May 11th, 2022
4.14 The Future is Now
I take the analysis of Vin Armani (Cyprian), Michael Vlahos, Julianne Romanello, and Allison McDowell and discuss their perspectives in light of current events, where we are in the...
May 11th, 2022
I take the analysis of Vin Armani (Cyprian), Michael Vlahos, Julianne Romanello, and Allison McDowell and discuss their perspectives in light of current events, where we are in the...
May 4th, 2022
Humanity has gone through 4 great Ages and is now entering its 5th. These have been the Age of Survival, the Age of Religion, the Age of Empire, the Age of Economics, and now the A...
Apr 26th, 2022
There are a great many social cycle theories out there and this is an introduction to many of the most relevant for our time and this current series. I cover Khaldun, Tonnies, Durk...
Apr 19th, 2022
Wrapping up this series on the parallels between the Reformation and modern shifts, this episode focuses on the present and future juxtaposed to the Reformation and the 30 Years Wa...
Apr 12th, 2022
Continuing the comparison of the Middle Ages through the Reformation and 30 Years War, we now get into the economic, theological, and cultural shifts that were/are occurring. These...
Apr 5th, 2022
There are many patterns and parallels in history that are very applicable to our modern milieu in various ways but one in particular that has all the same major shifts- the Reforma...
Mar 30th, 2022
The system is broken. You can reform it, fight it, or build something better. I advocate for the latter option. This includes alternative systems like homeschooling, self-sufficien...
Mar 23rd, 2022
Now that we've covered the history, evolution, and corruption of society, it's time to go over the current state of things. This spans from our current economic situation to the ...
Mar 15th, 2022
The West can be thought of as a culture, a conspiratorial movement, allied countries, or many other frameworks. I find it helpful to take a classic view of the gods as being region...
Mar 8th, 2022
To continue the macro look at corruption and conspiracy, we start with the Rothschilds. This goes from their early days to modern day. Cecil Rhodes and his roundtable groups are co...
From Darwin and Galton to Woodrow Wilson and Kennedy, I cover quotes and excerpts related to the topics of corruption, conspiracy, and the New World Order. This is not focused on t...
Continuing the look at modern history and the set up of our current systems, this episode looks at the why and the how behind much of the corruption and conspiracy behind the scene...
This episode is all about the of the Age of Economics. This includes the most popular political philosophies from modern history, economic models and their impacts, the setting up ...
Feb 8th, 2022
To understand modern society, we need to understand its foundational systems. To understand these, we must know at least the basics of their origin and influences on them that brou...
Feb 1st, 2022
This is the beginning of season 4 as well as the beginning of an overview of the entire podcast thus far. It's a great place to start listening for newcomers and should be a valuab...
Jan 25th, 2022
The early church fathers had a lot to say regarding the state. Here, I try to stick with the first generation church and what they said themselves about Statism. I also include acc...
Jan 17th, 2022
This episode wraps up the look at technocracy frameworks. The Kingdom of God perspective is unique in that is is independent of the other 3 and very in line with agorism, anarcho c...
Jan 11th, 2022
This is a break from our regularly scheduled program to insert an opportunity and request for listeners to help choose what the next season of the podcast will focus on. Will it be...
Jan 5th, 2022
There is much to look into in relation to the Christian and the State but the focus here is on a relatively technocratic view of governing society through Christian values. Augusti...
Dec 28th, 2021
The Foundation series by Isaac Asimov gives a very good picture of what soft technocracy looks like, and even how it compares with and pairs with more material and openly structure...
Dec 21st, 2021
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley is the perfect sequel to Plato's Republic, as it really brings Plato's ideas into a technological setting and gets more firmly into the concept of ...
Dec 14th, 2021
Plato's Republic is the proto model for technocracy. He takes us from the more material and hierarchical perspective to something more all encompassing. His view is more philosophi...
Dec 7th, 2021
It's time to bridge the gap between the first manifestation of technocracy and its evolution. The more material examples from the previous few episodes are expanded and taken to th...
Dec 1st, 2021
The technocracy assessment continues as I use the Panopticon writings of Jeremy Bentham to get a better understanding of how the early stage, material technocracy manifests. I use ...
Nov 23rd, 2021
This isn't a summary of 1984 or even on the general parallels of today's world. This is a look specifically at how 1984 and technocracy compare. Today's example is our current burg...
Nov 17th, 2021
Machiavelli's The Prince is focused on power and control for a ruler. The concepts and insights made are very potent when applied to a modern technocracy. This is what I do in this...
Nov 9th, 2021
This episode begins a short series on frameworks for viewing and understanding the coming technocracy by using allusions, mostly to well known books. This includes Machiavelli's Th...
Nov 2nd, 2021
This episode bounces around a bit between Technocracy and societal trends with a bit on transhumanism, Woke theology, and even PMAs (Private Membership Associations). Our Found...
Oct 27th, 2021
There was more to cover related to scientism and more to introduce on the subject of technocracy. For Scientism, it is mostly the issue of the is-ought problem. Science provides kn...
Oct 19th, 2021
The writings of William Henry Smyth are explored as I continue to delve into the roots of Scientism. He is reportedly the first to use the term technocracy and his writings give a ...
Oct 12th, 2021
Scientism as a secular religion is introduced in this episode but it quickly turns back to the roots of the movement. This brings us to Plato's Republic and specifically the aspect...
Oct 5th, 2021
This episode focuses on the second secular religion to be explored in this series- The Church of Woke. I then tie it to the other main secular religions and assess how they are ent...
Sep 28th, 2021
Secular religion is alive and well in today's world. Gone are the days of near universal acceptance of the gods but other structures have taken their place for the modern man. Secu...
Sep 21st, 2021
The Christian concept of discipleship is key to understanding how the early Church put their beliefs into action. It is also a concept that voluntaryists, agorists, and like minded...
Sep 14th, 2021
This episode applies a Christian perspective to how to live under an immoral system without supporting it or attacking it. How does the Christian submit without support? Yeshua tea...
Sep 7th, 2021
There are many strategies for achieving more liberty in our lives and in society writ large that do not involve participating in immoral systems or means. The first discussed is ag...
This is part 2 of my interview with Pete Quinones. We continue discussing the two strategies that we respectively have been promoting. This is a great discussion and exploring thes...
Pete Quinones from the Free Man Beyond the Wall podcast comes on the show to discuss strategy related to increasing liberty in our society. His view is focused mostly on a Machiave...
Aug 17th, 2021
There is a definite difference between secular agorism and the kingdom of God. I some ways, they are opposites, as the kingdom of man is the opposite of the kingdom of God. In othe...
Aug 10th, 2021
This episode is all about the philosophy of agorism and how it ties in to the teachings of the original Church. Samuel Edward Konkin III is quoted and covered as well as some scrip...
Aug 3rd, 2021
Light is representative of the side of the Natural Order we are to pursue and it should also be representative of us. Going back to the example of the Early Church, this episode lo...
Jul 27th, 2021
I cover some common symbolism that is loosely tied to the Natural Order including light, dark, land, sky, sea, underground, and the tree. Next, I assess some common topics and issu...
Jul 20th, 2021
There are aspects of the natural order, our reality, that are not very positive. These are in contradiction to the Light Side principles. Chaos opposes Order, Death opposes Existen...
Jul 12th, 2021
Here is The Natural Order, defined. Since the term has been used a lot on this show and since it is the basis for all morality and reality, it seemed like an important topic to add...
This is the first step in defining the Natural Order. I begin with looking at how other world views have addressed this concept as well as the structure of both the spiritual and c...
Jun 29th, 2021
There is always an inherent conflict between idealism and reality. The early church had a philosophy of seeking the ideal but at the same time, they lived in a reality that was far...
Jun 21st, 2021
Welcome to Season 3. This first episode covers the concept of the Kingdom of God. This is the beginning of setting the stage for the exploration and comparison of the Early Church ...
This is the final section of this Vin Armani (now known as Cyprian) interview. We talk more about community and the role of community in the coming times. We discuss the "Benedict ...
In part 2 of this Vin Armani interview, Vin explains the importance of the concept of Proof of Work and how this aspect of Bitcoin ties in with many other topics we have been discu...