Prior to the presidency of Donald Trump, why is there always something defining American Conservatism instead of nothing? Why believe that American Conservatism is somehow immune to a Heideggerian “Lichtung” (Clearing) that wipes the slate clean of its preconceived perceptions… Read More ›
Compendium
Everything related to the articulation of the Work-Standard
Compendium: Devaluation and Revaluation (Pt. II of II)
In the first half of this SMP Compendium entry, it was established that the Currencies pegged to the Work-Standard have the Price of Geld affected by the Value of Arbeit. If the Financial Regime of a Socialist nation-state has its… Read More ›
Compendium: Devaluation and Revaluation (Pt. I of II)
There may be moments where the Price of a Currency pegged to the Work-Standard may be underpriced or overpriced. Put another way, their Price may not reflect the true Value of Arbeit. A similar problem may occur where the Quality… Read More ›
Compendium: Why Vocations are the only Acceptable Source of Arbeit
All Arbeit contributed to the Life-Energy Reserve must originate from one of two sources: either Vocations synchronized with the VCS Economy or from Real Trade Agreements. Any Arbeit that does not come either or both will not be registered by… Read More ›
Update (14 July 2021)
Work on the upcoming SMP Compendium entries for this week are coming along as planned. I have decided that at least two Compendium entries related to the VCS Economy model is enough to suffice. The topics in question pertain to… Read More ›
Compendium: How the State implements and enforces the Paygrade Scale
The Paygrade Scale of the Vocational Civil Service Economy is influenced by overall economic conditions. A Paygrade is affected by the Attrition Rate and the Total Economic Potential as the two primary metrics. Both will affect how much Geld each… Read More ›
Compendium: How the State receives Revenue and allocates the Budget
The Vocational Civil Service (VCS) Economy model does not rely on the conventional taxation policies found in Liberal Capitalism. The State receives the Revenue for its Budget from the same national economy that it predominantly owns and controls. All Geld… Read More ›
Back from Hiatus
I am writing this post to let my followers and others reading The Fourth Estate that I have returned from my hiatus. For those who are unaware, I took a break from posting anything on the Blog last Tuesday, which… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. V of VII)
When one thinks of “Prussia,” does one conjure images of Prussian militarism? Where one thinks of “Bolshevism” (or if one wishes, “Leninism”) does one conjure images of the Soviet Union? Or, as Ernst Jünger dared to claim, are Prussianism and… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. IV of VII)
Technology continues to be the defining characteristic of the Arbeiter. It is what enables the Arbeiter to revolutionize the world. The other key trait is the arts, particularly how certain artforms are created and what can be considered an artform… Read More ›
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