Capitalism and communism as aspects of evolution

The idea of modern communism in the West became intertwined with the threats of the Russian and Chinese empires. It could be argued that Russian communism was an extension of the Czar’s desire to expand the empire, communist insurgents were then…

How trade imbalances led to the rise of Trump and MAGA

A lot of the MAGA movement, and the rise of Trump, was created by US trade imbalances. Many countries have a kind of resource curse, for example Saudi Arabia. The oil exports push up the value of their currency, this makes it too…

The evolution of the justice system

In Aperiomics the police and justice system evolved by compromises between the center left and the center right. These interactions are mainly between three color codes.

The war in Ukraine according to Aperiomics

Aperiomics is not intended to take sides in the war, or to say that any particular viewpoint is the right one. Instead it examines the interconnections between the color, and how they shape history. In that sense the Ukrainian war is a clash between four…

Mendiocracy

In Aperiomics a mendiocracy is a rule by lies, this is not necessarily a bad thing but a consequence of how the theory works. In current events there is a controversy about the truth, the left believes that truth should be the goal of civilization. Because of this, using lies to further an agenda is…

The ROY and BIV societies

This is a reprint of an earlier story. It was moved to the Aperiomics publication to keep these posts in order.

In Aperiomics there are two kinds of society, the Biv society is where there is material abundance. This evolved by having wealth through…

The structure of Aperiomics

Aperiomics has been developed by me since about 1989. The original insight was that most of the plant and animal kingdoms, as well the human societies could be modeled by 12 principles. These are referred to as color codes to make them easier to remember. There are Red…

Historians and epidemics

This is an interesting book about the plague from 541 to 570 AD. The effects of the plague were similar in some ways to COVID.

The quote says that pandemics seem to follow a story line. Arguably the reverse is also true, that stories evolved from the public…

Mussolini’s role in starting WW2

Mussolini was Italy’s delegate to the 1919 Paris conference. That is where the Austrian Hapsburg and Ottoman empires were broken up, Germany lost many areas including Alsace Lorraine. The economist Keynes said at the time punishing Germany so much was going to lead to…