Randall Casaer

"Mozes, bij maanlicht op de rotsen meppend"

All the crimes humanity perpetrated on this planet, it has also perpetrated on itself: destruction, extinction and exploitation are not side effects but essential elements of this civilisation’s operating system.

Randall Casaer on Substack Geïnterviewd worden is raar soms, ge hoort uzelf ineens dingen zeggen waarvan ge denkt allee zeg ik wist zelfs niet dat dat in mijn koker zat. Het zal met de gedeelde aandacht te maken hebben: voortal...

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Am browsing through your meditation book, I am loving it. Structure, tone, openness, breath, serious playfulness. It is a delight

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Julian Trevelyan, During the Night, 1935
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How privatisation works (and Thames Water is just the latest example).
1. A government takes a national asset built up with taxpayers' money and the work of public servants over many years, and hands it, for a fraction of its value, to a private company.
2. In doing so, it creates a monopoly.
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Why the USSR failed (and China succeeded)

Short answer: There are two ways to build the edifice of industrial economy. The logical way is to build it up, from the foundations. The illogical way is to skip the foundations, and get to the roof asap.

The USSR made it logically, China - illogically.

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