Doug Casey's Take [ep.

[@alexpinder2580]

I'm 22 and have been truck driving 4 years now listening to audio books the entire time. I couldn't agree more with Doug. Have almost 200 grand invested in coal and uranium stocks right now to. Probably more educated than most university friends.

[@jimmillward3505]

well done to you to be so young and smart

[@alexpinder2580]

@@jimmillward3505 lol I hope this comment isint pointing out my humble brag. I don't consider myself a genius at all, just trying to profit from ESG stupidity

[@DougCaseysTake]

Congrats, sir!

[@DavidisDawei]

I briedly supervised long haulers and they were all unique individuals. I wouldn't call any of them dummies. However, at 22, I'm not sure this will be a viable career option in a few years once AI starts taking over

[@alexpinder2580]

@@DavidisDawei AI won't be taking over lease jobs on the rigs or log hauling or anything off highway. Not for 10-30 years depending on the exponential curve for adoption/ AI complexity I do alot of on highway ammonia hauling for Nutrien

[@stevejames3857]

Im a 37 year old trucker, been driving for 6 years and have never slept in a truck. There is a huge variety of short haul trucking jobs that allow you to be home every night and many pay a high hourly wage. Plus with podcasts and KZbin you can stay entertained and learn a ton.

[@notalmostfamous9773]

I think it was the great Thomas Sowell that remarked rhe best thing about his harvard degree was that he longer had to be impressed by people with a harvard degree. Love that guy.

[@pfschuyler]

Trucking, a fantastic idea for younger folks. An easy (3X) win. Tour all over and see the country while saving money (or investing/speculating). You won't be the typical couch consumer. Listen to Audible books for 10 hrs/day. Learn every subject you want. Get a bit hardened around the edges with blue collar exposure. 4 years later you'll have a significant nest egg and a REAL education. And you'll know the whole country.

[@vess6934]

Doug is wise beyond his years. I'm 32. I went to college because I was one of the few lucky ones to have it all paid for because of a scholarship. BUT he is spot on when it comes to the main things guys are attracted to in college. Goof off, get laid, escape parents.

[@gfcardi]

“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.” Karl Hess

[@alfred1535]

Doug Casey is our Uncle Maurice We never had.

[@elizabethanderson2968]

I left school at 16 to go and work right away and earn to travel. The world was different then, and I could verbally hustle my way into pretty much any job without the paperwork. Not that way anymore ... also, A romance I had with someone a few years younger took me to their Uni, and all I saw was unfocused students going to the GP a lot with STD's and liver complaints ...

[@kevinwilliamson2236]

I hope these colleges go out of business and a new ideaology of academics is created. These colleges have a blatant and grotesque political agenda.

[@supplanterjim]

One wishes one had _also_ acquired, as a young man, the skills one acquires by working in a machine shop. Machinists tend to have the skills necessary to fix _anything._

[@CurtisMoe]

Machinists of yesteryear, yes. These days, most machining is cnc: put part in clamp, press start, wait till cycle finishes, measure every tenth part, repeat.

[@kevinvictor911]

Eric Hoffer one of the great intellectuals of the 20th century. True thinker.

[@slhines7]

I think that Mike Rowe's TV show called "Dirty Jobs" is still on the air. GREAT SHOW!

[@gfcardi]

It really is an excellent show. I think Mike Rowe used to go on "tour" talking about the value of trades and 'dirty jobs.' Most of the crowd was comprised of young men--the liberal rich women say "we want job equality...just not *those* jobs." I'm not sure if he still tours.

[@bobsmithers]

O yes...The paper trail of achievements. I hope many will take the advice today and apply it!

[@davidmendy2879]

Valuable information. Greetings from Africa

[@philh1826]

I received a geology degree for free (grants). While I do find it easy to obtain jobs pertinent to my degree, I really did it to get my mother (Filipino/Boomer) to stop bugging me about it. Filipino parents have the mentality that a college education is necessary. Frankly, I was satisfied working as a baggage handler for the airlines. Good pay, travel benefits, foosball, plenty of free time to work on other hustles, and does not eat away at one mentally. I wouldn't recommend any soft degrees for anyone that wants to go thru with it for whatever reason. Plenty of people I know that have gone nowhere after graduation. Doug and Matt are spot on.

[@secretsquirrel6718]

Geology degtee is awesome! You could work in mining or petroleum!

[@philh1826]

@@secretsquirrel6718 I've been working as an environmental scientist for 2 years. I've missed opportunities with the miners this past year due to my current work schedule (70+ hours a week). There has been so much refinancing and sales of commercial real estate in my region that I can't seem to get a break. I'm doing the work of several people. It's been absolutely insane since the cervezavirus began. This is not what I really want to do tho. I'm an entrepreneur at heart. I do love gold tho so if/when I get an another opportunity with the miners, I just might take it. Petroleum is highly paid but it's a tough industry for people that aren't single. Besides aeronautical science/engineering, geology was the only degree that I found acceptable. If I had to go to college again, I'd take the same degree. Hey Matt, if Doug knows any gold miners that want a highly motivated, no BS young geologist with a similar mindset to u guys, I'm all ears 😉

[@secretsquirrel6718]

@@philh1826 cant beat 70+ houra a week! Thats alot of overtume

[@homertalk]

More books, he must carry things in once a day. We love you Doug!

[@Pinchshot39]

Thanks. I'll forward to my 22 y/o son.

[@pashabulker12]

Just left the navy after six years working on aircraft. Don’t ever want to work in aviation ever again and felt like I didn’t actually learn anything in the defence force. I now have a job working for a rural farm fencing contractor. I have my HR truck and forklift licence and soon to get my skid steer ticket. I feel like I am actually learning practical skills finally.

[@gfcardi]

Doug--you mentioned truck driving...my gf and I drove from MA to Connecticut this weekend and saw at least ten trucks with job ads on the back. One ad said: "$2,500 per week, we pay training, we provide trucks, no cost to you." Think about that--in your late teens/early twenties you have *awesome energy* and can make >$100k/year, and see the country! (and meet MILFs at truck stops, lol).

[@secretsquirrel6718]

It doesnt quite work that way. Those jobverts are highly misleading. I have a frwind who drives for Hobby Lobby. Team driver wich is higher paying than solo.. He pulls down about 7k a month and has 4 years prior driving experience. Im not saying its not a good industry. Because it is. Been there done that. But without training just getting in. Your lucky to make 30k.

[@gfcardi]

@@secretsquirrel6718 Interesting, thanks for that info.

[@JCWorkouts]

@gfcardi Tell me more about the MILFS....🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@gfcardi]

@@JCWorkouts LOL, not sure what I'm allowed to write here. All I can say is she had the REDACTED REDACTED and I was totally REDACTED. Man, what a weekend!

[@VenezuelaNow]

Back in the 80s I had a very high caliber lawyer buddy I met through my business partners, he was about 15 years older than me and had his own teenagers, This guy was ridiculously successful and rich and made a deal with his 2 sons that if they entered the work force after high school and worked for 5 years whatever their annual income was at 23 he would pay that to them as a salary to go to university plus pick up the tab on school. He told me his kids were too spoiled and stupid to learn anything at such a young age because he fuc7ked up raising them, turns out only one son took him up on the deal at 25 to go to school to become a doctor, the other son convinced his dad to invest and started a home building company which did very well in the 80s in Calgary

[@JFTL81]

Picked up “Speculator” recently, trying to find the time to devote to reading it, looking forward to it.

[@SuperMooshrooms]

I was able to intercept an entire pallet of Pfizers first vaccine shipment. 4000 doses at 2 shots per dose. I've got it stored in a chest freezer in my garage. I've been injecting myself every day, sometimes multiple times a day if I can stand it. The symptoms were terrible for the first few weeks. There were times I was completely paralyzed with pain, contorted like the edvard munch painting and frozen in agony for hours. I become stronger and some of the worth symptoms subsided over time. I've been vaxxmaxxing for months now and I feel as though I'm becoming something greater than human now. I will continue to administer the injections into the same arm for as long as possible. I'm increasing the dosages as much as I can stand and will maintain a journal.

[@johnnygalt5867]

I have two masters in engineering. I always only hung my preschool diploma only in my office to say FU no one cares.

[@DougCaseysTake]

Fantastic.

[@emilybh6255]

A few colleges have internships at companies where you get college credit while you train for a career and once you graduate from the college, that company where you were training offers you a full time job there. I remember in the late 70s Northeastern University, in Boston offered that program. That probably was something I should have looked into instead of doing a liberal arts program at a university in another part of the country.

[@tactical-offset]

Great video appreciate it. Most people don't realize college is an investment decision. They don't look at the debt they are taking out and if they can pay it back. Its impossible to tell if they will pay it back because they dont have a guaranteed job. If you didnt go to college how much money could you make over those 4 years and how much would you have in your coffers if you invested some of that money or built a business.

[@Pinchshot39]

Hoping to get my Assassin book autographed next week at FreedomFest.

[@haroldgnomme5234]

Very good video. Bravo. There's another option these young people may consider. Tom Woods has some good courses online (eg in history) and that may be very beneficial. It may help get the crap out of their brain. As for working, I was a software engineer for 28 years, and am now an auto mechanic. When you're moving around doing stuff, it's fun. However I work for myself, because I find most of the bosses just hold me back.

[@secretsquirrel6718]

Oil field is a great place to start! Now hiring also!

[@workwillfreeyou]

Over The Road Truck Drivers get paid very low wages. Most trucking companies that have C.D.L. license programs have those people driving for peanuts.

[@Lakirk2023]

For a couple of years. After that you can go pretty much anywhere.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Yes, plus unsafe conditions, based on the voice of a young truck driver I know.

[@goatface6602]

Sometimes yes, sometimes no. Experience and conscientiousness are huge factors.

[@tawlguy123]

I am in college for finance and accounting. I hate it but the va is paying for it so it's not all bad. I decided to get a small amount of loans from the gov for it 12k total at 2% apr just incase Boden decides to forgive the debt. I invested it all in commodities.

[@danielwatters711]

I was a taxi driver in the 70's in Toronto ... & started a Courier Company in the 80's .... became a a multi-millionaire in the 2000's ... the idea for the courier company came from an executive taxi fare who told me his firm had trouble finding a rush courier ... my beef at the time which applies today was that universities DO NOT EDUCATE YOU TO MAKE MONEY !

[@nycbit7386]

Doug you are indeed doing the world a major service by sharing all of your wisdom. I find you to be (maybe analogous to your fiction writing skills) the best at walking the line between 1) Sharing factual information, that cuts to the heart of the matter on the who,when,where,why 2) Not saying so much in detail so as to make small aircraft travel, recreational hot tub use or walking on the street as an unknown stranger in the world all be potentially fatal activities. God bless you, thanks for all that you do. You deserve a place in the history books!

[@emilybh6255]

If you went to boarding school, you had a head start on learning those bad habits people that live at home during high school learn in college.

[@etxarri85cz]

Im Spain the are school to teach how to drive a truck. I might cost around 8.000€ and les than a year. Then you need to pass a test and you get truck driving licence. You might get a job, but in orther to be in charge of a 25.000tn long dostnace delivery, you will go as a driving assintance first, and the you will start driving your own.

[@secretsquirrel6718]

How much does thatbpay over in the E.U.?

[@secretsquirrel6718]

You guys did not mention joining the Navy or Army. You learn ALOT doing that as a kid. I learned how to get up early. I learnes that I do not want anything to do with tanks. I learned how dodge work at every turn. My special training allowed me to fall asleep instantly in any situation for very short periods of time.

[@DougCaseysTake]

Yes, the military is excellent at teaching you how to power nap like a pro.

[@permaquilter9111]

Driving a truck bought me my first house.

[@rchiribogar]

Learn a trade...

[@caleb2242]

@@joeshmoe7899 do any truckers not have serious back pain? Make 100k and have a lifetime of back pain. 👌🏻

[@secretsquirrel6718]

Yes. I twll my son not to bother unless hes going to get a degree in math, chemistry, geology etc. Of cpurse one of my buddies is a math major and all he does is construxtion contracting on craigslist!

[@michaeltokarski8851]

Hard to get your CDL when you're 18 years old, and the insurance is really high, so most companies won't take a chance on such a young kid.

[@pfschuyler]

Bullshit. This is an easy win. If you are highly presentable and demonstrate excellent judgement and responsibility, they will have every reason to hire you. A responsible 18 year old has years of employment ahead of them, and generally superior eyesight/reflexes. The only unknown is your maturity/judgement.

[@michaeltokarski8851]

@@pfschuyler If you wanted to become a flatbed steel driver, your insurance rate in very high until you have three years of experience under you belt. Most companies won't even look at you if you are under 25 years old. Its definitely a great gig to learn a skill, see the world, just too much regulation.

[@pfschuyler]

@@michaeltokarski8851 I honestly don't know, but I'd guess that depends on the state. But even so, most other jobs have far longer tracks than that.

[@derekbryant6137]

Skilled trades is a good idea paid training no school debit.

[@timc8276]

You can get by on 30k. Just don't have a family. I make 20 a year and am fine.

[@dougpaust4709]

Doug...what is your take on current inflation becoming more of a deflation event in late 2021 or 2022?

[@dougpaust4709]

@@SelfEvident well we all realize we are currently dealing with inflation, but if the economy stumbles and contracts will we start to see deflationary trends in prices of goods that are available? Will cash still maintain some value? I do believe we will see declines in housing as well as stock market prices which could be termed deflation.

[@supplanterjim]

Traveling provides a _wealth_ of education, in its own right, but this year will be a poor year for travel, for similar reasons it might be a poor year for attending university.

[@jaretolson3022]

you forgot working for a farmer! or food production.

[@vincentmurphy9252]

The World needs ditchdiggers you should’ve shorted this one up to half and then had another topic but always great to listen to

[@DavidisDawei]

Math and philosophy who is good with their hands... Quite a combination. What did he end up doing with this?

[@DougCaseysTake]

Unfortunately, we don't know. He died in 2007.

[@DavidisDawei]

@@DougCaseysTake I hope there's a God and that he was saved. Sorry for you and your family's loss.

[@questioneverything4601]

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[@borisbuliak3626]

Skip college live a year in Cuba return with a free mind

[@danielemerick4388]

Doug and Matthew, on the topic of college, I'd love to see you all interview Dave Clements, a law professor who has recently been gaining a lot of traction beginning with his video entitled "Law Professor Responds to Woke University." He's a freedom minded libertarian, and has his finger on the pulse of voter fraud. Here's a link to the video that kicked it off for him. rumble.com/vcm1mf-law-professor-responds-to-woke-university.html BTW, great show today, I love Doug's wisdom.

[@kirstinstrand6292]

Any degree counts; often, for job apps, no degree excludes consideration. Any inexpensive college will show incentive and the ability to finish a goal.

[@gavinbarham542]

Would Mr Casey's books be available in audio form? Maybe even with Doug being the reader.

[@GLENBECKHAM]

They’re on audible.

[@squishyplums2415]

Skip college every year.

[@JS-jh4cy]

Some skills are better

[@haze1123]

Doug talks about going to college to drink, party, and get laid like that's a bad thing. LoL Hell, that's money well spent. You're only young once.

[@johnweber6612]

Great show/ Wish people age 16-18 would be exposed to different ideas about careers and life. 90 % of what you hear is standardized propaganda. Having a good mentor and being exposed to different views would help. Also trying to be realistic about what alot of college grads really have when they reach their 40's and 50's.

[@danielwatters711]

$30K ... not much left for "Doge"

[@tvtime1505]

Close those universities now.

[@congregationGlobal]

How about taking breaks and traveling and or stay local and self educate by reading or meeting people? Same with office work, take a year off. You can also go to public Universities. Going forward a lot of jobs want 4 year degree. Issue is expensive schools with online the price will go down. 4 year University try to find a major you like and passionate about. All educations are important self taught or school. They serve different purposes. The brand of people NOT going to school is too strong. You have to admit it, a lot of lazy careless people were in your school and sometimes even violent. There are also groups in society who consider going to classes as uncool. They make fun of people who study and want to learn and get ahead in life yet they end up at dead end jobs etc so Not going to school, society will lump you with these bad apples no matter what. Remember this is a YT video not real life and nothing to take away from anyone but people here and discussed are exceptions to the rule. They have valid pains, the boredom and unhappiness with school. Schools needs more variety and choices that is the solution. Also we have no idea what pains people went through or are still going through for not going to school. If you go to nyc you will find tons of people who know how to cook and do all sorts of cool things to moved there from other states but they all struggle to pay rent or live a lonely life with no children or family.