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A Threefold Society. An economy is threefolded - as this website has argued. The economy itself is one of three parts in the body social - the other two parts being the political life, and the spiritual/cultural life. These other two parts of the body social are also threefolded in their nature. In the French Revolution catchcry of 'Liberty, Equality, Fraternity!', liberty refers to freedom in the spiritual life (which the right argues for); equality refers to our democratic political life; fraternity applies to our economic life (which the left argues for). Under Capitalism, we stand to lose all three eventually. It is very important that a) we do not apply a principle to the wrong area (e.g. freedom in the economic life), and b) we keep the three strands of the body social separate in the right way (e.g. the government trying to run the economy).

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Plutocracy, Technocracy, and Conspiracy Theorists. Marx claimed that religion was opium for the masses. There are many at the top of the heap in Capitalism who believe likewise that the idea of freedom and democracy is opium for the masses. They think that they know better how to run society than the masses. Broadly speaking, the plutocrats have the money to do it, the technocrats (Henry Kissinger being the prime example) think they have the political and scientific know how to do it. In the absence of transparency and genuine participation by 'the masses', in the presence of all kinds of atrocious skullduggery, 'conspiracy theories' are bound to arise. There is one simple fix for conspiracies - both the theories and the actual deeds, if they exist - and that is to make social processes transparent. But that is anathema to the plutocrats and technocrats that run the show.

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Why and how Capitalism breeds psychopaths and criminal behaviour. Capitalism is like a beast which has its own cunning logic. It tends to promote and reward those with psychopathic tendencies, those who are very clever but with little in the way of a conscience. This is not necessarily a 'conspiracy' but is inbuilt in the very structure of Capitalism - things such as the banking system; the hierarchical makeup of corporations; cross-ownership of companies; share options of executives in corporations; funding of mainstream media by corporate sponsorship (that's advertising to you and me); the legal ability to donate to political parties; a convoluted tax system that rewards those who are willing to spend the time to not support their community via taxes; reliance on privately funded research and sponsorship; an atrocious privatisation of education that churns out certificated spare parts for the economy (and lumber them with horrendous debts before they start their spare-parts jobs) rather than real thinkers and artists; doctors who find life much less problematic and financially advantageous if they unquestioningly follow the guidelines of 'medical authorities' even while knowing that such authorities are tainted with drug companies' money; people manipulating their dementia-suffering parents to secure the greatest advantage from their will; and so on. The list is endless and the tentacles of Capitalism are much more ubiquitous than most people can imagine. It fosters the worst parts of us and orphans the best - unless one rises to meet the challenge.

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The importance of Hegel. It was from Georg W.F. Hegel's philosophy that Karl Marx developed his 'dialectical materialism'. In TheThreefold Economy vis a vis Capitalism and Communism, I show that Hegel's work is also key to understanding the Nazi economy. Thirdly, it is believed/known by some people that certain powerful secret societies study Hegel's philosophy. Why does Hegel feature so prominently in these three hierarchical form of governance/economy?  Why would secret societies - if they exist - study Hegel? I show how Hegel's philosophical methodology is as relevant as ever and that it is key to resolving Capitalism.

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Why neo-fascist populism is on the rise - a misguided attempt to take back control of one's life. Whether people consciously think it or not, they are totally disempowered from having a say in the making of social policies. (Capitalist globalisation works to neutralise democratic governments in policy making). One way to gain a sense - but only a sense - of control is to castigate outsiders and revive the cranky mythology of how great one's race or nation was, prior to being sullied by migrants, especially those of a different race. Endemic to Capitalism is class warfare - between the plutocracy and the rest. Those oppressed by the forces of Capitalism should not take it out on those who are even more oppressed by the same forces.

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Why it's been so hard to think our way out of Capitalism. There are institutional forces (vested interest) which hinder us as a society to make incremental but systemic changes - a kind of trial and error - which would allow us to work our way out of a socially unjust situation by democratic means. But that is an intrinsic part of the nature of Capitalism; We are however free to think, so why has it been so hard to think about Capitalism in such a way that we get practical solutions/prescriptions that will work in the real world (as opposed to a theoretical world in which democracy works unhindered)? The answer in a nutshell: it is not possible to solve a problem with the same methodology that created the problem in the first place.

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The misfortunes of those advocating currency reform in U.S. and world history. There is a pattern of great misfortune or violent death happening to people who advocate currency reforms that threaten Capitalism at its highest pinnacle of power - the issue of currency control. Proving foul play may not be possible in individual cases, but when a consistent pattern develops in history, one can make an inductive conclusion that foul play is at work.

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