Hi Everyone, Governments of Western countries are collecting more tax and accumulating more debt than ever before. Figure 1 contains the countries that have the highest tax revenue as a percentage of GDP.

Hi Everyone, Source of Image: Grok Racism is one of the most taboo topics in the West. It is treated as the vilest form of discrimination possible. In the UK, people genuinely fear being perceived as racist.

Hi Everyone, Source of Image: Grok The West is going through an incredibly tumultuous period. It has been in slow decline for decades. The Covid fiasco marked the beginning of the current more rapid decline.

Hi Everyone, In Part 2, I discuss what I believe more closely resembles the multi-tiered society that we live in. Most of the content of this post is theoretical and aligns with what can be observed and

Hi Everyone, One of the most prominent pieces of propaganda circulating in Western media is that the West operates on a two-tier system. This relates to Government policy, the justice system, and the actions

Hi Everyone, The level of incompetence within Government appears to be staggeringly high. Almost everything they do fails or backfires. Their actions typically make the problems worse or create even more

Hi Everyone, Welcome to Part 2 of my series on the Strait of Hormuz and the Iran War. Part 1 covered various aspects of Iran. Iran’s past hundred years, particularly the 1979 Revolution, have played an

Hi Everyone, The potential repercussions of the Iran war on the world are enormous. The impact could far exceed even the Russia-Ukraine war. I have written a two-part series of posts to explain the rationale

Hi Everyone, Over the last two to three years, I have contributed significantly less to my regular economics and social economics content. My time has been spent on my fictional book series Sapien Loop.

Hi Everyone, I’ve made it to nine years on Hive. Every year takes me on a slightly different journey. My ninth year has been my least active on my @spectrumecons account. I’ve only posted around fifty-plus

Hi Everyone, The Downs Region is in complete chaos after the invisible Sentray savagely attacked the enforcers. Most of the executive council decide to hide in the hotel to escape the attack. This provides

Hi Everyone, The Cult Tribe arrive in the West Camp victorious from their battle with the Empire. However, not everyone is on the same page. Tensions grow between Orcilla and Demadrian regarding Tiberius’

Hi Everyone, With the resistance out of the way, Tiberius shifts his focus on Orcilla and the cult tribe. He decides he will go to the West Camp to lead a military campaign against them. He leaves his

Hi Everyone, Part Two introduces the resistance to Tiberius and his handlers. The resistance aims to break up the leadership from within as well as turn the technicians and remaining Downs residents against

Hi Everyone, Part One jumps straight back into the story where Sapien Loop 2 left off. Orcilla has woken up from her coma inside the wreckage of a crashed vehicle. She finds her sister, who has been badly

Hi Everyone, It is time to announce the results of the third Sapien Loop Quiz for this year. In hindsight, I can see the questions in this contest have been considerably more difficult than others I have

Hi Everyone, Welcome to the third Sapien Loop quiz for 2026. Like the previous two other quizzes, this quiz is focused on my new book, Sapien Loop Short Stories: Missing Links, which is now available on

Hi Everyone, It is time to announce the winner of the second Sapien Loop Quiz for this year. This contest has been a considerable improvement over the first. The number of participants doubled from two

Hi Everyone, Welcome to the second Sapien Loop quiz for 2026. Like the first quiz of this year, this quiz is focused on my new book, Sapien Loop Short Stories: Missing Links, which is now available on

Hi Everyone, It is time to announce the winner of the first Sapien Loop Quiz for this year. This contest has been a huge disappointment. It had only two participants. I think this is the lowest turnout