No evening outing last night. Weather was not the reason. I decided that I would rather return to Waimanalo early and spend even more time than usual on the Net. I first stopped off at the fast food joint in Hawai'i Kai in order to procure one greasy "value menu" item for dinner. Of course, I exploited the free wireless Net "hotspot" with the cheap "smartphone."
The attempted robbery of my valuables at the gym on Sunday has made me rethink my viewpoint of material possessions. Do I really need any material possessions at all? Obviously a ludicrous question. Yet, I have to wonder. Currently, I only own two things that are worth more than $80 (original retail value) ... the iPad® tablet computer and the Nissan® Frontier truck. That's it. Everything else, which isn't much, is worth a lot less.
Had I carried the iPad® with me on Sunday, I could have lost it through theft. Although I can easily replace it, I must always worry about whether it will be stolen or damaged. I am better off without it. And, if I end up having to survive in a homeless motorhome (read: minivan), then I certainly don't want to store it inside the vehicle. Why is petty theft becoming so prevalent? Could it be that all of the "high rollers" that I observe strutting around are actually just a paycheck or two away from homelessness? Could it be that they are "up to their ears" in debt just to present the imagery of affluence? and, could it be that the poor are just getting poorer?
According to an Oxfam report, the number of billionaires who control over fifty percent of global weath has dwindled down to 80 people in 2014 from 388 people just four years prior. The wealth of the "upper crust" is increasing exponentially and being concentrated in less hands, so to speak. What happens when just three people control that amount of wealth? By that time, the entire "one percent" will own the whole planet. The rest of us will simply be debtors and renters. People who "own" their homes outright should not fool themselves. They are still subject to repossession if property taxes become delinquent.
Some people may feel that I am over-reacting to situation that has built-in "checks and balances." Unfortunately, the global central banks have usurped all "checks and balances" with the tools of peon enslavement, that is, zero interest rate policy (ZIRP) and "quantitative easing" (QE). What people don't seem to understand is that the entire planet is functioning on debt alone. The interest and principle are payable to the "one percent." Even world governments are subservient to the debt holders, the creditors. There is so much debt that interest rates can never rise again over several lifetimes. Not to worry, the "one percent" still make huge profit when interest rates are close to zero percent. And, they truly benefit by the asset inflation and capital gains speculation that have been made possible by the near-free money.
My advice to anyone is ... Get out of Babylon! ... errr, I meant, plan for homelessness. Don't rent a place to live. Don't get stuck in a mortgage in order to "own" a place to live. Plan to emancipate yourself from wage slavery as soon as possible. Finally, severe all ties and move out of empire, if possible. Go where you can live cheaply. There's no escape from the global reach of the "one percent." However, there are places where what little money you have saved will allow you to at least enjoy life. So, why am I offering such advice?
Clearly, the "West" and its military arm are in decline. Extreme debt is what is fueling the entire "Western machine." Debt begets more debt, a deadly accelerating vortex that only increases in size and velocity. Once the entirety of "Western" society is encumbered in debt slavery as it is now, then debt saturation occurs. The "machine" begins to slow down and unwind, which threatens the entire foundation of the wealth of the "one percent." Regional wars, such as those created by "Western" powers in the Middle East, serve to buffer debt saturation temporarily. In other words, "We had to destroy the village to save it," by imposing new debt for reconstruction and regime change, all payable to the "one percent." Eventually, debt parity is achieved, which requires new "markets" of debt generation. We can see where that's going. Global limited thermonuclear war between the "Western" nuclear powers and the "Eastern" nuclear powers (i.e., People's Republic of China and the Russian Federation). First, it begins as a game of brinkmanship over a few contrived "hotspots." Then, it escalates to thermonuclear war. The "limited" aspect, as theorized by clinically insane "Western" war planners over 40 years ago, is that the "West" will be able to blitzkrieg the "East" into a quick surrender with a barrage of nuclear missiles (but not of sufficient number to cause a "Nuclear Winter"). Once the war is "won" by the "West," new debt markets will have emerged. The "one percent" will be placated ... for a short while. Insane, very insane.
Another day of the usual agenda and itinerary. No progress was made concerning the upcoming homeless decision. I did, however, discover that the difficulty with editing the "blog" is the fault of the Chrome browser, most likely a problem with its JavaScript engine. Editing works fine in the generic browser that is also installed on the cheap "smartphone." Can you believe it?
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