Tonight we discuss some of this past year’s highlights, starting with the run on Silicon Valley Bank and near repeat of the 2008 financial crisis. We then cover the geopolitical implications of the ongoing conflict in Ukraine mixed in with the attacks in Israel, crisis at the border, and the changing world of technology as AI continues to touch more of our everyday lives. As a bonus, we are excited to welcome back longtime co-hosts Nick and Hank to help us round out the year, and to give us some perspective as what this year may yet bring.

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 263 – 2023 – Year in Review

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In pagan Germany sometime in the 8th century, legend has it that a Christian monk, who would later become known as Saint Boniface, gathered a tribe of non-believers around him and their most sacred tree. Thought to incite a vengeful bolt of lightning from Thor himself if cut down, Boniface, in front of all who could see, felled the tree with a single chop of the axe, aided by a gust of wind seemingly from another divinity, and no lightning. In that moment, the onlookers were converted to Christianity. Tonight, we are joined by the author of ‘The Boniface Option’, Pastor Andrew, to explore why the analogy of a bold and visceral attack against false idols may be fitting for addressing the troubles of our “trashworld” times.

Very special guest Pastor Andrew
The Boniface Option: A Strategy For Christian Counteroffensive in a Post-Christian Nation – https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CFZ84K7T
Contra Mundum – Sojourners in a Strange Land – https://contramundum.life/
https://news.gab.com/tag/andrew-isker/
https://twitter.com/BonifaceOption

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 262 – The Boniface Option

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Even before humans developed metal tools, stonework, jewelry and mineral wealth have been an integral part in human society. With the advent of the industrial revolution, with coal being exploited as a primary energy source for heating and locomotion, even more minerals ranging from copper to iron to aluminum became accessible on a scale never before seen. Now, with fossil fuels such as coal and oil becoming more difficult to source and pressure from environmental concerns causing a search for greener energy, a new frontier in mining for the green economy, ranging from lithium to cobalt, has opened, raising new challenges and opportunities in the never ending search for wealth from beneath.

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 260 – Mining – From the Depths of the Earth – After Dark

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The world is a complex place, filled with good and evil – and almost everything in between. The challenge of navigating this is that we are all tempted by something that we want, but ultimately will be our undoing. Christians frame this battle between God and Satan, with humans caught in the struggle to choose. What makes this even more difficult is it is not simply a matter of choice, but also of action. To avoid sin, we must resist its lure, but most, if not all, can without help. This is where faith provides solace, and in the final judgement, salvation. Tonight we are joined by two gentleman who have dedicated the search for what is good in the form of the excellent Stone Choir podcast, which explores many of these fundamental issues, and provides a guide to those who have sought a light in these dark times.

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 259 – Stone Choir – After Dark – Good vs Evil

— References —

– Paradise Lost, Milton (1667)

– On Human Race: IQ, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-iq/

– Perfect Hatred, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/perfect-hatred/

– A Young Man’s Life, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/a-young-mans-life/

– Normalcy Bias, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/normalcy-bias/

Estimates place the amount of the earth’s land area dedicated to buildings and other fixed structures to be no more than 3%. But of that land, nearly half is exclusive to roads and parking structures in some urban areas. This fact, obviously a consequence of the prevalence of the automobile, illustrates the importance of transportation, a key pillar to modern civilization. Connecting people, goods and services has always been important, but as the cost of movement has dropped and the speed has increased, the value of the network has only grown, which Metcalfe defined as proportional to the square of the nodes, or in this case, destinations. As technology pushes us farther and more safely, the era of globalization may very well extend beyond the globe and into the stars.

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 258 – The Evolution of Transportation

— References —

– The Box, Levinson (2006)

– The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business, Myth of the 20th Century (2021) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/the-visible-hand-the-managerial-revolution-in-american-business/

– Cadillac Desert – The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/cadillac-desert-the-american-west-and-its-disappearing-water/

– Essays on the History of Transportation and Technology, Kemp (2014)

– Geography of Transport Systems, 5th Edition, Rodrigue (2020)

Australia, a name derived from the Latin for “southern land”, sits as a continent unto itself at the far reaches of the Asian landmass, receiving its first settlers over 50,000 years ago when the ice age connected the two by a land bridge. It was not until the European settlements in the 17th century did Australia have a written record, and also when it started receiving its largest growth in population. When Australia became united as a federated commonwealth in 1901, one of the first acts it passed was the White Australia Policy, favoring European settlement and limitation of the recent Asian, particularly Chinese, immigration and influence. Only until the 1970s did this policy shift towards broader and more open immigration. Tonight, Matthew Grant from the Australian Natives Association joins us to discuss why this shift occurred, and perhaps why a return to the older policies might be beneficial to the people of his country.

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Very special guest Matthew Grant

Australian Nativist Association

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 257 – Australia – a History of Settlement

— References —

– The Commonwealth of Australia, Wise (1909) – https://archive.org/details/commonwealthofau00wise/mode/2up

– The Lucky Country, Horne (1964)

– Australia’s Boer War, Wilcox (2002)

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In a time of increasing skepticism of globalization, stemming from losses in jobs, cultural heritage, and sovereignty over ones own homeland, nationalism has re-emerged onto the political stage in protest movements and increasingly populist governments. Christian nationalism, focused on the incorporation of church doctrine into a nation and often a sovereign, is not a new concept, stemming at least from the time of the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, but recently has re-emerged as a potential solution to the social ills many societies face in the West. Tonight we are joined by Woe, co-host of the Stone Choir podcast, to make the case for how and why this might be a good way forward for many of the discontented souls of today.

— Brought to you by —

Very special guest Woe @treblewoe

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 256 – Stone Choir – Christian Nationalism

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– Industrial Society and Its Future, Kaczynski (1995)

– Uncle Ted’s Cabin, Myth of the 20th Century (2017) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/uncle-teds-cabin/

– E. Michael Jones – Cultural Revolution in America, Myth of the 20th Century (2018) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2018/05/02/e-michael-jones-cultural-revolution-in-america/

– Christian Nationalism Is Submission to God, Stone Choir (2022) – https://stone-choir.com/christian-nationalism-is-submission-to-god/

– Election in View of Headship, Stone Choir (2022) – https://stone-choir.com/election-in-view-of-headship/

– On Human Race: IQ, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-iq/

– On Human Race: Racism, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/on-human-race-racism/

– Hebrews, Israelites, and Jews, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/hebrews-israelites-and-jews/

– Judge (Not), Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/judge-not/

– The Big Lie, Stone Choir (2023) – https://stone-choir.com/the-big-lie/

– The strange relationship of liberals to power: their psychology as the forever underdog, Neoliberal Feudalism (2023) – https://neofeudalreview.substack.com/p/the-strange-relationship-of-liberals

In 1945 near the end of WWII, US President Franklin Roosevelt, on his way back from the Yalta summit, met on the cruiser USS Quincy in the Suez Canal with Kign Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia. The meeting, prompted by Roosevelt asking how the United States had outlasted the mighty German war machine, was motivated by the fact that American oil resources fueled the enormous military buildout that went on to eclipse not only the production of Germany but also the output of all other Axis countries combined. Thinking ahead to declining American reserves, Roosevelt correctly saw and successful negotiated an alliance between the US and the kingdom that until recently has undergirded not only the industrial world’s need for energy but also America’s need for further legitimization of the US dollar in an era of large budget and trade deficits which came in the form of the ‘petrodollar.’ Growing from a population of fewer than 5 million in 1960 to over 33 million today, the home to Mecca, the birthplace of Mohammed and Islam and the center of the broader Muslim world, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia has had mixed success in transitioning from its ancient heritage to the fabulous wealth provided by oil. It’s state oil giant – Saudi Aramco – is the world’s third largest company as measured by market capitalization, at $2 trillion, but looking ahead, with increased calls for a move away from fossil fuels and the rise of China, the kingdom looks to invest in the future while retaining its past, and hopes to maintain its central role, for good or for worse, in Middle Eastern culture and politics.

— Brought to you by —

Very special guest General Lance

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAioE7UWN_tV6gVFcqQZqPw

DVX Publishing – https://www.dvxpublishingcompany.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LancesLegion

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 255 – Saudi Arabia and the (End of the) Petrodollar

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– Seven Pillars of Wisdom, Lawrence (1926)

– Why Arabs Lose Wars, Atkine (1999) – https://www.meforum.org/441/why-arabs-lose-wars

– Desert Kingdom – How Oil and Water Forged Modern Saudi Arabia, Jones (2010)

– Syria: Descent Into the Abyss, Fisk (2015)

– Petrodollar – American Political Economics, Myth of the 20th Century (2017) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2017/03/14/petrodollar-american-political-economics/

– How FDR Charmed a Saudi King and Won U.S. Access to Oil, Kennedy (2018) – https://www.history.com/news/fdr-saudi-arabia-king-oil

– Mohammed bin Salman: The dark side of Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Aljazeera (2020) – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/3/9/mohammed-bin-salman-the-dark-side-of-saudi-arabias-crown-prince

– Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All, Shellenberger (2020)

– Cadillac Desert – The American West and Its Disappearing Water, Myth of the 20th Century (2022) – https://myth20c.wordpress.com/2022/08/30/cadillac-desert-the-american-west-and-its-disappearing-water/

– Petrodollar Dusk, Petroyuan Dawn: What Investors Need To Know, Holmes (2023) – https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculations/2023/03/27/petrodollar-dusk-petroyuan-dawn-what-investors-need-to-know/?sh=35388fa355aa

– Aramco’s Oil Production Costs Least in the World at $2.8 Per Barrel – https://english.aawsat.com/home/article/1993111/aramco%E2%80%99s-oil-production-costs-least-world-28-barrel

comparison: https://knoema.com/rqaebad/cost-of-producing-a-barrel-of-crude-oil-by-country

– IMF: Saudi Arabia Needs Oil Prices At $80.90 To Balance Budget – https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/IMF-Saudi-Arabia-Needs-Oil-Prices-At-8090-To-Balance-Budget.html

– Fossil Fuels, Our World in Data – https://ourworldindata.org/fossil-fuels

– Decouple Media – Learn About Energy and Climate – https://www.decouplemedia.org/

Carl von Clausewitz described war as politics by other means. In many ways the reverse could be said, with the modern state in the West seemingly arrayed against its own citizens in a constant battle of misdirection and interference in their lives. Tom Kawczynski, author of ‘Surviving the Fall of America’ and former town manager of Jackman, Maine, has actually run for political office in an attempt to address some of these problems. Tonight, he gives us an insider glimpse into how the system actually works, what we can expect going forward, and some potential solutions to what he sees an an almost inevitable decline of a once great society.

— Brought to you by —

Very special guest Tom Kawczynski

Substack: The Disconnect – Tom Kawczynski – https://tomkawczynski.substack.com/

BOOKS on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B0078GF02W

Twitter: https://twitter.com/TomKawczynski

Telegram: https://t.me/tomkawczynski

Myth of the 20th Century – Episode 254 – Someone Has to Say It – Tom Kawczynski

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Testing Theories of American Politics: Elites, Interest Groups, and Average Citizens, Gilens, Page (2014) – https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/perspectives-on-politics/article/testing-theories-of-american-politics-elites-interest-groups-and-average-citizens/62327F513959D0A304D4893B382B992B

The Coming Civil War, Kawczynski (2018)

Strategic Relocation, North American Guide to Safe Places, Fourth Edition, Skousen (2020)

In God We Must, Kawczynski (2020)

Behold the Beast System, Kawczynski (2022)

The Network State: How To Start a New Country, Srinivasan (2022)

Elon Musk launches AI firm xAI as he looks to take on OpenAI, Reuters (2023) – https://www.reuters.com/technology/elon-musks-ai-firm-xai-launches-website-2023-07-12/