Episode 50 – Symbol and Effect

Symbols have massive effect in our society. Today, as Bobby frolics aimlessly in some distant locale, Jordan discusses symbolism and voluntarism and their place in our society with an astute friend.

Some people like to listen to us faster… (We sound smarter.):
Change playback speed real time: 1x – 1.25x – 1.5x – 1.75x – 2x

Referenced in this Podcast:

https://www.livingvoluntary.com/

For more than a century, ideological extremists at either end of the political spectrum have seized upon well-publicized incidents to attack the Rockefeller family for the inordinate influence they claim we wield over American political and economic institutions. Some even believe we are part of a secret cabal working against the best interests of the United States, characterizing my family and me as “internationalists” and of conspiring with others around the world to build a more integrated global political and economic structure – one world, if you will. If that’s the charge, I stand guilty, and I am proud of it.
Multi-generational international banker David Rockefeller, Memoirs (2002) pg 405
(as quoted here https://www.livingvoluntary.com/money-as-a-geopolitical-weapon/)

That’s pretty much it… so here’s another fun video:

This website and podcast contains some quotations and excerpts from copyrighted material. These uses fall well within the copyright doctrine of "Fair Use."

Section 107 of the United States Code, Title 17, specifies the conditions under which, "the fair use of a copyrighted work . . . for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching . . ., scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright." It provides four considerations for determining fair use: (1) The purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes, (2) The nature of the copyrighted work, (3) The amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole, and (4) The effect of the use upon the potential market for, or value of, the copyrighted work.

The use on this website and podcast of other material is primarily for criticism, comment, news reporting, scholarship or research and teaching. (1) (a) The "purpose and character" of the website, podcast and any derivative book(s) are not commercial. (b) The overwhelming majority of the material is the authors' original work. It is in no way a mere collection of others’ copyrighted works, nor competitive with those sources. (2) The nature of the copyrighted work quoted is often "news" or "history," categories given lesser protection in fair use cases than works of fiction. (3) Most uses involve excerpts rather than entire works.

Because the adverse financial impact on copyright owners is central to the purpose of copyright law, and the analysis of alleged violations, it’s relevant to note that, under factor (4), (a) no one in search of the quoted material would substitute this website, podcast or related book(s) for the original source, (b) it is highly unlikely this website, podcast, or book(s) created from it will ever have more than a de minimis impact on any of the copyright works’ potential market, and (c) to the extent it might do so, it would be far more likely be a positive, rather than a negative, impact (by drawing attention to the work, crediting it, and providing a source where it may be found).

One Comment

I play the radio December 1, 2021

The Gandalf quote IS in the book. It follows Gandal’s “There are other forces at work in this world besides the will of evil” laying out the war between the churches of which there are only two. The conversation occurs when they are bound in the darkness, not knowing which way to go. Interesting how the ring (seeker of control and power) can only be undone by the fire that forged it. The ring sought ultimate iniquity, enslavement, binding in darkness. (Stolen loyalty of the seed)… the one ring is unseen as controller of the other rings by the wraiths who unknowingly subject themselves to the one. The wraiths have no memory of who they had been when they were given power over things they didn’t understand. They didn’t refuse the rings as did Gandalf and Galadriel, thus choosing wrongly what to do with the time they were given. Frodo’s time requires him to be the hero…as it does for all.