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Forum: Dungeon
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Topic: Empire
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| Re: Empire [message #98777 is a reply to message #98768] |
Thu, 17 July 2025 11:21 |
Rusty
Messages: 1400
Registered: May 2018
Location: Kansas City Missouri
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All in all its just, (not) another BRICS in the wall. While the BRICS coalition has come a long way from its formation initially. It has a long way to go still in its ability to out maneuver western, (US) hegemony. Set up long ago after WWII. Using the IMF and World Bank to implement economic rent on the world not in the sphere of influence that the US imposed on that our European and Asian counterparts Australia, New Zealand and Japan vassals kneel to without question.
China and Russia are the two principle cornerstones of BRICS that our empire managers want to somehow break apart to keep our free lunch program going for our oligarchy. China is the main nut to crack out of its impressive rise of economic influence with manufacturing and industrial dominance. The globalization that the US once promoted zealously has come back to hinder our financialized method of creating monopoly rent for our elites benefit. Now free trade is a scourge to them. So extreme protectionist tariffs are being used by our administration as a means to try and pay tribute to our financialized hold on trade.
The key for the BRICS countries to wrestle freedom once and for all is to align their economies similarly like China has by doing a hybrid socialist capitalist economy that is very similar to how our own and Europe did at the onset of industrialization. The classical economists of old figured out that the free rent of the once feudal class was the impediment towards a competitive industrial economy in the world trade. Monopolization has always been a prime feature of capitalism. To corner the market. And then set the price of what the market will allow. Which invariably sets inflation to rise due to capitalist free rentier's imposing higher rents.
This is exactly what is going on inside our own economy as is. And the world market is the pearl in the oyster that our oligarchy wishes to perpetuate. The BRICS coalition is the impediment to that.
Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff discuss that state of what this pivotal point in history is at. It explains so much of what our current chaos in the world is all about. Chaos that our country alone, with a little help of our vassals on our leash are doing.
https://michael-hudson.com/2025/07/brics-vs-the-rentier-economy/
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Forum: Thermionic Emissions
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Topic: TAD KT88
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| Re: TAD KT88 [message #98778 is a reply to message #98772] |
Thu, 17 July 2025 19:19 |
positron
Messages: 138
Registered: May 2020
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Wayne Parham wrote on Wed, 16 July 2025 17:11
Oh wow, let me know what you think! I may have to buy a pair and check 'em out for myself!
I have a pair of original Tung Sol 6550 tubes. Not NOS 'cause I use 'em from time to time. But I treat them like they are precious family China. Not for use every day. Not even for every Christmas. Only for Christmas' when royalty visits. LOL!
And I have a bunch of Mullard 12AX7 tubes, which I have found that I like a lot. So I'd be happy to try Mullard KT88s. Not sure how I missed those before now. Somehow, I looked right passed 'em, I guess.
Will do Wayne. A friend had a used pair of 6 year old reissue Mullard KT88s
and they do spark my interest. Auditioned and the bass was less but tight,
maybe too tight, but then the M pair are somewhat used.
I can always tweak my monoblocks to increase bass (accuracy/naturalness)
if the new ones are a little light.
The 1,000 hour reissue Tung Sol 6550s had the same idle cathode current as
the other quad new TS in the boxes, was impressed, but then one of the used
TS started arcing with only ~440 p to k volts, 70 ma.
Besides that the TS side getters were pretty much used up, while the used
M had virtually no side getter deterioration.
Will be a little time to test, get some hours, but will report back Wayne.
cheers
pos
I just found a couple of selections from Anna Lapwood, Prince Albert Hall,
London. Had forgotten how majestic a pipe organ can sound. The first is a
cover of the Da Vinci Code.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HHtulwmk6U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WEY2A5MiWE&list=RD0WEY2A5MiWE&start_radio=1
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