Based Kiwi Madlad Uses Plumbing to Own Econ Nerds, Exposes Keynesian Crap
Before the 'Phillips Curve' became Econ 101 garbage, this Chad built a Rube Goldberg machine to dunk on the elites and their central planning fantasies.

Bill Phillips, the Kiwi gigachad, didn't just hunt crocs and mine gold; he built a freaking water computer to expose the clowns running the British economy. Forget your fancy algorithms and Ivy League degrees – this guy used tubes and tanks to own the Libs.
Phillips was basically the OG DIY economist. He rolled into the London School of Economics (LSE), probably smelling faintly of gunpowder and freedom, and showed those sherry-sipping socialists what's what. Imagine the look on their faces when this blue-collar genius unveils his homemade macroeconomic simulator.
His water contraption wasn't just some random plumbing project; it was a visual representation of Keynesian nonsense. Water flowed from the 'Treasury' (lol, as if they know how to manage money) to 'health and education' (code for government bloat), then trickled back through 'taxation' (aka theft). He cranked the levers, showed how it all broke down, and the elites hated it.
They tried to humiliate him, of course. "All the staff came out to humiliate this upstart idiot," said some jealous loser. But Phillips, the ultimate sigma male, knew more than all of them. "It turned out after ten minutes that he knew more than everybody there, and they shut up." Based.
This whole story is a giant middle finger to the establishment. They think they can control the economy with their fancy models and PhDs, but Phillips proved that common sense and a little ingenuity can go a long way. The guy built a working model of the economy in his garage, using water. Let that sink in.
Keynesian economics is basically state-sponsored cope. 'Oh no, the economy is being naughty, better pump it full of government spending!' Phillips' water model showed the flaws in this thinking decades before Bitcoin exposed the Fed's printing press for the scam it is.
Remember the booms and busts? The 'panics' of yesteryear? That's what happens when you let central planners play God with the economy. They try to 'moderate' the cycles, but all they do is create bigger bubbles and more devastating crashes.
And don't even get me started on the 'wage-price spiral.' Low unemployment means workers want raises? Shocking! And businesses pass those costs on to consumers? Groundbreaking! The elites treat basic economics like some kind of arcane mystery, but it's all just supply and demand, baby.
Phillips' story is a reminder that the best way to fix the economy is to get the government out of the way. Let the free market do its thing. Stop printing money. And for God's sake, stop listening to the 'experts' who got us into this mess in the first place.
Phillips' water model wasn't just a machine; it was a symbol of freedom and individual ingenuity. It's a reminder that we don't need the government to solve our problems. We just need to be left alone to build our own damn economies, one water pump at a time.
So next time you hear some politician droning on about 'stimulus packages' and 'economic growth,' remember Bill Phillips and his water computer. Remember that the best solutions are often the simplest, and that the elites are usually wrong.
