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Charles Hugh Smith Biography

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Charles Hugh Smith, born on December 5, 1953, is a renowned writer focusing on economic, social, and cultural trends. His work is known for its unique perspective and in-depth analysis.

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“Once a citizen receives a direct payment from the state, the state has purchased their complicity”

States Citizens Direct Payment Complicity

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“Reality, unlike perception, cannot be changed by propaganda.”

Reality Changed Perception Propaganda

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“The notion that better engineering can solve all our problems is rooted in an ignorance of non-linear systems and selective/wishful thinking.”

Thinking Problem Ignorance Notion Solve Engineering Rooted Linear Wishful Thinking Selective

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“Humans are wired to feel uncomfortable with uncertainty and contingency, and so we gravitate to a position after a short time even if we have no new information.”

Ifs Feels Humans Information Position Uncertainty Uncomfortable Short Time Contingency New Information

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“The human mind has a superglue-like quality: Once a viewpoint has been plucked from the swirling chaos of beliefs and explanations, then the mind quickly solidifies that view, resisting any future modification.”

Mind Humans Has Beens Belief Views Quality Chaos Explanation Human Mind Viewpoints Resisting Modification

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“The problems of the global economy are not based in perception, but in the reality of prices, balance sheets and income statements, vast concentrations of wealth and power, precarious systemic imbalances, ruthless exploitation, and command economies mismanaged by Central State/Bank policy and manipulation.”

“So now that the illusion of infinite growth is being exposed, the corresponding ballooning entitlements that enticed the larger public to become complicit in the illusion are becoming unglued.”

Growth Becoming Illusion Infinite Exposed Entitlement Corresponding

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“One of the dirty little secrets of the stock market rally is that the rising corporate profits that powered it are largely phantom profits. They are artifacts of currency devaluation, not an increase in efficiency or production of goods and services.”

Littles Secret Increase Profit Productions Corporate Dirty Rising Goods Currency Efficiency Phantoms Artifacts Goods And Services

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

“Would we as a nation be better off dealing with the truth rather than believing fantasies that prop up the Status Quo and the Fed's dearly beloved measure of the economy, the stock market? How often does accepting illusion help us navigate real life? Short answer: never.”

Believe Doe Real Helping Nations Answers Accepting Fantasy Economy Illusion Real Life Beloved Feds Status Quo Better Off Props Navigate Short Life

Author:Charles Hugh Smith

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Born: December 5, 1953
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 9

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