Doug Casey's Take

#dougcasey Can you turn a backwater country into the richest per capita in the world and make its citizens wealthy in the process? In today’s episode, Doug lays out his plan and shares some of his adventures pitching the plan to heads of state around the world. Doug and the President of Palau: https://youtu.be/icvngZ02W2Q Assassin: Book 3 of the High Ground Novels https://www.amazon.com/dp/1947449095/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_fab_fTjIFbR16JKRF Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

In this video Doug talks about the education system, teachers unions, and homeschooling. Education has been corrupted by leftist ideas and a lack of actual education. "Assassin", Doug's new book: https://www.amazon.com/Assassin-Book-High-Ground-Novels/dp/1947449095/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1NNHIJ4Z7Y5XM&dchild=1&keywords=assassin+doug+casey&qid=1602704646&sprefix=assassin+doug%2Caps%2C188&sr=8-1 Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take

In this episode, Doug touches the “third rail” once again by discussing the taboo topics rattling our society today. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

#goldstocks #gold #goldinvesting #dougcasey In this video, Doug talks about gold stocks and gives his view on why this may be the most important time to own them. Doug reacts to the names of stocks in Matt's personal portfolio. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Doug Casey thinks there is a color revolution happening in America today. Whenever a really radical group takes over they try to cement themselves in power and it only takes a small number of people working as a cadre to do it. In this episode, Doug Casey explains what a color revolution is and what's likely to happen in America post-election. To read Doug's recent article on the topic: https://internationalman.com/articles/doug-casey-on-what-happens-after-the-us-election/ Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Doug thinks the US will break apart. And in the eyes of some that must mean he’s working for Russia. In this clip Doug addresses a confused viewer’s question, “Are you working for Russia?” Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Is Bitcoin money? Aristotle developed a 5 point test to determine if something qualified as money in the 4th-century bc. In this episode, Doug Casey explains why Bitcoin passes Aristotle's test and shares when he bought and sold (some) BTC. Plus... The time in 2013 Doug was given a physical bitcoin Why he passed on the opportunity to buy Monero for $.50 The time he spent with John McAfee Doug's unusual hobby What could kill Bitcoin Whether or not he'd buy today at $10,700 Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

In this clip Doug talks about the kind of people that are drawn to work for the state. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

In this clip Doug explains what anarchy is and what it means. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

When people think of an anarchist they think of a black-clad, bomb-thrower advocating chaos. But, in this episode, Doug Casey explains how the word anarchist has been corrupted like so much of the language. In fact, an anarchist has a lot more in common with a Taoist than a black-block member of Antifa. Also in this episode: European anarchism vs. American anarchism Personal responsibility and why people like offloading responsibility to the state The false choice of left vs. right The conflation of a country with a government and 'legal' with 'right' Coercion vs. volunteerism The type of country where one can live freely How Doug came to write the forward for the book that crystalized his thinking Books mentioned: The Machinery of Freedom: https://www.amazon.com/Machinery-Freedom-Guide-Radical-Capitalism/dp/0812690699 CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 1:18 2 schools of anarchy 4:30 Left & Right are always changing 7:20 State is institutionalized coercion 10:30 Why do people like having a ruler? 13:42 Ayn Rand didn’t go far enough 19:00 Private police would be better 21:27 What holds a civilized society together, is peer pressure, moral suasion, and social approbation 27:05 how many laws do you need in an anarchy society 31:35 One great law 33:36 Is there a place people can live like that today? 39:01 where do you get an ethical education today? 43:03 Daoism and Anarchism 47:00 conservatism shoots itself in its own foot 51:07 Argentina over Uruguay 53:40 The long run will be rough regardless of who wins The Market for Liberty: https://cdn.mises.org/The%20Market%20for%20Liberty_2.pdf?token=Wc6uBKXu Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

In this clip Doug talks about the Black Lives Matter organization. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

In this video Doug talks about which candidate Doug likes more and why. As well as the difference between the republicans and the democrats. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1

Doug & Matt discuss life philosophies - Transcript: Matt: what I find interesting is that it all is about this, about being able to balance, in the physical world, ambition with the sense that it doesn't actually matter anyway, it's like having one foot in the room and one foot out of the room seems like the right way to function in life. Doug: Yeah, I agree. And that's, that's why the kind of world religions, I think the Taoists have the best grip on it, you know, they're in the world, but not of the world kind of. Matt: that it's similar to the Stoics, which I tend to tended to gravitate to more, that you're supposed to strive, but, the hard thing is, is. Like, uh, you, you, it's easy to go think that you, not be of the world, you have to go in a cave and just get away from things and not really care about outcomes, but you really have to. I mean, and, and certainly, in stoicism, there's an ethical obligation to act. Doug: An ethical obligation to act. That's right. So, yeah. Yeah, well, it's all interesting. And, and, and who the hell knows what happens when I talked to him yesterday, [unnamed] intimated his, a belief in reincarnation and future lives. I don't know about that. I've thought about that a lot. , I think it's quite logical possible. Anyway, the only problem I have with reincarnation is that... I may have remembered things from past lives. Actually. It's interesting. I've done this past live drill and come up with a lot of things. Where did they come from? Are they from movies? Are they snippets from books that I've read that? In the back of my mind that have come to the front, I don't know, but I've had, it actually had past life experiences and I always wanted to, and then I had some, so that was good. But the question is, is if you're reincarnated, where are all these extra people coming from? Where are all these, all these entities that are inhabiting these bodies coming from? . In other words, fine. I can go back into a new body. That's being born. Okay. But, , if there's 8 billion people in the world and there used to be just 3 billion, 50 years ago, where the other 5 billion come from, they're not reincarnated. They came from someplace else. Matt: Well, there's been a reduction of, uh, insects in the world I've read about. And if we are mostly reading, cutting across the species spectrum, Doug: well, that's a possibility, isn't it? Sure. Yeah. I mean in a really good dog could come back as a person, I guess you would think so. And it really isn't at all and well, in a really bad person could come back as North warm or something too, I suppose. Matt: There is some, there is some beauty in that idea. The simulation idea more though. I really do. I think that's um. you've heard of a, probably Nick Bostrom. who originally came up with this idea. Doug: Yeah, yeah. That we're all living in a simulation. Yeah. And then there could be simulations within simulations, within simulations. Matt: And so that's why it's because, because there could be an infant and a number of simulations, it's far more likely that we are. In one, then that we are a civilization on an arc where that could be where that is actually achievable. And that it's unlikely. We are on that one civilization, that's going through this evolutionary process where we develop the technology enough to be, be able to create a virtual reality. That's is believable as a, you know, as a, as a physical reality without destroying ourselves first. , it's less likely that we happen to be those people right now, then that we've already gone past that. And we're one of the infinite number of simulations. Doug: Yeah. That's really fascinating. It's, it's kind of like a wrapped up Chinese conundrum where. Uh, somebody Chinese philosopher was asked, well, what's the earth sitting on? And he said, it's sitting on a turtle. Yeah. But what's the turtle setting on. And he says, it's turtles all the way down Matt: turtles all the way down. Yup.

"Is Doug working for Russia?" In this episode, Doug Casey answers viewer questions and responds to news that "The Donald" has Covid. Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Matt on Twitter @livingstoic

"The Deep State is an extremely powerful network that controls nearly everything around you. You won’t read about it in the news, because it controls the news. Politicians won’t talk about it publicly. That would be like a mobster discussing murder and robbery on the six o’clock news. You could say the Deep State is hidden, but it’s only hidden in plain sight. The Deep State is the source of every negative thing that’s happening right now. To survive the coming rough times, it’s essential for you to know what it’s all about." In today's episode Doug gives his take on the Deep State and much more: - What an Anarchist actually is - Who the members of the deep state are - The difference between capitalism, fascism, socialism, and communism - And the seven things Doug would do if he were President Join the free newsletter: https://smith.substack.com/p/doug-caseys-take Doug Casey's books: https://www.amazon.com/Doug-Casey/e/B00N85BD5K/ref=dp_byline_cont_pop_book_1 Matt on Twitter @livingstoic

Doug Casey suffered through the Presidential debate like the rest of us. Today, he shares his thoughts on the debate including his bias, what makes for a good debate, and who came out of the debate on top.

Picking up from Episode 11, Doug explains what a hot war with China might look like. -Where the flashpoint between China and US might be -Armenia and Azerbaijan conflict could expand -US commitment to protect Taiwan -Why China is not Communist -The limitations of aircraft carriers and other 70year old technologies. -The problems with symmetrical warfare. How future war will be asymmetrical and how that is deeply costly to the US. How the “5th column” might be part of any future conflict with China. The US government has 100 separate definitions for terrorism New War making technologies - Drones, hypersonic weapons, nanobots, If nukes are used, how Doug thinks they’ll be deployed Three types of armies: Mercenary Army Slave Army Militia How internal conflict might drive the US into war Early warnings that war might be on the horizon

Doug Casey successfully predicted the likelihood of an unconventional attack on the United States just months before the attacks on 9/11 “An attack will soon come from outside American borders, in the form of war. But it won’t be declared war in the conventional sense with ballistic missiles. When the attack comes, it will be delivered through a much cheaper, reliable and unexpected form such as a car bomb, boat or plane.” In this episode, Doug looks to the future of war and, in particular, the risk of war with China. The Thucydides Trap (dilemma) is a term coined by American political scientist Graham T. Allison to describe an apparent tendency towards war when an emerging power threatens to displace an existing great power as the international hegemon. It was coined and is primarily used to describe a potential conflict between the United States and the People's Republic of China. Five types of warfare: Hot War Electronic War Economic War Biological War Psychological War Plus Doug Answers a question from a viewer: "What does the future geopolitical competition between the EU, China, Russia, and the US look like 20-50 years from now? KGB defector Yuri Bezmenov's warning to America (1984) https://youtu.be/IQPsKvG6WMI

Will the Fed launch their own Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC)? Why would they launch it and what might the consequences be if they do?

Up until 1971, of course, Americans couldn't own gold at that point, but, Foreign governments were allowed to exchange their dollars that they had for gold from the us treasury at a fixed price of $35 an ounce. Then Nixon raised the price to $42.22 an ounce arbitrary, completely arbitrary numbers. And then he cut that off, closed the gold window. So right now the U S dollar. Is an I owe you nothing. I mean, it's worth something. If you go down to the Chevy dealership and buy a car. Yeah. Okay. But there's no guarantee as to what kind of a Chevy, how many Chevy's you can buy for a million dollars. The US is turning into a third world country where at some point foreigners will not want to accept dollars. The major export of the US for about 40 years has not been computers or Boeings or wheat. Our major export has been dollars and it's resulted in an artificially high standard of living, uh, because the dollar has become the international currency. I mean, years ago it was true. And it's still true today. I'm sure that there are more a hundred dollar bills floating around in Moscow, alone than there were in the whole United States. I mean, that was the meme that came out. Is it true? I don't know, but it could be true. Um, so our major export for many, many years has been dollars. Anybody in an African or Middle Eastern or almost any Asian country or any South American country. They all preferred dollars to their local worthless currency. So of course it's been a great scam for us. We send them dollars. Yeah, they send us Mercedes and Sony's, that's a great trade in the short run. But now, and once again, nobody knows what the number is. Probably something on the order of 20 trillion. I've heard 40 trillion. No. So this is guesswork. You take the annual balance of trade deficit, which averages 600, $800 billion a. Not counting illegal trade for things like cocaine and so forth, which is huge and added up over 40 years. So what's going to happen when, with the U S currently, uh, creating trillions of new dollars every year at some point. Retail prices are going to start skyrocketing. They're going to start moving up, not just by percent with 10%, 15% per year. Now these people are going to want to get rid of dollars. Okay. Uh, and ultimately, so somebody, somebody in Mexico. My walk dollars now for good reasons, but he doesn't have to take dollars. He has to take pesos. That's the law and all of these countries, you take the national currency and it's printed by your national government, but there's no law that says anybody has to take dollars except for Americans in the U S so at some point, these dollars are going to start flooding back into the U S. 20 billion, 40 billion that are outside the U S in exchange for what? Well in exchange for everything, everything that that's for sale stock certificates, land titles, goods of all types. So we get the dollars and they got the real goods back. It's really going to impoverish the U S it's a scary thought because the whole world. Financial system is structured around us dollars at this point. So the U S government destroys the U S dollar. It's not just going to be chaos in this country. It's going to be chaos because of this country, all around the world. It's scary.

Doug Casey Says the economic problems are going to be so significant that... It's going to be very much like what Nixon did back in the early seventies. He put wage and price controls on everything exchange controls too. The price of gasoline was fixed. The price of apples in the market was fixed. The clothes you, everything was price-controlled in the welfare/warfare state. Watch the entire video here: https://youtu.be/IS0YMG0JAFM #dougcasey

Doug Casey has made a fortune investing in gold and gold stocks over the decades, but he believes owning gold today is more important than ever. CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 2:50 Is it a mistake to buy gold now? 6:30 Chaos will drive Gold higher 9:48 Bonds are a time bomb, certificates of guaranteed confiscation 12:45 New Monetary system will be based on Gold 16:12 Gold Mining Stocks is a better speculation 23:40 Speculator Book 26:21 Arguments against gold, deflation or inflation 30:32 Our currency is backed by debt 34:50 Buffet buys Barrick 36:37 2016 Gold Run up? 38:35 Nine P’s: People, property, phinancing, politics, push, promotion, pitfalls, 45:12 Errors made in the space In this episode: Doug’s personal experience buying gold and gold stocks over the decades. The US debt is unpayable and inflation is the only way out How bonds are a “triple threat” We’re now in the 3rd leg of the gold bull market that started in 2001 Warren Buffet’s investment in gold mining A signal that professional money managers are taking an interest in gold mining companies for the first time Why the nature of the gold mining business can lead to explosive moves in stock prices Doug’s 9Ps to successful resource investing Three recommended books: How to profit from the coming devaluation: https://www.amazon.com/How-You-Profit-Coming-Devaluation/dp/0985253908/ref=sr_1_3?crid=2NT9BMMDS7N9E&dchild=1&keywords=how+to+profit+from+the+coming+devaluation&qid=1600965776&sprefix=how+to+profit+from+%2Caps%2C182&sr=8-3 EB Tucker’s Why Gold Why Now: https://www.amazon.com/Why-Gold-Now-Against-Wealth/dp/1735104817/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3BP1CT2JNRDDM&dchild=1&keywords=eb+tucker+why+gold+why+now&qid=1600965866&sprefix=EB+Tuckers+%2Caps%2C192&sr=8-1 Speculator (Doug’s novel): https://www.amazon.com/Speculator-High-Ground-Doug-Casey/dp/0985933259/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=speculator&qid=1600965905&sr=8-1

Doug Casey gives his take on why America will break apart and how exactly it might unfold. As always, Doug puts this in the context of history discussing the past nation-state breakups from the violent breakup of Yugoslavia to the peaceful “Velvet Divorce” of Czechoslovakia, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and balkanization. Doug explains what the definition of a civil war is and why the American “Civil War” wasn’t one. How cultural and economic differences led to the war. The differences between red and blue are greater today than those between north and south in that era. On what lines the US might fragment. How Politics is Poison. And much more. 00:00:00 Introduction 1:07 What is culture? 3:18 What is a civil war? Why we didn’t really have one 8:58 Will States break apart? 10:46 Upcoming Election, further division? 16:02 Gun control 17:58 How would the US break apart? 21:21 Positive possibilities 27:09 Models for a breakup 33:12 Balkanization 35:30 Politics is poisonous 37:14 Fear of other

Doug Casey responds to the news about the prosecution of individuals trying to defend themselves from attack. Have we lost our right to defend ourselves? Did we ever really have that right? Also… The dramatic shift in both attitudes and laws toward gun ownership In ancient times the difference between a slave and a citizen was that slaves could not be armed. Slaves had no right to defend themselves. What the domestication of pigs has to do with the erosion of personal freedom Why prosecutors have taken an aggressive stance against people acting in self-defense and what it means for the future. And much more Links: Bar owner https://youtu.be/5q56ZiVWL-M Tucker Carlson Segment on Kenosha Shooting: https://youtu.be/_e-fPbAVo3w CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 2:06 Good old days, gun transportation 5:36 State could license you to kill 8:03 Gun control sentiment grew with the war on drugs 12:00 You never know when you’ll need it 17:39 Growth of state makes everyone feel a false sense of security 19:30 Police State or Soma vacation? 23:44 Prosecutors bend to the mob 27:14 Assassin Book 30:51 State required people to be racist

Doug Casey gives his take on Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the political battle to fill her seat and explains what he would do right now if he were President. The time Doug had dinner with RBG and her “very pleasant” husband Why the Supreme Court matters RBG’s Identity Politics “Hobby Horse” The two ways a judge interprets the constitution… either “it says what it says” or it’s a “living document”. The three crimes outlined in the constitution What’s wrong with the people who seek office Why a General is likely to be elected president in 2024 How the lockdowns are as big a catalyst as the JFK assassination What Doug would do if he were President of the United States right now CHAPTERS 00:00:00 Introduction 5:22 RBG a women’s liberation symbol 11:33 Doug's Take on Roe V. Wade 17:29 Supreme court ruling 21:41 Misuse of institutions like the military 27:41 WWDD (What would Doug do?)