In the midst of NFTRH 880’s precious metals segment, an interlude cropped up with views on society & markets
The Kirk killing takes things to a new level. The hatred of “us” against “them” is rising to a fever pitch. Personally, I have no patience for this polarization in my work. It’s algo-guided ignorance with millions of us stuck somewhere in the middle of it. I am at an age now where I just don’t give a fuck about what people may think of me or my “cold” views on the proceedings.
Personally, I have felt, and written about how this society was going past its shelf life for much of my adult life. It’s just that now we have gone from the hubris of an entitled consumerist culture/economy to tech-guided ignorance. I am someone who at once owns a hand gun and also believes people can view themselves however they want as long as nobody is hurt by it or materially put out by it. In other words, I think for myself. Nobody – least of all a YouTube or X algo – does my thinking for me.
Interlude
I realize I may be sermonizing. But in a time when every lunatic on the left and right has an opinion that happens to disgust me (at worst) or make me shake my head (at best), this lunatic will present his own view.
A dishonest monetary system has created the divides that have in turn created the dangerous bullshit going on now where Americans hate other Americans. Thank you Federal Reserve (money creation) and both aisles of Government (money spending in favored areas). In other words, a financial and political system geared to rich richer and middle/poor, screw you. Also, boomers richer as we sit on our aging butts in our bubble valued homes. “Young, screw you” says the system.
While I hate what our country is becoming, I am super interested in it and will continue to try to capitalize on it. The macro, which is more informed (or at least distorted) by the social/political environment in recent years, is playing out as anticipated. “Play it” is all I can do because this is my job; to define what I see in the markets for a group of people to consider. We’ve done well into and during this phase and in my opinion, much more often than not since 2008.
But we need to continue to operate under the right assumptions and without political bias. Politics did not instigate the evil, as most people seem to think. The monetary system did the evil, through inflationary policy. A rancid political backdrop has piggybacked on that. Keeping a view on market indications while tuning out politics has been of great benefit to this service. Now politics are ramming their way into the macro picture as well. So we need to factor that, hopefully without emotion, despite personal views. I have a lot of emotion. But not in these pages. In these pages I am going to continue to be one cold motherfucker.
