Of all the Anglo-American “Fourth Turning”s only one occurred concurrently with a major societal change. The “Fourth Turning” that occurred around the transition/evolution from the Agricultural organization of society to the Industrial organization of society (Industrial evolution) saw a major break with the predominate power structure of its time. Our entire American “Fourth Turning”s occurred under the Industrial organization of society which can be broadly characterized by large/economy of scale/mass (printing, education, democracy, employment, media, production, corporations, firms, government, one size fits all etc) and magnitude (more with more, predominate force, might over mind, Sumo over lean). Our current “Fourth Turning” appears to be concurrent with a transition/evolution/graduation out of the industrial organization of society and into a new or becoming Information organization of society which might be broadly characterized by miniaturization/micro (the opposite of large scale/mass,) and efficiency (more with less, mind over might).
Around the time when the earth was discovered to be spherical (finite) vice flat (infinite), trading and mercantilism (government private partnership) picked up (late 1400s to early 1600s). This activity was predominately accomplished via the sea with deep belly ships due to their cargo carrying advantage over land caravanning but because you couldn’t enforce your laws at sea outside of the shore based artillery range; predominant sea force was required to capture/protect the sea line of supply for your team. Sovereigns and Monarchies had the means, power, command, resources, finances, etc to embark on such a large and complex endeavor and thus was the beginning of scaled industrialization of ships and national navies. Of course you needed mass production of wood planks chain plates, chain, sheets, rope, etc. which brought about the large scale/mass, geographically fixed, Port city. This was where the action was, the early industrial center of mass, the blue print, DNA, the basin of attraction or the dynamic stability of the early industrial origination of society. Eventually Britain achieved Sea Power dominance in the early 1800s and controlled the world line-of-supply/sea-lanes.
“The Wealth of Nations” showed the leverage/advantage gain (the invisible hand) over a one person production process completing all the work from start to finish (craftsman) to a multi-person production process (collectively and cooperatively) completing small portions of the whole in a scientific order/assembly line fashion (industrialization). Industrialization produced more tonnage (mass) of nails per unit time at ever decreasing cost the longer the production line ran.
The measuring stick or gauge of production strength back then was the tonnage/mass of product produced (replaced in the 20th century by electrical capacity). As energy inputs (goods and services) to the system grew in the 18th and 19th century, the early industrial centers of mass categories bifurcated many times over as knowledge and science increased (at first) linearly. Mass production centers of textile, steel, food, etc. (industries) appeared all alone the east coast of North America and were later characterized as robber baron based (individual/personality) centers of industrial mass.
The political mass of the day (Representation) was geographical and primarily mass people and state based. Corporations are abstract people with similar rights. Corporations/abstract people are a centralized collective of people, other organizations and other aligned interest. The corporate/abstract person has more political mass than the individual person; the abstract person called Boeing Inc has a collective of subsidiaries, suppliers, trade unions, city, region, state, and federal interest and is a collective member of airplane manufacturing and the military industrial complex ….. it collectively wields more political mass than Mr. Jones, a city, state or federal government representative. This is in part how good people in a collective can inadvertently support military consumption through conflict/war, police militarization, etc.
Mass production needs a mass consumption outlet. Mass production of steel (and other industries) in the mid-1800s needed mass consumption of steel to balance the equation which might have translated to a mass expansion (growth) of America West which needed a massive federal government to partner with (magnitude/might) thus requiring a shift of political mass from the state to the federal level to get things done. The Civil war was very financially beneficial to northern based industry and railroads which grew rapidly during and after the war. With the states political mass weaken, Mass Democracy enters the scene.
As one of the benefactors of science and technology’s slow but becoming exponential rise, industrialization grew and achieved a major milestone with its massive productive capacity/mobilization for WWI. It achieved major league status a bit later in WWII. Industries and organizations grew rapidly in size and number which coincided with a major shift of the population from independent rural farming to city and factory towns; more completely organizing ourselves into the industrial collective whereby increasing its mass. Think about the Borg collective from Star Trek.
The number of organizational (AARP, CFR, etc) and industrial (large firms) centers multiplied along with its political mass to shape the country. Mass consumption (both militarily and individually) needs mass advertizing and marketing. It needs mass media to get the mass marketing/message out. It needs mass transportation to get the mass production to the source of mass consumption. It needs mass education to train the masses to tend to the mass production machinery. It needs mass transit, mass thought, mass welfare (both corporate and public), mass surveys, mass communications, mass sacrifices, mass drugs, mass surveillance etc.
From all these centers of mass and their associated weighted political mass we have our current (elder hood) stage of Mass Democracy and from this narrow prespective it becomes comprehendible as to why the political system doesn’t seem to operate, respond logically, or is dysfunctional at all levels. The mechanisms of Mass Democracy, separately and collectively, contort government and its institutions to polices/decisions/laws/funding that serve the mechanism’s best interest. With interlocking corporate directorships and government/private sector revolving doors weaved into Mass Democracy, we see formations of cooperation/coordination between many senior centers of masses and of increasing complexity.
With each American “Fourth Turning” our Mass Democracy has became more centralized, planned, managed, command and controlled, and technocratic. This builds magnitude and might. This might make pathological sense (fear- Motivated) if industrialism was subverted to be the master and not the servant of humanity, The Pilfering Hand, selfishly maximizing only one side of equation so that mass consumption must conform/be subservient/compulsory to the dictates of mass production. Mass production waste streams become new mass production industries (fluoride in water) for compulsory mass consumption (health insurance).
Example: The music industry essentially evolved to control or eliminate, to a high degree, all the inputs/variables to the mass production process (performers included), culminating in the vinyl record. With a long enough production line the material price per record is ridiculously small (the invisible hand) but consumer prices are fixed at high margins regardless of actual cost. To maximize mass production returns it drives mass consumption through mass advertising, media, etc. When its business model is threaten (cash flow) by new technology (cassette tapes, CDs) it reacts not by passing on the lower cost but persists in maintaining its high margins by virtue of its corporate mass in our Mass Democracy (unlike the flat screen TV industry). It selfishly wants the benefit of lower production costs through technology but not for you (the pilfering hand). What is the material production cost of the digital version of the vinyl record today? If the average album is 36MB then 1777 copies can fit on a 64GB thumb drive that cost $29, then the cost/album is 1.6 cents. Continue to scale this up and the material cost tends to zero. The industry seeks to control its environment by conforming/forcing/tricking/influencing/etc consumer to fit/adapt to its business model through Mass Democracy (with force) if necessary (CISPA).
In our development with major evolutions (agriculture, industrialism) and the minor ones (health), it seems that we exit the main highway and go down these side roads/detours and somehow turn the discovered tool backwards onto ourselves (fear-Motivated). The sum total of human experiences through out written history and from our own experiences reveals an accelerating trend of doing ever more with ever less. Total wealth consists of the physical and metaphysical (mind, know-how). Physical wealth is large and finite but the metaphysical wealth is, as yet, infinite. We’ve learned, developed, and continue to prefect the science and art of Agriculture and Industrialism individually and when they were combined tremendous results were achieved. As we’ve been transitioning, for at least 30 years or so, into the Information organization of society the evolution of the science and art of Information systems, microprocessor, material, etc is developing individually at an exponential rate. We are in the early stages of combining the science and art of the not yet mature Information systems with the mature Agriculture and Industrial systems. The results can only be SYNERGETIC but as to how long the Lawyers of mass democracy will hold humanities collective inheritance in probate is anyone’s guess.
Traditionally the week between Christmas and New Year’s is pretty slow, so I figured I will shake it up a bit.
First, there are only 120 left of the 2014 5oz BU Sic Semper Tyrannis left of the two hundred minted. This is the final of the exclusive three part 5 oz BU Strikes . . . → Read More: Out With The Old… In With The New.
The threats to retirement accounts keep surfacing. Like anything else, the people that heed the warnings will be ahead of those that do not. This impending crisis reminds me of the 2007 pre sub prime debacle. The signals were present and warnings could be heard throughout the alternative media space.
This is the final Silver Shield Group Member’s Only Silver Shield Report.
The December Silver Shield Report for members is here.
0:00 *2015 Silver Shield Preview including Year of the Sheep, Non Vi Virtute Vici, Collectivism Kills, Jesus Clears the Temple 10 bar, Pyramid of Control. 11:00 *eBay SBSS 13:00 *Free Silver Shield . . . → Read More: The FINAL Member’s Only Silver Shield Report
I am please to announce this new post paradigm book called No Delight In Fools by Damian Bouch. I think it is a first of it’s kind and deals with the bargaining phase of the awakening and themes like “Listen to all and follow none.” I wrote the forward to this book and currently . . . → Read More: Post Paradigm Book- No Delight In Fools
As many of you know, I first wrote the Silver Bullet and the Silver Shield on this very blog, almost four years ago in 2011. It proposed a two fold thesis that stacking silver as a way of to attack the fraudulent debt and death paradigm and to also protect your family from it’s inevitable . . . → Read More: eBay Silver Bullet Silver Shield Trademark Violation
As we prepare our lives for the unknown, the various categories needing attention are overwhelming. Many start with the obvious: water, food, security, defense, and self-reliance. Once we secure our basic survival needs we almost all come to the same next dilemma: money. How do we shelter the fruits of our . . . → Read More: Self-Directing Your Retirement ~ Sheltering the Fruits of Your Labor
“Oligarchs like protecting themselves from peasants…”
– Gus Demos of Perpetual Assets
The guys at Perpetual Assets are not only fellow warriors in the struggle against oligarchy and fascism in the USSA, they are also friends. It’s been great getting to know them over the years, and working with them . . . → Read More: “Serfdom is the New Normal” – Talkin’ Oligarch Blues with Perpetual Assets
Welcome to Perpetual Assets complete article & video Series for LLC IRA Information. We have included industry articles written about Perpetual Assets and the LLC IRA, articles authored by Perpetual Assets explaining LLC IRA, and interviews and videos with Perpetual Assets explaining LLC IRA even further. We will update this page . . . → Read More: One Stop Shop IRA Info
Authorized Silver Shield Dealers now carrying Never Trust Government Proof 5 oz BU Warbird SilverShieldXchange Xclusive starts shipping this week. Ends Nov. 24th.
Are you ready for hard times? The Underground Strength Coach Zach Even-Esh talks with me about living our lives to the fullest and embracing all of the challenges and hardships we face along the way.
The Encyclopedia of Underground Strength and Conditioning
Check out more from Zach at http://zacheven-esh.com
Today marks a monumental day in the physical silver market, at least one we have not seen in a couple of years. Not only did the US Mint suspend Silver Eagle sales, but wholesale premiums jumped considerably.
I just posted the November Silver Shield Report featuring 10 new audios covering the most in depth analysis of this insane world and what we can do in the face of it. Some of the forward thinking topics include…
The “Kicked The Can” Collapse. The End of the Colonialism Anomaly. Is China Controlled Opposition? Life . . . → Read More: November Silver Shield Report
Ratios are great tools in helping developing intuition and insight on how thing/variables relate to one another. When we analyze ratios (ratio analysis), meaningful relationships between two or more items of interest, or variables, to inform and guide our decisions or for pure discovery without opinion or fear we are in effect rationalizing. As ratios . . . → Read More: Rationalization of Animate and Inanimate labor costs
Perpetual Assets interviews Jim Willie editor of The Hat Trick Letter on Golden Jackass.com
“We are a raped and pillaged nation exploited and colonized with hidden control strings and deep cables. The only way to get out of it is to go back to a gold standard.” – J.W.
Perpetual Assets welcomes Rob Kirby proprietor of www.KirbyAnalytics.com. Hang on tight for this one as Mr Kirby is on Fire!
We discuss the very strange occurrences in the bond market last week. Once the equity markets started to collapse last Tuesday, the 10 year bond yield moved from 2.20 to . . . → Read More: The Magical Deceit of the Real Flight to Quality
Perhaps two of the most powerful empires the world has ever seen were the Roman Empire and the current American Empire. At the height of their power they had vast riches and powerful armies dwarfed any other power in the world. People of all races and nations admired and wanted . . . → Read More: The Seven Sins Of Obama
Another Silver Shield Group Xclusive Pre-Sale Strike, The 2014 5 Ounce Proof Warbird!
This massive 5 ounce proof beauty fully shows the incredible detail of the mock of the American Silver Eagle.
I think now is such a great time to stack these massive coins, because when the value of silver rises, they will be . . . → Read More: The Big Warbird Has Landed!
Smashed silver!!! Public capitulation and name calling. 5 day Record US Mint Sales if 4.1 Million ounces. End of the Line for 9 Silver Shield strikes and a preview of Seven Sins of Obama. And much more…
Is it just me or does it seem like people are going crazy? Escalating racial tensions, wide open borders, the boogeyman (ISIS), and now EBOLA IN AMERICA? I don’t know about you, but I have my pro mask on while writing this, and I plan on carrying out NBC (Nuclear Biological Chemical) training with my . . . → Read More: Scared of Ebola?
This month’s Silver Shield Report is a beast! We are stacking generational wealth in an irrational world and these Silver Shield Reports will help keep you focused on what is really going on.
Hey Chris,
Just wanted to take a moment out of my life to thank you for all the life changing decisions/events that have occurred because of the information you've brought to the forefront when I discovered you, DTOM, & the SOL academy.
I shunned the psychopaths in my life, closed my facebook, took every hour of free time to see the academy and read A LOT (a first for me), learned that I have a deep innate thirst for knowledge and teaching, jumped head first on topics I would have NEVER taken an interest in if not for waking up (finance, economics, politics, psychology, to name a few), and view everything in a completely different, but forward thinking and more intricate way.
What you say is so true ... "once your eyes are open, you can never close them again" - EVER.
The magnitude of all the changes that I've made in my life because of the SOL academy are so huge that I can't even begin to put a word on it. It's like a golden seed of life, love & truth, planted in my mind that is making me realize what does matter, what is real, and what I want be at the end of the day to myself, loved ones, and the world.
Hope you're having a well-deserved and wonderful time with your family. A toast to you, the individuals in our group, and all the great and positive things to come despite such times.
Peace.
- Irving A.
Sons of Liberty Academy Testimonial
You really need to sign up at the Sons Of Liberty Academy! I have been researching, as Chris has, for the last 5 years and have found out many things that have really changed my way of thinking! After signing up with Chris I have learned a lot more and he has vilified that which I have already learned!
Check it out!
He will BLOW your mind and secure your future! Chris Duane ROCKS!!!
-Dennis S.
Sons of Liberty Academy Testimonial
I just finished the 10 modules of the Sons of Liberty Academy. I have never been so educated and aware, in such a short time.
I now have a game plan and see my role more clearly. It all makes sense.
It is very important to understand what is going on in our world and how to fight against it most effectively.
45 hours of video is a lot of information (I spend 3 weeks day and night, going through the course).
I would look for information on my own and it would take me a lot of time but to have it done and just to be able to build on that is great.
I do appreciate it to be free otherwise I would not be able to take it.
Thanks;
Raj
Sons Of Liberty Academy Testimonial
I just wanted to drop you a note and thank you. I've been studying the Academy, about to start module 5.
The information I've observed to this point has opened my mind to new ideas, and also reaffirmed some beliefs I've always had. I feel a tremendous sense of confidence now, the fear is subsiding, and I'm excited to complete the Academy and find the direction I can take with my future, as well as my friends and family.
As Bill Hicks said, the next revolution will be a revolution of ideas. I'm glad to be a part of this program.
Many thanks,
Michael
Naples, Florida
Sons of Liberty Academy Tesimonial
"Silver Shield,
The Sons of Liberty Academy is really fantastic! I highly recommend the Academy and the hard work and dedication to the truth that Silver Shield has put forth for defenders of Freedom and Liberty.
The betrayal of the Tea Party loyalist is becoming evident. A rebellion is brewing day by day, and the Power Elite have every right to be very worried.
Awaken People don't be fooled again! Join the Academy.."
-Ray
Sons Of Liberty Academy Testimonial
My only regret is that I did not have this knowledge 20 years ago. The Sons of Liberty Academy is truly life changing.
If anyone is on the fence about joining the Academy, I will tell them they are doing themselves, their family and the country a injustice by not taking it.
Don’t let the money stand in the way, the course is invaluable and will pay for it self many times over with the finance info within the course.
I have two masters degrees and the Sons of Liberty Academy has been of greater benefit than all the “formal” education I have received.
Thanks Chris! You are a true Patriot and hero! -Randy H.
Sons of Liberty Academy Testimonial
"I am very excited about what I've learned so far! I have 3 more modules to complete. I've gone through a few of them twice, especially when there is history discussed. I find that very interesting. I am going to run through the entire Academy again, and review all the additional materials linked below the videos. There is so, so much information. Thank you for your hard work putting this together.
I am spreading the word."
- Michael L.
Sons of Liberty Academy Testimonial
"I have just finished watching Module Six and continue to be amazed at the deception perpetrated on the American people.
I applaud your work and thank you sincerely for these eye-opening truths you have laid out.
I never had an interest in politics or our monetary system because it seemed too confusing, however, the simple way it is taught in the Academy has far surpassed any education I have received in my 35 years on this earth."
- Sean A.
Sons of Liberty Academy Testimonial
"In just a few short months, I've gone from being a skeptic to being a believer.
I'm a born-again Christian, a veteran, and a patriot, but I'm also a realist.
I now prep and am protecting my assets.
DTOM has played a big part in my new education.
Heck, I love the T-shirts, too!
Thanks for doing a great job. Now I Get It!!!!"
Harry S.
Thank you for giving me the wisdom of awareness.
I have been sharing it with others, but there are so many more to reach. I am not afraid of the changes we will soon see, but confident that I am prepared to handle them. We are building a strong group here in my area and have shared your website with several key people of influence here.
Thank God I found you and took the time to go through the Academy. At the risk of sounding overly dramatic, my life will never be the same, and for that I am very grateful.