Gracearchy with Jim Babka

Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

Show Notes CNN: "An 'imposter Christianity' is threatening American democracy" - https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/24/us/white-christian-nationalism-blake-cec/index.html Lysander Spooner - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysander_Spooner George Barna - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Barna Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project

Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

Show Notes Duane Lester: [email protected] and @ThatDuaneLester Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

Show Notes The article in question: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/07/29/briefing/gdp-us-recession-economic-question.html Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

Show Notes People, books, grace points, and other important stuff Jacques Ellul: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ellul Peter Theil: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Thiel 10:42 - Sin Mimetic Desire Triangle: https://www.ribbonfarm.com/2017/05/04/fluid-rigor/ Perry Willis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/perry-willis-67bab33/ 21:26 - James 4:2: https://biblia.com/bible/esv/james/4/2 23:50 - The scapegoat is the foundation of religion Tim Tebow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tebow Colin Kaepernick: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colin_Kaepernick 35:27 - Your desires come from others Luke Burgis: Wanting - The Power Of Mimetic Desire In Everyday Life: https://www.amazon.com/Wanting-Power-Mimetic-Desire-Everyday/dp/B08KGVLHVX/ Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

Should you get out of Bitcoin with its recent decline? Should you be scared to get on board? Jim Babka isn't providing investment advice (he doesn't believe he's qualified to do that). But he does make some long-term predictions. He gives answers to the following questions... - Why is Bitcoin down? Does it still have a purpose, even if its value drops to $10k or lower? - Is Bitcoin an inflation hedge? Can greed explain inflation? - How do politicians and their cronies profit from inflation? …and how could Bitcoin apply the brakes to this scheme? - What advantages does Bitcoin have versus the dollar, other fiat currencies, and even gold and silver? - The difference between Bitcoin in the short term and the long term, and why recession could revive Bitcoin price levels. - How Bitcoin can help you ZAP The State. - Will the U.S. government follow China's lead in trying to suppress bitcoin? Jim also provides a unique take on why Bitcoin will be with us for many years to come. It's steeped in the study of Counter-Economics. He both explains what the counter-economy is and Bitcoin's role in it. In addition to the information above, you may find yourself touched, if not inspired, by Jim's compelling concept for… Why Bitcoin is more moral than the dollar. Here, Jim touches on things like occupational licensing, refugees fleeing tyranny, and people living in collapsing socialist economies. Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

LIVE program begins at 2:43 In this episode, Jim responds to today's Supreme Court ruling overturning Federal protection for abortion rights in the United States. It's time for a conversation that has not taken place in America for about 50 years. This is where that conversation starts, and we hope to have done a decent job setting an example for how to have it in ways to connect rather than divide. Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project

The global population has alternatively concerned and intrigued us for centuries. In this episode, we get to listen in on a detailed discussion of that issue with Jim Babka and Stephen Barrows, PhD, and learn how vital an understanding of the world population is to the sustainability of our planet's most precious resource: human life. Stephen Barrows is the chief operating officer at the Acton Institute. He's the former Provost and Dean of Faculty at Aquinas College, where he was also a tenured associate professor of economics. Dr. Barrows is a graduate of the Air Force Academy with 21 years' service in the Air Force, retiring in 2013 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in economics from Pennsylvania State University and a doctorate in economics from Auburn University. Pull Quotes "[China thinks] they've controlled mouths to feed, but they've actually suppressed minds to create" "Ingenuity is overcoming the law of diminishing returns" Show Notes Stephen Barrows' CV: https://www.acton.org/about/staff/stephen-p-barrows-phd Acton Institute: https://www.acton.org/ The Cato Institute dematerialization link is: https://www.cato.org/blog/dematerialization-update Stephen mentions economist Laurence Kotlikoff, and the relevant book may be found here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BT3FZDH/ "The Great Demographic Reversal" by Charles Goodhart and Manoj Pradhan may be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Great-Demographic-Reversal-Societies-Inequality/dp/3030426564/ Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

AHO Radio is proud to offer Gracearchy with Jim Babka, a show about the "middle way" forward. In this inaugural episode, Jim sounds off on guns in America, but in a way that splits the difference between the elimination of all privately-owned guns and the American status quo: loose regulation of them. Beyond the necessary thoughts and prayers everyone can offer, what is the skillful, practical way forward toward more responsible gun use? What part does behavioral health play in the solution? One pioneering economist, John Lott, has studied the various aspects of "gun control," and his widely-respected research can be found here: https://www.johnrlott.com/ Daryl Davis' website is here: https://www.daryldavis.com/ Although it wasn't mentioned in the show, Question Persuade Refer (QPR) training is available at no cost to anyone who wants to help understand and act on signs of behavioral health issues that could lead to suicide. Please visit the QPR Institute website for more: https://qprinstitute.com/ Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

In this episode, Jim takes on the January 6th, 2021, public attack on the United States Capitol building and the live Congressional hearings taking place. We also re-visit the school shootings episode in light of a post written by Darrell Scott, father of two kids who were at Columbine, who lost one of his kids in that attack. For completeness, that post and its background are available here: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/darrell-scott-testimony/ In all cases, we need to find more effective ways to see and hear one another. Once the issue becomes politicized, the only players that matter care only about their power, not a solution that works for the rest of us. Listen. Make eye contact. Ask open-ended questions. Stay judgment-neutral and out of the blame game. We've got this. Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.

The Golden Rule has been a time-tested and evidence-based principle for treating others as one wants to be treated since at least 500 years before Jesus stated it in the form many people know it by today: "So in everything, do to others what you would have them do to you." (Matthew 7:12 NIV) Is it beyond high time to re-engage the Golden Rule in individual day-to-day interactions, particularly on social media, extending to the highest levels of power? Stand by: this episode is quite a ride. Be grace-full to each other. Jim Babka Editor-at-Large, Advocates for Self-Government President, Agenda Setters by Downsize DC Co-creator, Zero Aggression Project Gracearchy with Jim Babka, is a show that transcends left-right conflict, offering respectful pathways forward instead. Bill Protzmann is your host. ZeroAggressionProject.org https://zeroaggressionproject.org/ is the sponsor.