Here I wrote something about this: Maxism Weberism is outdated: http://nocorrecto.blogspot.com.es/2012/02/maxism-webberism-is-outdated.html
2013/12/19 Alberto G. Corona <[email protected]> > Hi Telmo.. > > Yes. > The question of why spain/portugal lost the first world war against UK is > very interesting, and I have my own conclussions that are deeply linked to > other events, such is the location of the civilizations: why they appear at > the border of land and sea, specially when this border is undefined with > too much flat lands, lakes, bays, islands rivers and interior seas? > > > 2013/12/15 Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> > >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 1:09 PM, Alberto G. Corona >> <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I used to say that historically, the increase of individual freedom for >>> good and for evil came with the availability of more liquid goods that >>> were increasingly difficult to fall under the control of others, including >>> governments: from land ownership to urban mobile assets, to money to non >>> physical assets such are practical knowledge in a specialized economy and >>> electronic goods. >>> >> >> I have little doubt about it. One case I'm interested in, because I'm >> Portuguese (and you might be too, you're Spanish, right?) is the reason for >> the success of the British Empire even though Portugal and Spain where the >> pioneers in exploring the New World and establishing trade routes. I >> believe they prevailed because the British crown acted as a venture >> capitalist for businesses interested in exploring the new opportunities, >> while the Portuguese and Spanish crowns remained addicted to central >> control. This might be the ultimate reason why we're having this >> conversation in English now. >> >> >>> >>> >>> The Jew people know about it. They say that the only two things that >>> you can carry with you trough the back door when the mob are in the front >>> door are knowledge and gold (and probably artistics habilities). >>> >> >> Even without the gold part, people underestimate the importance of >> knowledge. I am convinced that if you took all of the money in the world >> and divided it evenly between everyone, a good part of the people that are >> rich today would quickly become rich again. Not because they are superior >> in any genetic sense, but because they already know what to do and how to >> model reality in an advantageous way. Any serious effort for increased >> equality would consist mostly of spreading knowledge. Or, as H.G.Wells more >> aptly put: >> >> “Civilization is in a race between education and catastrophe. Let us >> learn the truth and spread it as far and wide as our circumstances allow. >> For the truth is the greatest weapon we have.” >> Telmo. >> >> That shaped entirely the jewish culture and in general the one of >>> nomadic people. Now we have bitcoins too. >>> >> >>> I think that one of the reasons for bitcoin credibility is that it is as >>> difficult to control as any P2P system with no central server. >>> >>> >>> 2013/12/15 Telmo Menezes <[email protected]> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sun, Dec 15, 2013 at 9:31 AM, Bruno Marchal <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 14 Dec 2013, at 23:42, TH Kaas wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It's based on just as much as any medium of exchange. It's also quite >>>>> convenient to use, especially for international transfers. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Right. >>>>> >>>>> A money is anything you trust, and which is hard to copy. Bitcoins >>>>> might have an added value to the fact that we know more and more than the >>>>> traditional banks are not playing the rule, and are hostage of >>>>> corporatism. >>>>> So, bitcoins are more clean. >>>>> Although we have to be realist: bitcoins will be quickly taking in >>>>> hostage too, as long as corporatism prohibition exists. >>>>> >>>> The objective value of bitcoins at the beginning was due to the >>>>> illegal selling of drugs which reflects better the need than the legal big >>>>> pharma economics. When bandits/mafia take power, illegal activity can be >>>>> more representative of value than legal one. >>>>> >>>> >>>> I wonder. Bitcoins reached $1000. I don't think this valuation would be >>>> possible without some big fish joining the market. I wouldn't be terribly >>>> surprised if even politicians are hedging their bets and buying bitcoins. >>>> >>>> If this gets to a point where we start being able to do business, buy >>>> groceries and so on in bitcoins, then the stormtroopers will show up for >>>> sure. But then it might be too late for them. >>>> >>>> Also, the cryptocurrency cat is out of the bag now. New ones are >>>> popping up, litecoin, altcoin, namecoin, etc. Namecoin is an interesting >>>> one, because it's goal is to generate a fully distributed DNS system. This >>>> would decentralize the easiest attack vector for net censorship. >>>> >>>> Telmo. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> Bruno >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Op zaterdag 14 december 2013 17:40:25 UTC+1 schreef Roger Clough: >>>>>> >>>>>> The bitcoin is an international speculative cyber-currency >>>>>> (based on nothing) that has been inflating rapidly in price. >>>>>> I would be wary of investing in it because it can drop in value >>>>>> just as fast as it is rising. It's probably a bubble. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHVu626uOGE >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Dr. Roger B Clough NIST (ret.) 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