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 ›
Der Arbeiter
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 ›
Compendium: Theories of Money (Pt. II of II)
If MMT was derived from aspects of the State and Credit Theories of Money, where would be the Work-Standard’s Theory of Money? Going back to the second half of the SMP Compendium entry for “Theory of Value,” it was stated… Read More ›
Compendium: Theories of Money (Pt. I of II)
Competing Theories of Money have proliferated in the Western world when the concept of Currency became grew increasingly important since the Renaissance. In addition to the Theories of Value that argued for different ways to determine how much something should… Read More ›
Preliminary Draft on Finding the Total Economic Potential
To begin, I should address the fact that this will be a regular blog post, rather than a new entry in the SMP Compendium. The reason is because I am still working on my readings of Der Arbeiter and articulating… Read More ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. III of VII)
Two recurring topics related to the Arbeiter are commonly cited throughout Der Arbeiter, art and technology. Ernst Jünger focused more on the role of technology as being the defining characteristic of the Arbeiter as a Figure than art. Clearly, the… Read More ›
Compendium: The “Paranoid Style” as a Jeffersonian Obstacle for Hamiltonian Federal Socialism
Anyone who has made serious contemplations about the return of Hamiltonianism as “Federal Socialism” must contend with the “Paranoid Style” identified by the American historian Richard Hofstadter. Written in the wake of conspiracy theories surrounding the rise of Barry Goldwater… Read More ›
Compendium: Work-Standard Formula for Quality of Arbeit
Arbeit is discernible from the outputs of economic and financial activities through the actual production of goods and services. The Value is affected by the balance of Work-Productivity (WP) and Work-Intensity (WI) for 1 Vocation and listed in the national… Read More ›
Compendium: Why the “Splinternet” is an Alternative to the World Wide Web (WWW)
The rise of the Internet in the 1990s posed serious questions besides the sovereignty of the nation-state in the 21st century. It has introduced the role of Information as a fifth vector in the dynamics of Liberal Capitalist-style Free Trade,… Read More ›
Compendium: How the Central Bank sets the Exchange Rates under the Work-Standard
In the entries “How the Economy creates Arbeit” and “How Arbeit is converted into Geld,” all of the important steps on the basic processes of the Work-Standard were laid out. Granted, they were discussed in the context of a single… Read More ›
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