Edison

Every now and then I’m just overwhelmed with a sense of hope and optimism that springs directly from Bitcoin and the people in it building the parallel system, and that I get to be a part of that. Just had a big wave of hope hit me while out on a walk.

The Newfies knew: “The Newfoundland experience well into the nineteenth century was not that of lawful colonists building up the civic institutions of a state, but one of rugged individualists, shy of all civic authority. Even in the 1930s, the Englishmen on the Amulree Royal Commission who were sent out from London to determine the political and financial circumstances of the island were shocked to find hardly any municipal government outside the city of St. John’s” - Don’t Tell The Newfoundlanders: The True Story of Newfoundland’s Confederation With Canada By Greg Malone #Newfoundland #sovereignty

It’s wild to think about how much radness and joy Ozzy and Hulk Hogan contributed to my childhood. Skateboarding and Sabbath go hand in hand. And from a very young age I was completely obsessed with wrestling. If I think of the transference of passion through my life it was wrestling -> music -> skateboarding -> bitcoin. Crazy to lose both those absolute legends of culture in the same week.

If Vancouver hotel/airbnb prices are any indication of the cost of living there, then that place is beyond fucked.

Some knee-jerk thoughts after engaging with Thomas Pikkety’s key points from his book Capital in the 21st Century. Ideas of progressive income tax make sense to the bourgeoisie academics that propose them because they will benefit from them directly through redistribution of wealth towards “social” programs like education. They produce nothing of real value and so to exist they must redistribute value towards themselves under the veil of economic equality. I’m not entirely sure if this is conscious or unconscious but it is a clear dynamic. Having grown up poor, and working in service industries and the trades, I can tell you that labourers in these fields do not want more taxation. All these solutions intentionally ignore the foundational problem of money printing because to acknowledge this would be against their own self interest as those who have a seat near the printer. The idea of higher capital gains tax as punishment for the capital accruing wealthy classes ignores the fact that ordinary citizens now MUST invest their income to try to preserve it. The democratization of investment through apps like Robinhood etc. means that Jimmy the plumber now invests in the S&P (along with riskier plays like meme coins) to preserve/grow his wealth. The money is broken so he has to flee somewhere. Increased capital gains taxes and wealth taxes punishes ordinary citizens for trying to preserve their capital in the face of the debasement of their currency. Taxation is inherently immoral but capital gains is the most immoral in that you are forced into investment because your money is melting, and then you’re taxed for trying to stop the melting. We don’t need more taxation. We need money that doesn’t fucking melt. But what do I know, I’m just a lowly pleb in the face of ivory tower economists.

State sponsored journalism is not journalism. State sponsored art is not art. State sponsored money is not money.

My toxic maximalism only goes up and to the right because charlatans just keep tweeting retarded shit like this to try to turn their followers into exit liquidity.

There’s a delicate balance to be found between certainty and cognitive flexibility. The ability to change your mind in light of new information is important. But the ability to have some level of certainty about your models facilitates agency.

Totally fine and normal that working adults have to borrow from mommy and daddy to own a home. Everything is fine.

This regalia serves as a daily reminder that I am solely responsible for engineering my sovereignty. nostr:nprofile1qqsfkmv4ka4qzxg6f3mcrptgrmtl808d9ll63eq4zmk8sfqtyyegtagpz3mhxue69uhkxmmjv93kcefwwdhkx6tpdsq3camnwvaz7tmwdaehgu3dwfjkccte9emkcann9eehqctrv5w4apvv nostr:nprofile1qqsr70lh4keezkwy9s92zm2ncpyrh7l6647ly257n6fkfgcxws0t9ncprdmhxue69uhkummnw3ez6ur4vgh8xetdd9ek7mpwv3jhvqgawaehxw309ahx7um5wgkhqatz9emk2mrvdaexgetj9ehx2aqjjd2kn

Went skateboarding today with some friends. We’re all in our 40’s now and have known each other for 20+ years. Haven’t seen them in years. Grateful for these days. Can’t quite skate like we used to but we’re out here keeping it moving as best we can.

Remember when everyone was repeating the line about electing Carney because he’s a banker and he can fix the economy? Yeah. That’s because most people don’t have a fuckin clue what central bankers do. https://blossom.primal.net/bc595a90bf224ee631e3aded21f1c1472876ff5f3a20a337d7f07f8b97c8378a.mp4

It’s a fine line

They just can’t resist a good engagement farm post when bitcoin is pumping, can they?

I think I should probably tattoo “You can’t save the normies” on my hand because I seem to keep forgetting this. From now on I will stfu.