Thursday, February 18, 2016
NIRPolitics
Convective thought.
NIRP isn't new. Political "parties" have been operating on a NIRP basis for 30 years. Instead of trying to attract voters, they've been FEROCIOUSLY driving away everyone who wants to vote for a purpose. Only the mechanical partybots are wanted, because mechanical partybots are perfectly reliable. You don't have to do anything. No change in law, no change in culture, no improvement in anything. Just let Parkinson push up budgets and workforces mechanically.
NIRP = Negative-Interest Revulsion Politics.
This year both "parties" are truly shocked by candidates who are TRYING TO ATTRACT LIVE HUMAN VOTERS FOR A MEANINGFUL PURPOSE. Trump and Sanders are operating on remarkably small budgets, not bothering to pay for media or consultants. The media and consultants are DEEPLY OFFENDED.
Positive-interest politics is still possible!
What would happen if a business decided to engage in positive-interest banking? Attract deposits by paying rent? PIRP banking has been extinct and totally impossible since 2008, but I don't see any legal restriction that would prevent it. Who knows, maybe one or two people might actually LIKE the idea of storing money and receiving rent, and one or two businesses might enjoy borrowing money and paying rent. I know it's radical and unthinkable and sci-fi fantasy, but so were Trump and Sanders until they actually happened.
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