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Government bonds are the biggest and most advanced system of lending for profit in human history. They are presented as normal and respectable public finance. This research shows how an invention from medieval Venice grew into a worldwide system. It takes money from taxpayers and transfers it to bondholders. At the same time, it limits…

When the Moroccan traveller Ibn Battuta crossed into West Africa. He was stunned. Ibn Battuta’s own Rihla, dictated around 1355 wrote of: “When a man wishes to speak to the sultan and the latter commands him to do so, he takes off his clothes and dresses in rags, then he comes and sprinkles dust on…

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/C9K8mXiUwlQ?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0 Ireland has long been called the “land of saints and scholars,” a tribute to our rich heritage of learning. Yet over the past century, Irish people’s faith in our own brilliance has been eroded by a form of mental colonisation, a form of foreign domination and cultural deference. The result is a nation that…

https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/AOGiGIYWeR4?rel=0&autoplay=0&showinfo=0&enablejsapi=0 Half of Ireland’s economic output never reaches Irish hands. Much of it is booked in foreign bank accounts. GDP figures don’t reflect our real national income. A small cluster of multinationals dominate the tax base, and our critical infrastructure is shaped around serving their needs, not ours. (Central Bank of Ireland)(Central Statistics Office) This…

Why the 17th–18th century separation of astrology and astronomy was as much about power as science. The usual line is that in the 17th and 18th centuries, science matured, astrology was proven false, and astronomy was purified into a rational discipline. This is a half-truth. What really happened was a power grab. From Babylon to…

The U.S. could power every home in the country for free. Instead, it wants to put a nuclear reactor on the Moon. A 100-kilowatt fission plant won’t run your fridge but it will burn your taxes. Fly me to the moon.. On 7 August 2025, the U.S. Department of Energy announced a plan to put…

The Norman Blueprint (1066) October 1066. Harold Godwinson lies dead at Hastings. William of Normandy becomes William the Conqueror. Within months, he dismantles the Anglo-Saxon system of governance and replaces it with something much more centralised, much more controlling. The Anglo-Saxons had the Witenagemot (the king’s council of “wise men”). These were local nobles. Regional…

The Retreat from Direct Rule At the end of the Second World War, Britain governed an empire that covered almost one-quarter of the Earth’s land surface. It held legal control over more than 600 million people in territories across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and the Pacific (Declassified UK, 2024: https://www.declassifieduk.org/the-empire-never-died/). This phase…