Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.'s Blog, page 20

The Golden Age of Spectacle

“The most useful expert, of course, is the one who can lie.” Guy Debord

We’re living in the golden age of Spectacle: whatever substance remains in politics is lost in the endless parade of outlandish political theater, finance is dominated by staged spectacles of media-savvy CEOs announcing the next trillion-dollar product, and online, all the world’s a stage for everyone’s spectacle.

French philosopher Guy Debord outlined the value of spectacle in a society and economy that is increasingly depe...

The Great Alzheimer’s Scam and the Proven Cures They’ve Buried for Billions

One of the least appreciated aspects of medicine is the numerous frameworks that have been developed to understand how the body works and how to heal it. This, I believe is a result of conventional medicine having successfully branded itself as the one true path to understanding the body and each remaining approach being a “second-rate gimmick,” which at best, can sometimes assume a complementary role in healthcare.

However, if you study those other approaches, you will find each medical system ...

Trump’s Tomahawks… All bets Are Off on a Peace Deal in Ukraine

Russia will have to end the war militarily on its terms for a lasting peace.

U.S. President Trump’s toying with the idea of supplying Tomahawk cruise missiles to the Kiev regime is not a good look. Not from the point of view of it causing a threat to Russia. It doesn’t. But rather, it shows that Trump is not serious about ending the NATO proxy war against Russia.

Thus, Russia will have to win the war militarily on the battlefield and present its terms for peace as the outright victor. Any chance...

Individualism and the Violence of the Identitarian Left

Many people were shocked to see the identitarian left erupting in ghoulish celebration when news broke that Charlie Kirk had been assassinated. Students who despised Kirk’s political views were seen chanting, “We got Charlie in the neck.” The British sociologist Frank Furedi argues that these students are not confined to a radical unhinged fringe, nor do they merely represent “the acts of a few morons” as many people suppose.

Rather, the celebrations reflect a broader “fetish of savagery” on the...

Keeping the Elderly Sheep in Line

I’ve been spending far too much time in hospitals, nursing homes, and rehab places this year. Not as a patient, but visiting loved ones. These facilities are all, every one of them, a national disgrace. If anything should be condemned, they should be. They are indistinguishable from one another in their cold, sterile neglect of human beings.

The lack of uniqueness in these places mirrors our crony capitalist system in general. They don’t compete with each other, trying to provide better service ...

Public Enemies: Government Bureaucrats as Societal Parasites

This article is adapted from DiLorenzo’s lecture at the Our Enemy, the Bureaucracy Mises Circle in Phoenix on Saturday, April 26.

Economists have been studying and writing about government bureaucracy for quite a long time. Ludwig von Mises became the first “modern” economist to write a book on the subject with his 1944 Bureaucracy. The public choice school of economics, founded by James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, among others, has produced a huge literature on the economics of bureaucracy, mu...

Is Trump Petrified of Jewish Lobby & Deep State Allowing Them To Destroy America ?

As a Patriot Writer & Veteran I must defend the Constitution by telling the truth knowing it could be fatal, but at 91, I have much less to lose than a young Soldier defending this country. The  Soldier, President  Trump and I, all swore to defend our Constitution  knowing it could be fatal.

We are at war and our Enemy is the Zionist Jewish Lobby, Media and Deep State, they are Venal Bloodsuckers , I call them the Evil Ones. For a more accurate description of the Evil Ones I refer to them as the...

Bibi Has Been Giving Money to Hamas. An Insidious Intelligence Operation

Confirmed by Israeli media. “Not Fake News”.  Bibi has been giving money to Hamas

“Hamas was treated as a partner to the detriment of the Palestinian Authority to prevent Abbas from moving towards creating a Palestinian State. Hamas was promoted from a terrorist group to an organization with which Israel conducted negotiations through Egypt, and which was allowed to receive suitcases containing millions of dollars from Qatar through the Gaza crossings.” (Times of Israel October 8, 2023, emphasis ...

How To Survive When the Grid Goes Down- World Power Grid Blackout?

You just landed after a quick business trip. You have been on the red eye into Atlanta, tired but eager for a hot shower and your own bed. The Uber hums along I-285, headlights slicing through the night, when suddenly everything changes.

The dashboard lights flicker and die. The engine coughs and goes silent. The Uber rolls to a stop, and you realize every other vehicle around you has gone dark too. Traffic lights are out. The city that never sleeps is hushed in an unsettling way. You notice the...

Is the AI Bubble Ready To Pop?

At Naked Capitalism Yves Smith published a paper by Servaas Storm:

The AI Bubble and the U.S. Economy: How Long Do “Hallucinations” Last?

Yves writes:

This is a devastating, must-read paper by Servaas Storm on how AI is failing to meet core, repeatedly hyped performance promises, and never can, irrespective of how much money and computing power is thrown at it. Yet AI, which Storm calls “Artificial Information” is still garnering worse-than-dot-com-frenzy valuations even as errors are if anythin...