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John Balkam
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John Balkam 1 year ago
"There is nothing so threatening to systemic evil as those willing to stand against it regardless of the counsequences." - James W. Douglass
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John Balkam 1 year ago
I gotta give a hat tip to @preston for the recommendation to read "Confessions of an Economic Hitman" by John Perkins. And then for having Mr. Perkins on his show. What an incredible story and it is a testimony to why we need to rebuild the world on #Bitcoin and freedom tech. Perkins talks about how he was culpable in building the global "death economy" as an economic hitman for a global consulting firm called MAIN in the 70s and 80s. The four pillars to the death economy are: - Fear - Debt - Anxiety Over Insufficiency - Divide and Conquer What we need to transition to is "the life economy." If I may be so bold, I'd suggest that the four pillars to the life economy could be: - Love - Sound Money - Security In Abundance - Unite and Collaborate I have received a rush of creativity since I started reading "Economic Hitman," and have written a ton about what building the life economy could look like. I'm thinking I will start publishing more long form pieces here in the coming weeks. So thanks for the inspiration, Preston. Let's get to building the life economy everyone ๐Ÿซก
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John Balkam 1 year ago
#Bitcoin is just sitting there, waiting to make billions of people's dreams come true. So many are afraid that their brightest dreams may come true though.
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John Balkam 1 year ago
Sure, criminals can use #Bitcoin. But they can also use cash and the existing fiat payment rails. At least they can't control Bitcoin. With a CBDC, criminals control the money for everyone, and therefore have the ability to control everyone. It's digital totalitarianism, and it must be stopped.
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John Balkam 1 year ago
You can put me in jail. You can torture my body. You could even take my human life. But you can't steal my #Bitcoin This is something worth fighting for. Something worth sacrificing for. Something worth suffering for. Even something worth dying for.
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John Balkam 1 year ago
Whatever happens the rest of this chaotic year, I got love for you all. There are so many heroic individuals in the #bitcoin and #nostr worlds. I salute you folks ๐Ÿซก Keep fighting the good fight.
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John Balkam 1 year ago
There comes a time in every man's life where he realizes he needs to start using his brain, his spine, and his balls rather than being led by his heart and his cock all the time. If you keep letting your life be led by the latter, you end up falling far short of your potential. You become weak, and more easily manipulated. If you let the former start to guide your actions, you grow into the man you were always meant to be. That's not to say you should be all head and no heart, to me it's about what guides you the majority of the time. What do you think @Men โ˜•
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John Balkam 1 year ago
Good morning. Make no mistake about it, there is a spiritual element to the battles being fought right now, and the battles ahead. The way we win is not to attack the evil in others, but to destroy the evil in ourselves. Each of us, individually, must lift ourselves up to a higher place. Let go of fear, anger, anxiety, guilt, shame, and anything that keeps you low. When we're low, the enemy wins. Be courageous, willing, reasonable, joyful, loving, and peaceful. That's how we win. #bitcoin #nostr
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John Balkam 1 year ago
Alright #nostr what do you think of this metaphor: #Bitcoin is an invisible, impenetrable treasure chest.
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John Balkam 1 year ago
GM A short list of alphabet soup institutions that deserve to die with the fiat ponzi: CIA FBI FED IMF NSA TSA UN WEF WHO Who am I missing? These are the real terrorists. And they should be in prison, not in power.
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John Balkam 1 year ago
It's really funny to see Jamie Dimon attack #Bitcoin as a fraud. The guy is essential one of the biggest mob bosses in the world. He's a kingpin of the fiat banking cartel. His insecurity around BTC is very telling. It makes me feel even more convinced that we are on the right side of history. ๐Ÿซก
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John Balkam 1 year ago
This is going to be the best epoch of our lives!! 3.125 #Bitcoin
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John Balkam 1 year ago
We were here for the 2024 halving. Soak it in folks. We are a part of human history. A beautiful and remarkable chapter in human history. #Bitcoin
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