Sunday Summary
Posted on February 22, 2015
It has been a glorious week indeed. First of all I have made the decision with my training to focus on deadlifts for a period of time right now. It is fully possible to focus fully on both deadlifts and squat at the same time, but for me right now I want to focus on one of them and I feel that I have to bring up my deadlift and also put some more mass on my back. I have successfully completed a three sessions. First session was 3s on 190 kg, second session was 3s on 200 kg and finally today I did 3s on 210 kg, which felt really good. Almost liberating in a sense, there is something primordial and testosteronous with deadlifting. I also trained strongman yesterday, which was highly glorious, I filmed some as well there and will continue to train that at least once a week to appease the Allfather (strongman being a Nordic tradition and all). And also, next session in the deadlifts will be 215 kg for 3 reps and I’ll see how many sets I will do!
Here is the first session in a videolog with a voiceover:
Also I have spent a good deal of the week with gaming Attila Total War and as you can probably tell from the picture above it is kind of a big deal to me, it has to do with a lot of factors including the coming of the spring and cultural pride and a lot of testosteronous motivation (I will elaborate on my concept of a Culture Stack in a coming video).
I must really say that they did a good job on Attila. When Rome Total War 2 came out it was horrible to be honest. But Attila has been really awesome. It really captures that bleak and hopeless feeling. As I’ve said about a 100 times now I am highly interested in the timeperiod of ca 400 AD so I can really immerse myself in the game!
I elaborate more about the subject in the intros of the following videos (I understand that everyone don’t have the time to watch 40 minutes of gaming but if you just want that part, watch the first 5 minutes of both videos!)
Furthermore I have found a new song which have given me plenty of the so called music orgasms (was quite a long time ago I got a proper one of those!) The song is My Ancestor’s Blood by Ensiferum. Last song in my music list: Latsbrah PWO of Metal and Glory.
Coming videos for the week will include another Videolog (hanging out and training with my brother), Gains Kitchen, more Attila, an episode of Mount and Blade (this is a part of my progression in the mastery of my voice by the way, I am trying to talk in different accents and with an immersive feeling). Speaking of the way of the voice I will actually try to record a cover of Cruachan’s I am Warrior with my man the Abelian Bull in the coming week and we’ll see how that turns out. I am really exited for spring and life at the moment!
Lastly I also commenced my third Twitch stream, if you haven’t already followed it: http://www.twitch.tv/thelatsbrah
It it much more fun than I had expected and I am really glad that I decided to start with it. Next stream will be on either Tuesday or Wednesday and a long stream on Friday (or Saturday).
I hope you all have a productive and epic coming week!
Large vs Small Government and Keynesianism
Posted on February 19, 2015
I feel like a clarification regarding my answer on Keynesian economic thought is in order!
Before I delve into the economic part of my argument I think the most interesting question at hand is; Large government versus small government.
I actually like a large government. During the last century Sweden had a large government and no one can say anything other than that Sweden was the very epitome of a civilized and illustrious nation. And for everyone who is not aware of Sweden during the 1900:s, it had none of today’s betaness. A Swedish man back in the day was a MAN. Sure the government did some things that might perhaps has been seen as quite radical by today’s standards. Alas it was a government for the people by the people. What was natural and just was premièred (family, strength, industriousness). There was no pussyfooting, undesirable elements were dealt with, unlike today when criminals get a few harsh words and end of story. We had a strong army and a unity within the nation unheard of elsewhere. There was never any sense of the large corrupt government (in contrast to many other nations), because the government was the people and cared for the people. I don’t think there ever was a more equal or civilized society than Sweden during the last century.
Then a sledgehammer hit with full force in the fateful year of 1968 and even though it took quite some time for the sickness to take root the future was forever changed.
Our large government was working very well as long as it worked for the Swedes and before Cultural Marxism smashed the dream to pieces.
My point here is that a large government can be a thing of beauty under the right conditions. This is from a Swedish perspective, I know many Americans will have a hard time relating to this and that is because our nations are so incredibly different, if I was American I would probably be a proponent for as little influence of the state as possible.
Now, over to the economic part. With the above said, it becomes easier to understand why I am a proponent of Keynesian or Stockholm School of economic thought. Based on historical empirical evidence it is clear to see that the state can be a better captain of the economy than the free market. Under the malevolent rule of the free market large corporations will inevitably have great power, and the interests of those corporations does not lie with the people but with themselves.
Let us delve into the history of the last century, first of all we have the relative stability of the Swedish economy (guided by the benevolent hand of the government). And furthermore we have the German economic miracle of 1933 and onwards. The free market would NEVER have solved the mess Germany was in during that time, there was just no possible way for that to have happened. Instead, the government took charge of the situation, created jobs, and with the jobs came more jobs and so forth in an upward positive spiral of economic growth, and that is a good example of the power of state intervention and Keynesianism.
Now I hear voices of dissent saying “What about inflation?”.
Is inflation really a problem? Yes, everything gets more expensive, and your savings will get devalued. However, real wages also increases, and if we want to have a fair assessment on price increases, look at it like this: 8 hours of work today will be able to buy me much more than 8 hours of work would have bought me 50 years ago.
Is inflation without problems all together and a wondrous thing? It is not what I am saying, just that it is not a problem in the grand scheme of things.
And also, speaking of the grand scheme of things. Even though it is fun to debate economic matters and what might be the best way for a nation to deal with its fiscal policies it comes quite far down the list of things that are important to the wealth and well-being of a nation. To take a few other examples, the East Asian tiger economies utilized free trade and a freer market to great success. My point with this is that the wealth of a nation is more dependant on other factors than any political or economic thought. Intelligence and level of education is a good example here. A nation with an intelligent and well educated population will in most cases thrive both under Economic System A as under Economic System B.
So to conclude my thoughts. A large government and state intervention is not necessarily something evil, on the contrary it can be a good thing, especially in smaller nations such as the Nordic ones.
I am a proponent of Keynesianism in some cases, based on historical evidence and the belief that a competent government can do wonders in a time of crisis. Regarding inflation, I don’t see it as anything inherently evil.
And lastly, economic thought are not the end-all be-all of the well-being of a nation but other factors will always determine the end result.
Sunday Summary
Posted on February 15, 2015
I just finished my first Twich stream (http://www.twitch.tv/thelatsbrah) and good God it was intense! Really enjoyed it too. I am already looking forward to doing more of these! It really gives a great opportunity to interact directly with my true friends, which has always been important for me!
There was some technical difficulties in the beginning but luckily I had most things sorted at launch! More information regarding Twitch will come later on in the week. I will definitely start a campaign in Attila and stream that, and also make a let’s play campaign for YouTube with it. Really exited for it. I also created a Steam-group named Latsbrothers
In other news I finally made my promised video on my new diet (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoVoDPOMreM).
And speaking of diet and such matters I tried a carb reload today, kept fat to a minimum and protein to about 120 g and just massed in carbs, rice, jellys, bananas, bread etc. Didn’t feel very good to be honest. I will probably wait a bit until I do one again, when I am leaner than I am now and really in need of restored glycogen. I will experiment more with this and of course report back to my dear readers/subscribers! Since it is only February I have a good bit of time to experiment with the diet. The form is quite good now (on the right path at least): http://instagram.com/latsbrah/.
And lastly also, multiculturalism strikes again! This time in good old Denmark. Really sad to see such things happened, I only wished some of the responsible (leftist/liberal) politicians would have been shot instead. I do not see any point in mocking the Prophet, it is disrespectful and uncalled for. However, Islam has no place whatsoever in Europe and that is the real problem. I don’t need to elaborate on this here, you all know my stance on the matter :)!
I have written two articles I have been creating mentally over a long period of time. Unfortunately, my articles never get as much publicity as I would wish for, as opposed to an Instagram picture without any deeper meaning. Quite sad but that is just how life is and I have to accept that! Anyway, I might re-formulate and elaborate on these thoughts later on when they will reach a larger audience! Who knows!
http://narcissus.se/2015/02/13/competition-drives-us-to-excellence/
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