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The Most Likely End of the War
The Most Likely End of the War
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Israel’s greatest danger is not on the battlefield. It is inside its own society. The foreign press, which is not bound by Israeli military censorship, reports a steady deterioration that domestic audiences barely see. Losses in Lebanon continue to mount. Suicide rates among soldiers are at historic highs. Desertion and draft resistance are rising. The Orthodox revolt against conscription has become a street‑level rebellion. These are not isolated problems. They are symptoms of a society losing the internal cohesion required to sustain a long war.
THE SIREN EFFECT: WHY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE GET PULLED IN
THE SIREN EFFECT: WHY INTELLIGENT PEOPLE GET PULLED IN
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Tucker Carlson once described his first meeting with Donald Trump as “hypnotic,” “disarming,” and impossible to explain. He expected a showman. He expected a caricature. Instead, he felt something he could not name — a gravitational pull that softened his judgment and drew him into the other man’s frame. Carlson is not naïve. He is not easily impressed. What he experienced was not admiration. It was a temporary suspension of his own internal navigation.
Common Ground Left and Right
Common Ground Left and Right
James Quillian — Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
This applies to all of us in the great unwashed — not the country’s leadership class. Among ordinary Americans, left and right share more than either side wants to admit. Start with ignorance. Reading is fading fast.
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Why Gain The Fantasy Free Advantage?
Why Gain The Fantasy Free Advantage?
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
What do I mean by fantasy free advantage? This is the advantage in life you will have based on viewing the world and society clearly, rather than making observations through a prism of fantasy. When your life and decisions are based on what is real rather than what life has taught you to believe, you will make a surprising discovery. Your power of discernment in the present moment will surprise you. You will notice that you automatically know the truth with respect to what you are seeing and experiencing.
Being fantasy free or even going on a fantasy diet is not without costs. The following are first the benefits and next…. the costs.
Illusive Peace in the World
Illusive Peace in the World
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Any peace a person has is on the personal level. Peace in the world, according to historical evidence as well as in natural law, is not possible. I have explained that we are all born into an ongoing power struggle. The struggle is ongoing today, just as it always is. All of us who are part of the great unwashed are not involved to any extent. Closer to the top, the competition is vicious.
And ye shall hear of wars and rumors’ of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet. [7] For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in diverse places. Matthew 24:6
THE REALITY OF GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE
THE REALITY OF GOD’S CHOSEN PEOPLE
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Human beings are born with an inborn propensity to exalt themselves and the groups they belong to. It is the oldest flaw in the species. Every tribe, nation, and ideology has done it. Zionism is simply this universal instinct amplified — identity fused with divinity, grievance fused with entitlement, and politics fused with theology. It takes a basic human impulse and elevates it into a sacred claim, then demands the rest of the world treat that claim as untouchable Continue reading
The Phantom Depression
The Phantom Depression
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Why You Should Look at These Tables
Most people feel poorer today than they did in 2020. They aren’t imagining it. They aren’t failing to budget. They’re living inside a statistical illusion. The official inflation number, CPI, is designed to make the economy look healthier than it is. It measures products, not life. It hides the real cost of living by adjusting away quality improvements, substituting cheaper goods, and averaging essentials with non‑essentials.
Future of US Economy
Future of US Economy
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
The United States is no longer a free market economy. It is a debt‑driven organism whose lifeblood is credit expansion and whose pulse is the movement of asset prices. GDP is no longer a measure of production; it is a measure of how much debt can be pumped into the system before something breaks. The country survives by inflating the value of what already exists, not by creating anything new.
The Stock Market Heart of the Epstein Disciples
The Stock Market Heart of the Epstein Disciples
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Power never wanders. It hunts. And right now, it’s hunting the world’s factors of production — land, labor, and capital — with a precision that makes the Iran war look like a side errand.
What cannot be bought is corralled. What cannot be corralled is pressured. This is the natural shape of the eternal power struggle we are all born into.
Oligarch’s Last Stand
Oligarch’s Last Stand
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
Even before the Epstein saga and the recent release of the Epstein files, the oligarchs were already facing serious headwinds. The stock market is controlled. Its high level is a purposeful achievement. Its value is meticulously maintained. It has to be. It is the store of the oligarchs’ wealth. If the stock market crashes, the source of their wealth disappears. The stock market is their vulnerability. Their greatest strength is that no one believes it is.
The oligarchs have been losing control of the public’s mindset for some time. Without that control, their massive investments in AI turn into losses. They control the media close to 100%. The result is that the public treats it as mush these days. People accept that they have no information and have responded by not caring one way or another.
Must Watch Exception
I rarely post YouTube videos. This one is a must-watch exception.
https://youtu.be/rIO4IDMnBDU.
The True Political Picture in the United States
The True Political Picture in the United States
James Quillian — Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
To understand the global situation, you have to see the field as it actually exists, not as people wish it to be. The world runs on structure, hierarchy, and human nature — not slogans. Here is the real layout.
There are three distinct societies, each operating with its own instincts, incentives, and internal logic.
The Elite Stratum — The Hybrid Class
At the top sits a small, tightly bonded group whose sensibilities are fundamentally different from those of ordinary people. They are not “evil” in their own minds. They are simply built differently.
The Rise of Luther Grimes
The Rise of Luther Grimes
By James Quillian,Economist, Political Analyst, Natural Law
There was a world‑champion hog caller named Luther Grimes. He traveled the countryside winning first‑place prize money in every contest he entered. Folks said he was unbeatable. Luther didn’t brag about it, but he was making a fine living calling hogs from one end of the state to the other.
One day a newsman stuck a microphone in his face and asked, “Luther, what’s your secret? You get those pigs excited and enthusiastic. They run to you like their lives depend on it. And all they ever get is one Oreo cookie — more often nothing at all. Do you have some kind of supernatural power?”
Dealing With Experts
An expert is one who uses words and phrases that lend credibility by creating the illusion of competence. Experts’ language sets them apart from the great unwashed from whom they derive their incomes. Do they know more than you?
Sure. However, they are better off if you are convinced that you know nothing at all. Using fancy words and phrases turns out to be an ideal way to make themselves appear necessary. The dumber you feel, the more they can charge. Continue reading