreme Court ruled that the CDC's Eviction Moratorium was illegal.  But, that didn't stop them from extending it.  How big of an impact will this move have and what does it mean for private property rights going forward?

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Mentioned in this episode: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/op...

https://www.cnbc.com/2021/08/03/house...

Chapters

00:00 Intro 

3:32 people behind on rent 

5:07 Red or blue hopium

9:38 there is no political solution 

10:35 Supreme Court ruling 

13:30 Sue me

15:56 home loan balances

18:22 crack up boom- new debt 

21:26 who bails out the US? 

25:07 freedom fest 

27:40 who is on Mount Rushmore 

29:28 who should be there instead 

32:04 degradation of us coinage

You're in for a treat today as we're joined by the great, Gary North. You can find him at: 

http://www.garynorth.com  

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00:00:00 Introduction 

2:18 History of conservatism 

7:41 Worst Presidents in History 

11:16 Smartest Presidents 

13:04 Next 10 years? 

20:35 Nisbet 

26:22 Modern Monetary Theory

31:58 What to do? 

39:25 Timing & future lockdowns

44:25 Crack up, boom

49:25 what does money buy you? 

55:43 Feel good money 

1:03:32 Closing remarks

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In today's episode, we discuss Doug's latest essay published on InternationalMan.com

If you enjoy this episode, please be sure to check out the essay here: https://internationalman.com/articles...

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Chapters:

00:00:00 Introduction

00:32 Social Animals

6:08 individual means of production and success during the Industrial Revolution 

9:53 Democratization of technology 

14:05 Emancipation of the individual 

17:41 Singularity 

21:50 Meeting up in Meatspace

This episode suffers from internet connection issues. We had to pause the recording and restart a few times. Still, we think you'll find the subject interesting.

It turns out, the ultimate 'Prepper' is the US government. In this episode, we discuss a recently read book: 'Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government's Secret Plan to Save Itself--While the Rest of Us Die' https://www.amazon.com/Raven-Rock-Gov...

The current "health crisis" might actually be a golden opportunity for the college-bound to explore a totally different approach to life while acquiring valuable skills.

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00:00:00 Introduction 

0:03 Why is it that money goes to money heaven when a borrower defaults?

8:45 Why there are no more tax havens?

11:23 Were a lot of the Hell’s Angels members cops?

12:01 Mexico, Brazil or Costa Rica?

20:27 Why is western civilization overly concerned with material gains? 

23:26 Scientists and medical professionals?

24:58 Military split if there is a civil war?

32:50 Will John Galt appear in the real world?

38:53 Oil tankers 

43:34 Global cyber attacks? 

46:35 Andorra? 

48:01 Books by L. Ron Hubbard

52:22 Travel or be frugal? 

57:28 Stop losses?

58:25 Freedom zones or cities?

1:00:01 Family and business?

1:03:02 Prepping?

1:03:48 Greatest physical/mental test?

1:05:27 Star Trek or Star Wars?

1:07:19 How to move gold or silver to another country 

1:09:33 Largest farm holder in US