Just as Technology is an art requiring creativity and ingenuity, so it too does it pave the way for political-economic change. The conditions of Total Mobilization compel the need to alter the conception of the nation-state as a Western polity…. Read More ›
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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: Total Economic Potential Formula (Pt. I of II)
In an earlier entry, we discovered the formula for finding the Quality of Arbeit. The Quality of Arbeit governs the Value of Arbeit before any conversions into Geld can be made. Since the Quality of Geld, Total Financial Potential, and… 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: Supply-Side versus Demand-Side Economics and the Laffer Curve
It has often been claimed that a lower Taxation Rate can yield economic growth. The claim perpetuates like an Internet Meme over the past few decades due to the prevalence of “Supply-Side Economics.” As a macroeconomic theory from Liberal Capitalism,… 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 ›
Ernst Jünger’s Der Arbeiter (Pt. II of VII)
Previously, it was established that the Arbeiter cannot be categorized according to Liberal Capitalist conceptions of political-economic thought. A Liberal Capitalist will always think in terms of “abstractions” in the sense that they will arrive at conclusions based on personal… Read More ›
Compendium: Kapital and its Subversion of Culture
Kapital is capable of distorting perceptions, value-judgments and decision-making processes. Its effects have been studied by psychologists, sociologists, political scientists, military-industrial and labor relations scholars, anthropologists, and other non-economic and non-financial fields. All of them can be influenced by the… Read More ›
Compendium: ‘Death-by-Overwork’, the Work-Standard’s Version of Hyperinflation
Various historical events have been cited by historians and economists alike as providing definitive examples of Hyperinflation. Weimar Germany, Mugabe’s Zimbabwe, and Venezuela have been cited as contemporary examples in the past century alone. These examples are well-known cases where… Read More ›
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