"There are decades where nothing happens, and there are weeks where decades happen." [Soviet leader, Vladimir Lenin]. Looks like this is one of those weeks.
Thank you for removing the paywall for this, it is too important to block by mere money. Alas, it is unfortunate that not enough of the right people will read it, let alone understand it. Ir needs spreading far and wide.
Central Bank Digital Currencies are the ultimate government control. They hold the power to destroy private ownership of anything. Property rights are a fundamental pillar of freedom.
Thanks, Bill, agree, I think the bankers have become besotted with technology to the point of insanity. It's sort of group bipolar disorder, I have seen this in cults during my work as a counsellor.
I am a humanistic counsellor, Bill, and I worked with AA and the CAB in the UK for 26 years before moving to SA last year. I counselled clients, often with OCD, derived from their commitment to a cult, like Jehova Witnesses, who insist on strict adherence to 'biblical rules' causing cognitive dissonance, depression, and all sorts of life management issues.
UK has this marvelous agency, CAB, which deals with practical issues, so I added emotional therapy during my engagement: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
I did not practice psychiatry for long, and in fact had to leave medicine altogether in 1990. I'm a yank. and did med school in Germany. I was a year into my psychiatry residency when family needs took me back to the US. I needed a year to learn English vocabulary and another year to study and take the US Boards. Then I could compete in my mid-forties with twenty-somethings for a place in a residency. Unfortunately my wife and daughters had become addicted to eating regularly, so I did other things.
Thanks, Bill for sharing. I have had two main careers, started as a company secretary in 1967, Re-trained with Xerox Corp in 1977 as a corporate systems consultant, and worked in partnership with them on laser printer technology. I decided to retire in 1995 aged 51 because I wanted to pursue my love of sailing. I gave my tech company to my ex-wife and two elder children and re-trained as a humanistic counsellor, qualifying in 1997. I have sailed and counselled (pro bono) ever since, now in South Africa,, where I have downsized to living in 300 sq ft, off-grid. https://sailing.co.za/am_venues/false-bay-yacht-club/
Winston Churchill is reported to have said “never trust the bankers.” I have not been able to find the reference to this but I remember years ago reading an account of this by a retired journalist.
Thank you for removing the paywall for this, it is too important to block by mere money. Alas, it is unfortunate that not enough of the right people will read it, let alone understand it. Ir needs spreading far and wide.
Thank you, Roy, I appreciate your response. and support. However, I do re-post all my Letters here, FOC:
https://www.theburningplatform.com/author/austrian-peter/
You are welcome here, and some of the US comments are revealing! LOL
Blessings
AP
Central Bank Digital Currencies are the ultimate government control. They hold the power to destroy private ownership of anything. Property rights are a fundamental pillar of freedom.
Thanks, Bill, agree, I think the bankers have become besotted with technology to the point of insanity. It's sort of group bipolar disorder, I have seen this in cults during my work as a counsellor.
You're ahead of me. I never encountered a cult when practicing psychiatry.
I am a humanistic counsellor, Bill, and I worked with AA and the CAB in the UK for 26 years before moving to SA last year. I counselled clients, often with OCD, derived from their commitment to a cult, like Jehova Witnesses, who insist on strict adherence to 'biblical rules' causing cognitive dissonance, depression, and all sorts of life management issues.
UK has this marvelous agency, CAB, which deals with practical issues, so I added emotional therapy during my engagement: https://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/
Blessings
AP
I did not practice psychiatry for long, and in fact had to leave medicine altogether in 1990. I'm a yank. and did med school in Germany. I was a year into my psychiatry residency when family needs took me back to the US. I needed a year to learn English vocabulary and another year to study and take the US Boards. Then I could compete in my mid-forties with twenty-somethings for a place in a residency. Unfortunately my wife and daughters had become addicted to eating regularly, so I did other things.
Five careers later I retired at 71.
Thanks, Bill for sharing. I have had two main careers, started as a company secretary in 1967, Re-trained with Xerox Corp in 1977 as a corporate systems consultant, and worked in partnership with them on laser printer technology. I decided to retire in 1995 aged 51 because I wanted to pursue my love of sailing. I gave my tech company to my ex-wife and two elder children and re-trained as a humanistic counsellor, qualifying in 1997. I have sailed and counselled (pro bono) ever since, now in South Africa,, where I have downsized to living in 300 sq ft, off-grid. https://sailing.co.za/am_venues/false-bay-yacht-club/
Winston Churchill is reported to have said “never trust the bankers.” I have not been able to find the reference to this but I remember years ago reading an account of this by a retired journalist.
Thanks, Iain - I have no recollection of such a quote, but this link might help:
https://winstonchurchill.org/publications/finest-hour/finest-hour-153/chancellor-winston-churchill-on-gold-and-the-exchequer/