PRay TeLL, Dr. Hash

Communism is the political implementation of Marxism, which is an ideology based on altruism: from each according to their ability, to each according to their need. To implement this concept, Marxism proposes that government controls economic factors and ownership of property; that way everyone would be fulfilled, and their would be no wealth inequality. Not considering whether this Utopian ideal...

Human society is controlled and driven by emotion though we are taught to understand it as if economics were some kind of science and operated logically, where people evaluated their opportunities and pursued the one more amenable to themselves. This usually comes in the form of a competition; it’s not a choice between two pieces of pie but instead a challenge to take the biggest piece from someon...

Democracy is mob rule, usually resulting in tyranny via propaganda. It’s a form of socialism that pretends that the will of the majority is in the best interests of everyone. In comparison, a republic’s goal is that the locus of decision-making first starts with the individual then the community then the county then the state, and final oversight by the federal government; making choices that sacr...

The word “democracy” has reached the level of mysticism; it’s the d-word. To invoke democracy as a reason to do or not do something is the paramount demand. Women are the primary advocates of democracy, just as men are of liberty. Masculine men are independent and ambitious. They want to control the world and the things in it, both environment and people; they want to explore and go on adventures;...

Everyone likes to talk about money: 1. It’s not that difficult to solve an imaginary problem. 2. Defaulting on the national debt wouldn’t affect most people. 3. Mass immigration is a cynical way to increase GDP. 4. Solving wealth disparity is simple but not easy. 5. Investing gives the veneer of respectability to gambling. 6. Tariffs are preferable to so-called “free” trade because they can be tai...

Among the intelligentsia, the “Dunning-Kruger effect” is often smugly cited: it’s the idea that people with limited competence in a particular domain overestimate their abilities while people with exceptional ability underestimate theirs. This is an attractive excuse for narcissists to feel superior, proving they’re special, and with a semblance of scientific rigor to support their claim. In popul...

There’s an intentional attempt, mostly successful, to conflate capitalism with free markets, though a free market can exist without capitalism. Capitalism is built on the concept of imaginary money, where more money is made from money, all of it imaginary, and making money is the ultimate goal. Free markets are centered around productivity, and productive members of society are easily identified b...

There’s nothing morally or ethically wrong with wealth inequality, or any kind of inequality for that matter; but at the extremes of capitalism, it becomes problematic. Money is artificial; it’s an accounting of things that have no real value because they can be taken away so easily, as compared to experiences, relationships, knowledge & creativity, that can’t. This distortion of reality is po...

Russia’s strong economy and modernity despite strict sanctions is evidence that free trade is not a requirement for first world status; in fact, there’s a case that it primarily makes the rich richer at the expense of society. The extremes of trade are completely open, where a country does nothing but import; and completely closed, where the country makes everything itself. In the first scenario w...

Of all the vices, gambling is the biggest. Being addicted doesn’t stop someone from being productive; neither does lying nor any of the seven deadly sins. Gambling, however, produces nothing. It’s ironic then that capitalism is gambling at its most evolved state. People know this but, like all addiction and avarice, they gleefully engage in it. The fact that investing is considered more noble than...

The natural result and biggest threat to a capitalist society is wealth concentration because it creates people with so much money that they aren’t subject to market forces and, subsequently, distort democracy into what it is today, and needs to be corrected. Curing the Top 1% wealth problem is not complicated but it would be vehemently resisted because the simplest solution is to limit inheritanc...

It’s unclear why the Biden administration allowed unfettered immigration? It could be something nefarious, like foreign powers wanting to destabilize the United States, or it could be that the people propping up a demented old man were diehard communists intent on implementing their ideology. There are also more Machiavellian reasons, like corporations wanting cheap labor. Whatever it was, you can...

69 % of national debt around the world is held by governments: 30% is pension funds and the rest by the 1% ultra-wealthy. 8% of people own 88% of stocks, while the bottom 50% own none. All of these numbers are a measurement of something imaginary; namely money. Money is different from productivity; someone who actually does something is the valuable one; all of the middle managers can be let go, a...

Since money is imaginary, any debt measured in money is imaginary. People are under the misimpression that something imaginary can threaten the very survival of the nation because they have been brainwashed to think so. The reality is that the things that people actually need: food, utilities, manufacturing & protection, are needed no matter what the capitalists do. The very nature of capitali...

Let’s learn about happiness: 1. It’s a relief to know that happiness can be controlled. 2. Happiness is objective because it can be measured. 3. The components of happiness are common and easy to comprehend. 4. Serotonin is the “happiness hormone.” 5. Dopamine is the “motivation molecule.” 6. Unhappiness is actually low happiness. 7. You can be both dissatisfied and contented at the same time. 8....

Insight is the ability to perceive something clearly & deeply. Examples include: a sudden understanding of a complex situation or problem, understanding the significance of an event or action, and understanding the cause and effect within a particular context, Essentially, insight is the best way to learn more about a subject, and about life in general. Insight is not merely intellectual; it’s...

A lot of people equate purchasing something as an accomplishment. A person who goes on an expensive vacation is not the same as a person who backpacks around the world, nor are people who buy a house similar to a person who builds a house, nor is a person who buys a classic car versus a person who repairs their own car. This misconception of buying versus doing is rampant among people who have mon...

“Contented” and “satisfied” are similar terms that add to happiness, but contented refers to a state of being at peace with one's current circumstances, while satisfied is a feeling of gratification after achieving a goal. You can be dissatisfied but still be contented; you have the intellectual abilities to take what you have rather than fulminate on what you wanted. You want to be rich but not b...

Unhappy is not the opposite of happy; it’s actually the dissatisfaction with the level of happiness one possesses. There are lots of things that affect one’s happiness: the death of a loved one, dire circumstances, rejection, and physical ailments; but these only subtract from one’s innate happiness. Except for someone in the depths of psychiatric depression, everyone has some amount of happiness...

Dopamine is a neurotransmitter found in the brain that aids in several aspects of brain function, most importantly, happiness. It’s involved in many functions, like reward, enthusiasm, memory, attention & regulation of body movements, so-much-so that it is called the “motivation molecule.” It also reduces fear, increases tolerance to pain, increases both verbal and artistic creativity, and imp...

It’s not a coincidence that serotonin is often referred to as the "happiness hormone" because it is the source of contentment, the baseline level of happiness. It carries signals among nerve cells throughout your body. Serotonin also regulates blood pressure, temperature, neural development, sleep, digestion, appetite & libido. Serotonin is targeted by several antidepressants, most n...

Happiness can be expressed by objective equations; for example: Happiness = contentment + self-awareness X (satisfaction + optimism) - anxiety – stress. Some of these concepts can be further broken down into lower-level components; for example: Contentment = peace + tranquility, where peace is the absence of disturbance, and tranquility is calmness & serenity. Further analysis reveals that: sa...

There is a mathematics behind measuring happiness because happiness is the result of a physical state of mind resulting from the amounts of the neurotransmitters serotonin, dopamine, GABA & norepinephrine. Generally, the more of the first 3, the better, and the less of the last. Happiness = serotonin + dopamine + GABA – norepinephrine. The question then becomes: what causes them? Serotonin com...

Any discussion of happiness always has to begin with what it is. Everyone knows that happiness exists because we have all experienced it but it’s very confusing. For example, it seems obvious to the poor that money can buy happiness but the rich deny it, which makes defining “happiness” a challenge. There’s also confusion because happiness is so many things; for example, tranquility is happiness,...

Obamacare is health insurance not healthcare. Calling a thing something it isn't is disingenuous & dishonest: health “insurance” isn't even insurance. Insurance is when lots of people pay a little for an expensive event that rarely occurs, but EVERYONE needs good health. Insurance, as a business, makes money only when it delivers less than it receives in payments. They are actually in the busi...