“Britain has followed the US model closely. Political decisions within both countries have had highly predictable results, and we are now fated to live with them. Good times aren’t really all that good for ordinary people any more, only for the people on top – the owners of companies, of real estate, of stocks. Except in the very tightest labour markets, workers simply don’t have the power to demand their fair share.
If you ask me, this is the thing to panic about: not the possibility that workers might prosper, but that they’re not prospering yet…
Thomas Frank, It’s Not Wage Rises That Are The Problem
“Our future could be one in which continued tumult feeds the looting of the financial system, and we talk more and more about exactly how our oligarchs became bandits and how the economy just can’t seem to get into gear.
Recovery will fail unless we break the financial oligarchy that is blocking essential reform. And if we are to prevent a true depression, we’re running out of time.”
Simon Johnson, The Quiet Coup, May 2009
“But there is a sort of ‘Ok guys, you’re mad, but how are you going to stop me’ mentality at the top.”
Robert Johnson, Audacious Oligarchy
True prosperity is not about money… it is about inner togetherness. The pursuit of the material is what has ruined the well being of people. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all things will be added unto you.
Seeking material value first and only is why we have so many problems. By seeking spiritual values first the material will be put in it’s place.
Just curious how all the “Ones” sustain their “vessels” while pursuing the spiritual values first? Would humbly tender for consideration: the genesis of One’s transformation/journey to salvation must begin with . . . REPENTANCE, followed by the pursuit/establishment of a sustainable physical condition by way of a “Gathered Remnant” that will not only provide adequate sustenance for Oneself but then additional sustenance for other Repentants in greater need. After all, what was/is the intent of the almighty/supreme “Author”, RE-established thru the Redeemer? Possibly FELLOWSHIP, collaborative PRODUCTIVE enterprise and CHARITY, all in JC’s name?
I read your stuff, and then I go … wtf?????
Keep it simple! As such, just shut the hell up and accept Jesus as your personal Lord and Savior.
Ecclesiastes 10:19 “A feast is prepared for laughter, and wine makes life merry, but money is the answer for everything.” – Berean
Rules of acquisition #13. “Anything worth doing is worth doing for money”
Rules of acquisition #13. “Anything worth doing is worth doing for money”
yep,that’s why i became a highly compensated & in demand gigolo–
We are all born into this world of phenomena. It is our duty as a being to figure out the framework of this phenomena. Out of our understanding of the framework evolves our “ableness-to-be” a condition that belongs to our will.
Like it or not we have become a nation of will-less people. Why do we allow ourselves to live under our present framework of laws?
In seeking the Kingdom of God first we are seeking the framework of natural laws. Natural laws are eternal while man made law is arbitrary and transitory. It’s framework is full of holes and distortions that are easy to circumnavigate provided one lives in awareness of one’s surroundings. Look at all the people who have become addicted to their iphones? Are these people aware of their surroundings? Look at all the people who follow rules, regulations and policies without question? Are they aware of their journey into will-lessness?
Regardless of what material framework we live in we are responsible for our own life. In a country like the U.S. if we are poor it is our own fault. There are so many roads to prosperity here.
“One’s transformation/journey to salvation must begin with REPENTANCE,” yes a change of mind from following the temptations of the material into following the real of the spiritual.
There has been a great falling away of the many from the spiritual laws of nature into the material laws of fallen man. Who’s fault is that? Surely not the 1% alone who are enjoying the temporary pleasures of material life. It is the many who have through their will-lessness have allowed their souls to be dragged down into materialism by the devil in themselves.