Greetings Interesting/End Times Friends,
”Keep it real” is a tired cliche. It’s also an vital concept in our simulation age. I hope you enjoy this Tao is Now newsletter.
End Stage Capitalism & the Tao Resource Acquisition Monk.
The Tao Resource Acquisition Monk acquires resources because, as Napoleon said, “An army marches on its stomach." In modern civilian life, this translates to hustling for money that buys the goods and services that keep you functioning.
Unlike the donor class, who enjoy corporate socialism, most of us live under cold cruel end-stage capitalism (or beginning-stage neofeudal technocracy). No work, no eat. Or if AI replaces your cubicle job- no eat.
To survive in our win (few)-lose (most) system, many are forced to take work that they dislike or that is not aligned with their true nature. Like Tyler Durden said in FIGHT CLUB, “You are not your job.”
Unless you're a trust fund kid, cashed out with a big sack of F-U money, or are fortunate enough to live on a comfortable pension, you need to earn in this system. Keep in mind that even formally stable pensions will become increasingly vulnerable to Wall Street raids.
Disclaimer: I’m not a “no money down-get rich quick” guy. Many readers likely possess much greater earning skills and more money knowledge than me.
I know nearly nothing about crypto or gold investing except that BlackRock & Goldman Sachs bought big into crypto and Rothschilds & Oppenheimers own the gold mines.
Controlled scarcity capitalism employs cycles of orchestrated booms and busts. System insiders know in advance when to buy low and sell high. One might call it a scam.
If you don’t have the inside 4-1-1, you’re gambling. Some gamblers play the game better than others. However, in the end, the house wins. If you play that game- good luck. Just don’t bet more than you can afford to lose. Unless you dig the peak & valley adrenaline rush.
My position on complex entrepreneurial projects or bigger-ticket business startups? If this was 2003, I’d tell you to go all in. In “End/Interesting Times,” be careful with taking on big responsibilities.
If you’re starting a small business, you should probably have some degree of passion for whatever goods or services you’re offering, because if you’re in it just for the money, your drive may fizzle. Unlike the employee, the small business owner must hold the thing together with his will, unless the business drives itself or is pushed by external forces.
Many small business owners discover that all they did was create a high-stress job for themselves, so think carefully before taking on a potential new headache. In addition, today’s small business owner is at the top of the mega-corporation hit list, and brick & mortar operations often come with heavy overheads and legal liabilities.
From hostile Google troll-bot reviews to corrupt city inspections, a community business is vulnerable to attack if the owner upsets the wrong folks.
I’m not saying, don’t do your own thing. I think that’s actually a good idea. I’m just cautioning you on the dangers of getting bogged down with potential entanglements.
During End/Interesting Times, Tao monks prefer to travel light.
From my viewpoint, we are transitioning from the Picean Age (authoritarianism & scarcity) to the Aquarian Age (freedom & abundance). This is a particularly precarious and turbulent period which will determine the fate of the human race. It’s a big game that could result in three primary outcomes, and I don’t want to spend all my time and energy chasing dollars during this exciting high-stakes epoch. I want to do my part. I think some of you do too.
Tao is sometimes called the “lazy man’s spiritual philosophy” because followers of Tao practice “action through inaction,” dislike “busy work,” and value leisure time.
Leisure time allows for recharging, planning, training, learning, and contemplation, enabling individuals to better undertake their objectives and purposes. The owners want to psychologically and physically exhaust you to the point where any free time is spent couch-viewing moron entertainment and running essential errands.
Busy work that accomplishes little represents “inaction through action.”
To quote a biker philosopher, “You get what you need & you need what you get.”
Followers of Tao laugh at those who spend their energy acquiring toys they soon tire of or playing bling-bling peacock.
However, making rent for your humble monk’s cell is important.
Enter the Tao Resource Acquisition Monk- the second level of Tao Monk. The first level is Student Monk, third level Warrior Monk, and eighth level, Beggar Monk. For more on the 8 levels of Tao monk reference, “The Tao Guidebook to Navigating the Satanic Matrix.”
Why is the Beggar Monk placed at the highest level? To remind us that cruel circumstance or one wrong move can send even the most astute tumbling into a rusty barbed wire-strewn gutter & to thus remain humble, especially to the less fortunate, the natural order, and Cosmic Intelligence. Beauty and strength fade, as no one outplays the dealer who holds the cards of entropy and physical death. Not even the mighty Sun.
You were thrust into a system designed by international bankers and their well-paid technocrats. You owe it nothing. The Western political classes broke the social contract.
It is also a dying system. Why spend all your energy on a dead-end job or consumer illusions? If you’re showing up strictly for the paycheck, do the minimum needed to hold on to your job- but conserve as much energy as possible for your primary mission, whatever it is.
“Conservation of Energy” is an important law in physics, although I’m taking a bit of artistic license with its literal scientific meaning.
The simpler you live and the less unnecessary stuff you buy- the less you have to work. That said, many Americans work 2 jobs to cover basic life needs and still come up short. All I can say is to get as “real” as possible, as that increases your chances of coming into something that is more in alignment with who you really are, which should produce a better flow. That might require working harder in the short term.
Even low-paying entry-level jobs often require navigating company politics. As if the job itself wasn’t unpleasant enough. If you decide to play that politics game, try to put yourself in the best position possible while maintaining your code. Pericles said, “Just because you do not take an interest in politics, doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you.” That applies to a lot of situations.
Needless to say, most jobs suck.
The employee’s goal should be to get off the owners’ hamster wheel or put in the least amount of rotations possible.
The small business owner is playing a slightly different game in that he works for himself and must often put in maximum exertion to keep his business out of the red. In that case, all he can do is look for energy-saving techniques that help him “work smarter, not harder” to free up time. If you get to the point where you “work on your business” rather than “in your business,” you’re doing better than most.
If your job interfaces with the public, try to be professional, don’t screw innocent people over, and be helpful when possible. Unless customers/clients disrespect you and or threaten your security. Then respond as your code and program dictate.
Tao allows for and encourages humility, but only to the point that leaves your soul-body-mind undamaged and code unviolated.
While you may get lucky enough to work with cool people, many work environments are hostile, forcing you to deal with douchebag supervisors and or co-workers who derive sadistic pleasure from making your work-life miserable or pump themselves up by trying to punk you out.
Small business owners face similar d!ckhead adversaries, albeit in a different context.
This is when the Resource Acquisition Monk calls on the services of the Tao Warrior Monk. Tao Warrior Monks employ triad warfare- cognitive, spiritual, and physical.
If you used physical warfare in a hostile work environment, you could end up fired, sued, or jailed. Workplace adversaries are best handled through cognitive warfare. Most workplace adversaries back off once they discover that they receive more pain than pleasure from f*cking with you.
The pain/pleasure principle covers a lot of ground in this world.
Like its physical triad component, effective cognitive warfare requires practice.
In rare circumstances, a work environment may require running a physical warfare program. Some jobs attract a more “rough & tumble” crowd- ex felons, bikers, and other serious fellows. In that paradigm, disputes can be taken “out back” to get settled.
Your mouth & mind are your best cognitive warfare weapons, and furthermore, most beefs can be quashed through diplomacy. That’s the preferred course.
When cognitive warfare programs or diplomacy fall short, you may be faced with the “stand up or sit down” option. If the Tao Warrior Monk chooses “stand up,” for a brief moment he may wish he spent ⅔ training time on physical warfare rather than ⅓. However, he knows the “rule of thirds” is the “rule of thirds.” Once the light turns green, it goes how it goes.
If you work for an evil corporation, bank, or government engaged in genocide, ecocide, mass theft - get away with whatever you can. You owe anti-Tao nothing. As both employee and citizen, Edward Snowden violated his employer's policies and government’s laws by revealing confidential data. Were his actions correct? I think so.
Every occupation/profession has a code- which should align with the person’s core code, which is the only code.
When the outlaw and the sheriff follow their code, each exists within opposing quadrants of the yin-yang circle, yet both defend the orphan and widow, never rob the poor or laborer, and avoid harming innocents as much as possible.
In our anti-Tao society, “gangsters” snitch for crumbs or envy, and muggers beat up old ladies. Dirty cops plant evidence, and the automaton ones act as fee collectors, eviction security, and shove non-violent offenders into the prison industrial complex, often creating violent criminals upon release. Private prisons and their shareholders make hundreds of billions of dollars off taxpayers and debt creation- the lifeblood of global usury.
Crime practically disappears in a win-win system, with the rare exception of the hardwired head-case. Win-win paradigms only require a small number of highly-trained/high-intellect/ high-ethics sheriffs to keep the peace.
Today’s cop is a law enforcement officer, not a peace officer. When weed’s illegal, he’ll go extra to ruin someone’s life over a joint. Legalize weed, and he’s waving to a guy smoking a joint on the street.
Sending US police to apostate-Israel for training and using applicant testing that filters out critical thinkers paid off for the owners. This is true for all “Western nations.” Look how German, UK, and Australian police behaved during the problem-solution bioweapon lockdowns.
Tao says, “The nation with a lot of cops is a criminal society.”
In 2016, a town in Mexico eliminated crime and corruption by chasing out its police department and politicians. I’d be surprised if the Mexican government didn’t eventually send the Federales in to “restore order.”
Even for outlaws who follow their code, I recommend avoiding illegal activities when possible. Forensic science and 24/7 digital-video surveillance make it easy to get caught.
You don’t want to end up in the prison industrial complex, subject to slave labor, medical experimentation, violence, bad food, and 2,3, or 4-man tiny cell 24/7 lockdowns that last for months.
In our sick society, even the most honest and scrupulous person risks imprisonment for simply existing, but try not to add to the incarceration odds. That said, I don’t pay your bills, so do what you need to do. Just try not to get busted and follow your code. No amount of money is worth sacrificing your soul or honor.
I believe we have the technology to create a post-scarcity society with the right to healthcare, food, clothing, shelter, education, utilities, that also includes the right to be a free being and allows for optimal human potential.
However, that’s not the model they’re going with.
Check out supermarket prices recently? Rents? Health insurance premiums? Hard times- unless you're in the donor class. Then it’s Jackpot City.
Inflation is a system feature that passively transfers the money from your account to theirs. Why did a hundred dollars buy a lot in 1950 and so little today?
Please don’t tell me you bought their “pick yourself up by your bootstraps” story. That’s for you, not them. “Entrepreneur” front-man Bill Gates invented nothing. Backed by the Rockefellers, he bought or stole the patents used by Microsoft.
I would go as far as to say that most of the ownership class consists of rapidly degenerating cretins who are counting on the 666 AI Beast to run things while they float over the top of the cesspit. “Better to rule in hell than serve in heaven,” to quote Milton.
Since their technologists built and programmed NWO HAL (still machine learning as far as I know- but quite impressive nonetheless), the thing’s going to be quite nasty- and dangerous.
To use a KJV version Book of Revelation verse: “And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.”
Sounds like a chip, barcode, or nanotechnology that connects to a central super AI data bank, which cross-references and collates the activities of everyone via algorithms and holds the power to shut off a red-flagged individual’s ability to exist.
John’s mushroom trip Revelation describes two beasts. Who’s the human “beast?” I don’t know. At least not yet.
Like the internet, AI could have been a beautiful thing, e.g., developing eco-friendly infrastructure, renewable energy grids, and architecture that combined aesthetic with function and harmonized with the natural order. If China embraces Tao, that could happen. Dismantling the international banker / US Anglo-Zionist Empire project would also help.
Orchestrated chaos is an integral component of controlled scarcity capitalism. Notice how tech billionaire net worth exploded during COVID. Big Tech also got a giant boost right after the orchestrated 2008 economic crisis after the Fed pumped trillions of free dollars into the industry. Well, not exactly free. The American people are on the line for the money via interest, debt slavery, and inflation.
The Fed’s astroturfing of Big Tech created a network of digital toll booths that charge fees to businesses and individuals for the ability to work, make simple financial transactions, showcase & distribute products to the public, and disseminate creative works. Music, books, and images used to enter the public domain after 28 years for people to enjoy for free, but the financial-tech conglomerate stole and now forever owns all historical/cultural intellectual property and charges fees to access it.
Customers pay Amazon to read books on Kindle that were written a hundred years ago. New artists get ripped off by platforms like Spotify and YouTube. Beyond that, creators promoted by the algorithm need to pass the vapidness test.
The internet was invented by DoD researchers and funded by the American taxpayer, only to be handed over to corporations and private equity at no charge. Socialism for them, capitalism for us.
Peak Evil elevates mediocrities, cowards, fakes, posers, the greedy, swindlers, and weasels. Look who the system astroturfs to the top. Conversely, true intelligence, creativity, honor, and courage get suppressed and punished.
What can you do in such a world?
Run your program, follow your code.
Maybe even have some fun with it. Why not?
This is this.
You better learn to recognize and analyze psyops, as they’re only going to grow more intense and frequent. For more on the subject check out my latest article in The Unz Review:
Nice to kick it with you again. Stay safe.
Cheers,
Richard
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