The Spenglerian association of Prussia with Socialism, as paradoxical as it may seem to most people, does have an historical basis. The history surrounding this association is unfortunately too obscure, even though a Prussian origin can be discerned in the… Read More ›
Month: May 2021
Compendium: Primer on Taxation, Welfare, Insurance, and Vocations
The economic model advocated by the Work-Standard is one characterized as a “Vocational Civil Service Economy.” Economic activities registered as Arbeit (Work) under the Planned or Command Economy of the Socialist nation-state must always come from citizens employed in “Vocations.”… Read More ›
Compendium: Exchange Rates and the Impossible Trinity
Every Currency has an Exchange Rate that determines its Value when compared against the Value of another Currency. This is best demonstrated by the Price of conversions between one Currency to another. If one wishes to know how much their… Read More ›
Update (18 May 2021)
Judging from the positive reception on my blog since the past three weeks, it appears that there is an audience interested in the Work-Standard. The interest is focused more so on the economic and financial characteristics associated with the Work-Standard… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part III of IV)
A large portion of Prussianism and Socialism was devoted to the “English instinct,” the term Spengler chose to describe Liberal Capitalism. Spengler specifically chose this term, just as he had also identified Socialism as being the “Prussian instinct,” because he… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part II of IV)
Prussia, as a political entity in the world, was dissolved by the Allied Powers in the opening stages of the Cold War. Its territorial claims by West Germany ceased in what can only be described as the Faustian bargain. Prussia… Read More ›
Oswald Spengler’s Prussianism and Socialism (Part I of IV)
The proliferation of differing interpretations of Socialism after 1945 is indicative of a lack of awareness about its historical origins. Yes, there is the commonly-known association of the “Socialist Mode of Production” to “Scientific Socialism,” the interpretation of Karl Marx… Read More ›
Compendium: Currency Depreciation/Appreciation (Pt. II of II)
The following is related to the Work-Standard’s conception of Currency Depreciation/Appreciation under Socialist Monetary Policy (SMP). This entry assumes that the reader has in fact understood the conventional Liberal Capitalist version of Currency/Appreciation relative to Inflation/Deflation. Everything here will hereby… Read More ›
Compendium: Currency Depreciation/Appreciation (Pt. I of II)
All Currencies will gain or lose Value over a period of Zeit (Time). Any increase in the Value is called “Appreciation” whereas any decrease in the Value is “Depreciation.” How the Value changes is dependent on the Currency being Liberal… Read More ›
Compendium: A Reading of Ernst Jünger’s Total Mobilization
It is understandable for the term ‘Total Mobilization’ to convey imagery of military preparations for an impending war. It is also inevitable for the term itself to conjure the notion of sustaining a war effort against a common enemy. This… Read More ›
The Fourth Estate 
You must be logged in to post a comment.