Episode 230 You’ll Own Nothing and Be Happy

In Episode 230, we discuss Larry Fink, Klaus Schwab, the World Economic Forum, home ownership, the middle class, everyone owning nothing and being happy, and ask where the culture club is driving us with financial instruments.We examine the rising cost of home ownership, renting, BlackRock, China, the Council on Foreign Relations, 15-minute cities, digital IDs, digital currency, AI, cashless businesses, subscriptions, software, cars, appliances, and how the American Dream and the middle class are being sabotaged by design.We discuss how people increasingly subscribe to or rent things they once owned and how, if you don't own it, you don't control it. They can change the parameters, raise the price, shut it off, or decide you're no longer allowed to participate. Therefore, by extension, we are all essentially slaves who have to stay in line.We explore conformity, centralized control, city planning, government, entrepreneurship, upward mobility, education, critical thinking, and how people are being conditioned to accept convenience in exchange for independence.We discuss the need for an alternative society built by people using their own skills, talents, businesses, schools, practices, podcasts, and communities instead of simply going along with systems that are coercive or tyrannical.As always, we offer the white pill: don't just sit back and wait for somebody else to turn the ship around. Build a new ship. Start your own business, create something people want, teach your kids to think critically, ask questions, spread awareness, and don't let anyone coerce you into a digital prison. Let's build the alternative society that is way more bad ass.