Important Terminology

Important Terminology

Force Majeure

Force majeure is a common clause in contracts that essentially frees both parties from liability or obligation when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties, such as a war, strike, riot, crime, or an event described by the legal term act of God (such as hurricane, flooding, earthquake, volcanic eruption, etc.), prevents one or both parties from fulfilling their obligations under the contract. In practice, most force majeure clauses do not excuse a party's non-performance entirely, but only suspends it for the duration of the force majeure.

[Note: a default on COMEX under force majeure would possibly with dollars at the price before the event, so people holding paper silver and paper gold would not enjoy the capital gains that people holding physical silver and physical gold would hold.]

False Flag Operation

When ruling powers (a.k.a. a shadow government) secretly carries out a tragic attack, uses the media to blame it on somebody else so as to cause a public reaction for reciprocity and revenge, and then presents a solution that normally would not have been considered. Examples

Hegelian Dialectic

When ruling powers (a.k.a. a shadow government) wants to introduce a new way of doing things ("agenda"), rather than openly lay out their intentions, they instead introduce and stir up conflicts that lead to people taking sides ("thesis" and "antithesis"). Eventually, when a serious conflict arises, the ruling powers provide a pre-planned solution ("synthesis"). The process continues until all their plans are achieved, and it can take many years to achieve. To most people, the process looks natural and spontaneous, even though the ruling powers have made their plans long before the changes happen. For more information, see What Is the Hegelian Dialectic?

Ordo ab chao

Latin for "Out of chaos, comes order"
One of the oldest mottos of Craft Freemasonry.

Normalcy bias

From Wikipedia

The normalcy bias, or normality bias, refers to a mental state people enter when facing a disaster. It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of governments to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred then it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.

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"Money ... has something in it sacred that is not to be sported with, or trusted to the airy bubble of paper currency." (Thomas Paine, 1737 - 1809)
The Lord hates dishonest scales (including fiat currency), but accurate weights (like gold and silver) are his delight. (Proverbs 11:1)
The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, says the LORD of hosts. (Haggai 2:8) The borrower is slave to the lender. (Proverbs 22:7)
The wicked borrows and does not repay. (Psalm 37:21) Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a disgrace to any people. (Proverbs 14:34)
Since men did not think it worthwhile to retain the knowledge of God, He gave them over to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
They have become filled with every kind of unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, greed and depravity ... they invent ways of doing evil ...
they not only keep doing these things but also approve of those who practice them. (Romans 1:28-30,32)
Because they did not receive the love of the truth so that they might be saved, God will send them strong delusion, that they should believe the lie. (2 Th. 2:10,11)

WORDS WE HOPE TO HEAR ONE DAY
"Well done, good and faithful servant; you were faithful over a few things,
I will make you ruler over many things. Enter into the joy of your lord" (Mt. 25:21 NKJV)

WORDS ABOUT INVESTING
If you have not been faithful in the unrighteous mammon, who will commit to your trust to true riches?" (Lk. 16:11 NKJV)

WORDS OF WARNING
The Apostle Paul wrote, "Now godliness with contentment is great gain. We brought nothing into the world and it is certain that neither can we take anything out. So having food and clothing we will be content with that. But those who want to get rich fall into temptation and a snare and into many foolish and harmful desires, that plunge people into ruin and loss; because the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil; in their greediness some have been led away from the faith and have impaled themselves on many distresses." (1 Tim. 6:6-10 NKJV)

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