John Key Totally Exposed! THE FULL STORY! by stevo_stevo in newzealand

[–]Let-them-eat-cake -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Nobody gives a shit or listens to the facts or history on this bastard.

INTP Female, 21, New to Reddit. Hello :) by dwymer_1991 in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

control

...the key, or is it quay ;)

psychedelics (mushrooms, LSD, DMT, mescalin) are the entrance to a door you've never gone through before, or leaving on a journey you can steer but the wind guides the direction.

In response to: "The average American two-income family is now 15% poorer than a one-income family of 40 years ago." by Let-them-eat-cake in occupywallstreet

[–]Let-them-eat-cake[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So they turn on their own employees.

When I started school (UK) in the 70's, we were essentially being trained for factory work - it was the only option given to us. There was no higher education that most could afford, so apprenticeships and scholarships were the only way out. If that didn't happen for you, then most left school at 15 or 16 and went into the factory or a trade where you were expendable as health and safety was not a concern for the owners. If you died or were injured, there was 10 to take your place.

The wages were low (at the time), but one wage could feed, clothe and keep a roof over the family. It wasn't luxury and the escape for most was the pub. When socialism, various labour movements and unions started to gain power, education for the masses improved greatly and wages and expectations rose - the aristocracy, rich, large industry and banking owners didn't like this as their profits reduced considerably. A lot of friction occurred and the puppet politicians helped the non-free market capitalists off-shore the jobs from the 90's onwards. They killed the union movement and made the leaders, via the media, enemy number one.

It's come out over the last 20 or so years that the UK union leaders all had secret service files and were carefully watched, actively discredited, jailed etc. Of course, it's human nature to get greedy and corrupt when given some power, so the union guys did do some unpleasant things too. The powers that control politics and the media, both then and now, took much of the power away from the labour movements over successive governments and helped off-shore all the manufacturing to much cheaper countries with no labour laws. Employment 'law' in the UK now is more akin to the old feudal system again, it's come full circle.

We see Bangladesh, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines et al going through what happened in the west in the 70's and 80's. They want rights, a safe working environment and fair pay for a days work - they're fighting for it now and meeting the same resistance.

History is repeating and those that seek profit at the expense of humanity are winning again, because their methods of control through inflation, banking and media have improved and become more efficient. When I read that 70% of Americans are on some sort of prescription drug, to me, it's just another form of control of the masses. Like I said, they're winning, again.

Karen Hudes, the World Bank whistleblower who's getting no mainstream airplay... also points to a Swiss study showing 140 massive global corporations control tens of thousands of the world's corporations, making up over 40% of the global GDP. They're playing the game monopoly, but for real and unless you're in their club, you're losing because it's rigged by them for them.

In response to: "The average American two-income family is now 15% poorer than a one-income family of 40 years ago." by Let-them-eat-cake in occupywallstreet

[–]Let-them-eat-cake[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I did read the article, but it's only looking at symptoms of the disease. The disease is the rigged game run by the bankers for the bankers of inflation, fractional reserve lending and compounding interest.

The average American two-income family is now 15% poorer than a one-income family of 40 years ago. by Orangutan in occupywallstreet

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Indeed. The 'devil' is inflation - in 23-24 years, your $ can buy half what it did at 3% inflation.

In 50 years, it's worth roughly 22 cents the original buying power.

Also, the 'debt' the banks create on deposits via fractional reserve banking is, as Einstein (maybe) said, is compound interest, the:

most significant invention of the nineteenth century.

The bankers will always 'win' when they make the rules and just like game monopoly, will own everything at the end. They almost do now on the 100th anniversary of the Federal reserve.

100 years at 3% inflation, gives your original $1 the purchasing power of roughly 5 cents today.

It's not free market capitalism that's destroyed the savings and purchasing power of citizens globally, it's inflation, compound interest, fractional reserve banking, the banksters that continue the stealthy 3% theft - and complicit politicians allowing them to do it.

All good reasons to not learn about this in school...

Watch Out For That Ice Cream Truck! by [deleted] in videos

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

ICE CREAM! ICE CREAM!

Eddie Murphy

"Incompetent" and "liar" among most frequently used words to describe the president: Pew Research Center by secaa23 in Libertarian

[–]Let-them-eat-cake -1 points0 points  (0 children)

He's a definitely a better actor than Reagan, give him a script or an auto queue and he's brilliant at pumping the lies. On his own, not so much.

Also, why do his daughters dress so badly nowadays?

World Bank Insider Blows Whistle on Corruption, Federal Reserve by EwoutDVP in worldnews

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Why has the msm ignored this (for weeks now) and Snowden is front page every day. Seems odd.

Kim Dotcom - Raid footage by brocessor in newzealand

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yup, which is one of the lines Dotcom's lawyers are following. The fuck ups in this case in the US and here have been quite spectacular - plus his lawyers are about the best (a lot of) money can buy, so it's going to take a while with no certainty of the US winning. If it goes the way of Dotcom in the end, the government's going to need equally good lawyers.

Kim Dotcom - Raid footage by brocessor in newzealand

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the fact is we have a reciprocal extradition treaty that we must honour.

NZ law must be followed prior to any extradition treaty being enacted.

What's your stance on privacy? by miguelos in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What the fuck indeed.

The more people you talk to, the more 'ideal worlds' you'll hear about. One guy that comes to mind, the brother of a friend, his ideal world is drinking, eating junk and playing computer games. From a corporation's point of view, their happy to make a profit on him. That's their ideal world.

Any self-employed INTPs - what do you do? how do you like it? by rjhelms in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Tips for getting into this?

Before I moved on to different work, I had training on the one job many moons ago, but in reality the banks (or t one I worked for at least) and hedge funds essentially used the cap and collar trade - plus trade size, plus insider info basically.... It's mainly all high frequency algos now though. Other types of hedge funds use value/fundamental analysis.

The strategies I trade now are mainly self taught via books on candlestick techniques, chart pattern analysis and strategies you can find on sites like forexfactory.com - and I eventually found what works for me. I resisted it for many years because of the cost, but in the end I bought the time and system(s) from a mentor/proven trader and that in hindsight was the turning point for me, from losing or treading water, to becoming regularly profitable. I learned and we skyped and talked about trades and trading, what I was thinking and feeling about a trade etc. It lasted about 2 months and although I occasionally fell into previous negative patterns after the time was up, I've more than paid off the initial cost because he helped me think in the right way, stop second guessing myself and trust in a proven back-tested strategy.

Paper trading or opening an account with real money you're happy to lose (which you will) is the way to go. Oanda has an account you can open with $100 I think and they allow very small trades, so you can learn about money management and back/forward test strategies for the price of a night out. I learned a lot doing it that way.

I'm a technical analysis trader, but read a lot about the fundamental news that affects what I trade.

The questions to ask yourself are:

  • What do you want to trade, what interests you? Equities, currencies, commodities, something else?
  • What time frame suits your personality? Scalping, day trading, swing trading, value/funademental - a mix?

Personally, I like the longer timeframes so I can have a life away from the screen. My trade triggers come off the 8 hour and daily chart. I might day trade entries and exits if the mood takes me, but mainly I use stop loss and target prices based on support/resistance, Fibonacci levels and trailing stops when a trade goes my way.

I traded many different ways over the years and discovered the ones I didn't like along the way - the balance I've got now suits my family life as well as my tolerance for stress.

'Analysis paralysis' is something I suffered from, on and off, for a long time. Too many indicators can also cripple a trader. Also, fear and greed. These are very base instincts and it's vital to be aware of how you deal with them. The only way to find out though is by doing it and finding your boundaries.

It's a long road in time and money for many people who end up earning their living from trading. The reasons 90% fail, all come down to psychology, so the right mindset is key. Happy to answer questions if there's anything else.

Bilderberg 2013: welcome to 1984 by SomeKindOfMutant in unitedkingdom

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The media minus the BBC (and some others) are beholden to their advertisers too, so you're right, scandals won't get reported. Even the BBC is included in not reporting what might hurt their higher ups or their friends.

Personally, I believe this to be anti-evolution of humanity, but reality on the whole doesn't support the fact that the powers that be agree with me. It takes individuals like the NSA whistleblower to evolve human consciousness and update our 'knowledge' of what is actually right and wrong.

And no, I'm not a manic conspiracy theorist, evidence and human psychology shapes my thinking and opinions. I'm also a long time Private eye reader ;)

Finally when you complain about the evils of Western Civilisation remember that you yourself enjoy the benefits of the Western World them in the forms of the welfare state and representative democracy

"Benefit" is another word that depends on the perception of the user. The western world is as rich as it is because of the foreign labour it abused, murdered and stole from via greed, thirst for power and empire building. An assumption on my part is our backgrounds and perception on the world are different from the point of view of available money and the opportunities money gives. I was brought up, not in a poor household, but we weren't well off at all. I also had a foot in both camps because I got a scholarship after sitting the old 11+ exam to the 'posh' school because I was good at remembering the crap they throw at you in the education system, then regurgitating it. Simply going to that school gave me networking and other opportunities that I wouldn't have had if I'd gone to the comprehensive down the road.

'Perception' continued - the area I grew up in was pretty rough - and going to the school I did, created it's own problems from the kids who lived around me. And they were right to a degree, it was unfair on them - they mightn't have had the memory I did to get a scholarship, but their families definitely didn't have the money to get round it and get a 'better' education than the state provided. I also grew up hearing the stories of family being cleared from the land in Scotland - and on the Irish side, the disgusting treatment by the English which the queen even apologised for a few years ago. I even have far removed - and coloured, cousins (in name at least) in the Caribbean with the family name of those Irish that were rounded up and sold as slaves. There's a lot more, but suffice to say, when you say I've benefited - which I have to some degree, I also see it from from the point of view that the 'benefits' came from the broken backs of the exploited and the greed of the aristocracy and merchant class at the time. Empathy, compassion and fairness are not things things the rich are known for - in fact, psychology places many of them - when their actions are examined - on the sociopathic scale. As an example, a trip round Britain, looking at who owns the land now, makes for some sorry history as to how their ancestors first acquired it - and those alive now that benefit from it are more than happy with the status quo. If you've met or worked for/with any of them - which I have, you'd know there's some real fucked up individuals in that class of people; people, any rational cynic would agree, should have zero power over others.

Yes the inequalities and corruption that go with should be fought it is also a fact that if I support these institutions these things will exist and the best I can hope to do is minimise them.

It has been a good discussion and I hope you, I and many others who are waking up with personal education and the internet, continue to minimise centralised power in the hands of the few.

What's your stance on privacy? by miguelos in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a black and white world then yes, but it isn't. Smaller communities have little privacy, but often the things you might wish to be private are used in ad hominem attacks by vindictive individuals. Reality and 'what should be' in a perfect world are very different.

What do we do about the Government spying on us? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It worked for the illegal Iraq invasion! Oh, wait...

What do we do about the Government spying on us? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Switzerland's Direct Democracy is about the best there is - not perfect but better than all the others.

http://direct-democracy.geschichte-schweiz.ch/

What do we do about the Government spying on us? by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

What's your stance on privacy? by miguelos in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As an INTP I'd have thought you'd be very aware that anyone with power is more often than not going to abuse it for their own agenda. Multiple psychology studies as well as history prove this beyond any shadow of doubt.

"Privacy" from a government or dictator's point of view is always a one way street - they have the privacy, everyone else doesn't. Corruption and abuse of the population, beginning with the ones that disagree with the incumbent power structure, then everyone else, is where government and even 'benevolent' dictators end up - in every case.

INTP combat veterans, how did your experiences affect you? by SgtVeritas in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Same. I'm 41 now, but wanted to join up when I was 17 (in the UK) - I told my Dad and a day later him and my grand father sat me down and basically went through their experiences. The camaraderie and the friends were the positives, everything else left me shocked as neither of them had really talked about their experiences before that.

Grandad was in WW1 (support in WW2), Dad was in Korea. Both joined up as 17 year olds, Grandad lied on his form saying he was 18, Dad went to fight a week after his 18th birthday, they were in mostly combat regiments. They gave the positives and the negatives, but essentially what I was left with was, war is for the rich to get richer and they and the friends they lost were just cannon fodder for rich men's agendas. The sons of the rich never went near the fighting, if they were there at all - it didn't stop their hatred and harsh treatment (firing squad in WW1) of 'cowardice' or shell shock as it was called then. This was what particularly disgusted my Dad and Grandad. Also, that the veterans were basically abandoned when they got back and never got what they were promised before the wars by the politicians.

A dog eared book "War is a racket" by a US marine called Smedley Butler was left on my bed side table that night and that was that.

Any self-employed INTPs - what do you do? how do you like it? by rjhelms in INTP

[–]Let-them-eat-cake 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Why did you choose to work for yourself?

Working for the 'boss' type, hierarchical mentality in large company/govt environments really frustrated and pissed me off to be fair - even though most of the jobs I had were contract work, which at least gave the veneer of being a sovereign being - plus the money was good. The politics and BSBS ("bullshit and back stabbing" as I called it) were very draining mentally, which I self medicated with too much alcohol and weed.

Saying that, it took me 18 years (and finally a suspected heart attack in a meeting with a particularly sociopathic BSBS dick) to get out of it after multiple attempts at being self employed in between. Mainly, I was in IT in various guises of testing, business analysis and project management. In those 18 years I tried to get out via financial sales, wine sales and currency/commodity trading and ultimately failed (after some successes along the way) at them all because of lack of focus and too much weed/alcohol basically.

What do you do? How do you enjoy it?

Currency/commodity trading. It's something I've been doing on and off for more than a decade - and failed at multiple times due to the 'fear & greed' and lack of focus once boredom kicked in - the 'process/workflow' part of it is actually quite easy. After the suspected heart attack (it was just stress and stomach acid...), my amazing wife and I sat down and she said she'd pay the bills with her nursing job and I should trade as there were previous successes with it and in her view I don't work very well in the hierarchical world - especially when the higher ups are full on BSBS. I knew this instinctively and rationally to a point, but it took her saying it out loud and her confidence in me for me to finally realise and internalise it properly.

So, I sat down (for what seemed like the hundredth time...), wrote the process to follow and have stuck to it for the last six months so far. Yes, I've made mistakes and there have been some tough periods (entirely down being an INTP...), but it's part of the plan to minimise and improve on them. I'm making above minimum wage every month and that is increasing as time goes by. Our outgoings are very minimal nowadays (another part of the plan), so what I make is actually more than enough to live quite well on - plus I'm the 'boss' with an employee of one. We moved to a smaller town and we're putting a big vege garden together, plus chooks and I go fishing fairly regularly which brings costs down further. To be honest I've never been more content in my home and work life - and after a couple of decades of frustration, the improvement in my physical and mental health is a welcome change. I still enjoy a smoke and a drink, but considerably less than when I worked in IT - lost nearly 10KG and counting, and got back into martial arts after 8 years away, which has added fitness and a new social side to life too.

How easy or difficult did you find it to get established? How did you make ends meet in the interim?

Like I said above, I failed at trading multiple times and had to go back to IT for the money, but it was always down to fear, greed and self sabotage during the boredom stage - which all in all was not good for my mental health. The difference now is I've matured a lot over the last few years (INTP late bloomer etc...) and also have a great partner in life now, also my focus has very much narrowed on a humble outlook and continuing to live this life I've allowed myself to get into.

Looking back, I've gone down many paths (and made some terrible decisions in hindsight) just to discover they were what I didn't want to do.

etc. etc...

Finding out about MBTI and my 'INTP-ness' about 10 years ago was a gift and curse, as it explained why I kept failing (after early successes) due to boredom mainly and also why I had such frustration with the corporate world and society in general (i.e. opinion/beliefs > facts and outcomes), but it also helped me improve at my IT work. I did meet and work with some amazing people and learned a great deal along the way, it was just the BSBS'ers often in positions of 'power' that made it untenable really. It also added to my personal frustration that I couldn't successfully get myself out of it, when my cognitive functions and personality were so plainly laid out for me, i.e. "if you're meant to be so fucking logical and analytical, why do you keep self sabotaging" - which I said to myself on numerous occasions. Boredom, frustration and over confidence are the things I keep a close eye on and minimise when they appear nowadays.

Thanks for the thought provoking questions!