2018/07/04 Commentary: Independence Day Paradigm Shift
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Commentary: Wednesday, July 4, 2018
Independence Day Paradigm Shift
First of all, Happy Independence Day to our United States subscribers. We hope they will all be enjoying their annual celebratory fireworks displays, much like the fiery half of the yin-yang display in our opening graphic. While it is likely lost on some folks in this age where liberal democracy has become more of a global norm, the original American Experiment was also an explosion of the highest extension of Age of Enlightenment political philosophy. The idea that the government would hold power only by the assent of the governed was an explosive concept at the time. It flew in the face of most previous forms of government (outside of limited periods in ancient Greece and Rome) that had been based on some sort of divinely designated top-down monarchical rule.
It was given little chance of success by many contemporary observers, especially those with a vested interest in monarchy as the only right form of government. Yet here we are 242 years later, celebrating the ‘great experiment’ which gradually changed the global thinking on government away from absolute monarchy. And while fireworks have been used for many centuries going back their invention in ancient China, they have a special meaning for the United States. Its national anthem was inspired in part by Francis Scott Key’s awe at the sight of the British fleet’s new Congreve rockets (named for inventor William Congreve) during the naval assault on Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.
While being held on a British ship south of the fort overnight on September 13, 1814, the rockets and other ordinance illuminating the American flag above the fort inspired Key to pen the poem ‘Defense of Fort McHenry’. That was of course later to be changed to ‘The Star Spangled Banner’, and be set to the music from a British drinking society song ‘To Anacreon who Art in Heaven’. Respect and thanks is due to our British clients and friends. The Americans are triply indebted to the British for having developed the bicameral parliamentary form of government the new country used, bringing the Congreve rockets to attack Fort McHenry, and providing a drinking song as the melody of the US national anthem (not officially recognized as such until 1931!) Somehow it all seems so fitting.
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▪ All of that history is interesting, yet merely scratches the surface of the full story of the defense of Fort McHenry (also now an oft-visited US historic site.) For any history buffs interested in the full story of both the sea and land defense of the fort in 1814, we suggest visiting the very good ThoughtCo learning site review of the events leading up to and during the battle as well as its aftermath at http://bit.ly/2O5S1Uq.
Our Less Prominent Paradigm Shift
Among the more useful shifts we have provided during the very complex politico-economic evolution in the wake of the 2008-2009 Crisis was our evolution into extensive, in-depth commentaries as blog posts. This was from roughly ten years ago, initially at the open WordPress blog (www.rohrintlblog.wordpress.com) that evolved in into the more extensive blog observations you have been reading since mid-2011.
Yet as the old cliché says, “Necessity is the mother of invention.” And we have found that the current more intensive market and politico-economic environment is better suited to our previous concise daily politico-economic updates with active Evolutionary Trend View market development adjustments. Those are both evolving so quickly in the Age of Trump (as well as other radical factors) that a concise daily commentary is more effective.
It is also the case that our recent ISP issues forcing us to publish daily brief updates has also been very well received. In addition to the rapid-fire changes in the fundamental factors best reviewed in real time, our readers have expressed a renewed preference for easy reading concise serial analysis of the evolving politico-economic influences. While this is in some ways a throwback to the previous style, it is also productive at this time.
Mother of Invention Redux
So our ISP problems seem to indeed be the ‘necessity’ which is the ‘mother of the reinvention’ of the Rohr Report politico-economic and price trend analysis. That includes your request that we stick with the daily serial update notes that still include the market assessment extension. This is our hot ‘yang’ extensive yet more selective major Rohr-Blog posts evolving back into the cool ‘yin’ of concise daily updates.
These can be referenced in light of each other; it will still be an in-depth analysis, yet spread out across serial emails of a daily ‘Rohr-Blog research note’. As we have already been relying on the emailed version of our analysis for the past several weeks of ISP issues, we are confident this will suit the many of you who already requested further pursuit of that format; and look forward to further feedback and suggestions.
Thanks for your interest in the more extensive observations previous. We look forward to serving your interests in our new, more direct and concise format.
