Information technologies grew up alongside nuclear technologies in the wake of the Second World War. The most obvious example of their pervasive importance is of course the World Wide Web (WWW). The WWW is the digital medium that everyone uses… Read More ›
Compendium
Everything related to the articulation of the Work-Standard
SMP Compendium: Technology and the War Effort (Pt. I of III)
War is politics. The Military-Industrial Complex is one of the products from the State of Total Mobilization. When it became apparent that industrialization had military implications, nations began to field massive armies and navies from the 19th century onward. The early… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Technology and the War Effort (Pt. II of III)
On a Russian State cultural media website, there was an article about the Soviet Ruble that featured a Josef Stalin quote which reads: “If a Socialist country pegs its Currency to a Liberal Capitalist Currency, then this Socialist country must forget… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Technology and the War Effort (Pt. III of III)
“Free to Choose?” “[Economic] Socialization does not mean nationalization by expropriation or theft. It is not all concerned with nominal property, but rather with the techniques of administration. Buying up industries right and left for the sake of some slogan,… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Introduction to the Art of Technology
Another variation of the Political Organization Problem pertains to Technology affecting how various artforms are conducted and how people discuss and critique them. Life imitates art, it is often said, and the type of Total Mobilization being employed affects the artforms in… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: The Tactical Logic of Technology
The Art of Socialist Finance cannot be conveyed in a massive book of rules and regulations like a “~70,000-page Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Tax Code.” The styles which govern Socialist Finance are to be applied in accordance with present-day economic… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: The Operational Logic of Technology
Previously, we explored the various possibilities where such technologies can be employed on a tactical level. Here, we will be exploring those same technologies at an operational level. The Art of Socialist Finance requires its own Socialist Fintech in the… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: The Strategic Logic of Technology
As we ascend the command structure of the Socialist Nation, everything becomes more generalized and more broadly defined upon arriving at the Council State itself. What keeps the Council State cognizant of what is occurring in the nation and abroad… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: Artistic Creativity and Innovative Ingenuity with the Work-Standard
The Socialist Nation of the SMP Compendium, it should be mentioned, will never resemble anything like the Soviet Union, the CMEA/Warsaw Pact nations, or even the People’s Republic of China. Rather, it will be going above and beyond all of those countries,… Read More ›
SMP Compendium: On International Trade and Investment
Unlike regular national economics, the field of international economics covers a broader political dimension that spans the entire planet. It is normal for countries to trade with others to acquire whatever they need for their own economies. In international economics,… Read More ›
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