Moneta Pro Populo

The labor market is weakening. Full-time employment is down. Part-time employment is up. The overall unemployment rate is up to 4.3%. As the dollar weakens further, this will only get worse. https://mises.org/mises-wire/jobs-economy-worsens-full-time-work-and-manufacturing-jobs-disappear

Social Security isn't a savings account. Social Security isn't a pension fund. Social Security is an accounting IOU. The taxes stolen from your paycheck to fund this IOU no longer cover the costs and soon, payouts will have to be reduced. If you want to save for the future, don't trust government. Government will only make you poor. Instead, look for something, like Bitcoin, that will retain its value. https://epicforamerica.org/education-workforce-retirement/epic-explainer-social-securitys-trust-fund/

If you argue and rankle and contradict, you may achieve a victory sometimes; but it will be an empty victory because you will never get your opponent’s good will.

The great and chief end, therefore, of men's uniting into commonwealths, and putting themselves under government, is the preservation of their property. If the this end is not met, then government provides no value and should be annulled.

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Those who take no interest in their fellow men have the greatest difficulties in life and provide the greatest injury to others. Human failure is a result of such individuals.

Spent a little time in the Appalachians this weekend with a few brothers in Christ. #hiking #photography

Job openings fell to the lowest level since December of 2020, and there are now more unemployed people in the United States than there are job openings. https://mises.org/power-market/us-now-has-more-unemployed-people-job-openings

Ammunition engraved with transgender and antifascist ideology was found inside the rifle authorities believe was used in Kirk’s shooting, sources say. https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/charlie-kirk-shot/card/ammunition-in-kirk-shooting-engraved-with-transgender-antifascist-ideology-sources-pdymd1sXXMSlVRhpvR4b

There is new evidence showing that silver and gold were used as money far earlier than previously thought. The common bartering narrative is largely a myth. The use of sound money, rather than barter, has been a much more significant and enduring part of human trade. Barter might work between neighbors, but it does not serve communities well. https://www.soundmoneydefense.org/news/2025/08/22/evidence-shows-silver-and-gold-were-used-much-earlier-than-originally-thought-000632

I believe #privacy should be important to everyone. Even if you don't necessarily take action to decrease your digital footprint, it's a good idea to at least understand how your information is collected and used. Here's the latest from Unredacted Magazine.

It's a sad state of affairs that college students increasingly believe violence is justifiable to stop speech. Yesterday, we saw the evidence of this evil ideology and how it has spread. https://www.theargumentmag.com/p/college-students-increasingly-believe

People join a mass movement to escape individual responsibility.

Live your life by an inner scorecard, not an outer scorecard.

The reason why rivers and seas receive the homage of a hundred mountain streams is that they keep below them. Thus they are able to reign over all the mountain streams. So the sage, wishing to be above men, putteth himself below them; wishing to be before them, he putteth himself behind them. Thus, though his place be above men, they do not feel his weight; though his place be before them, they do not count it an injury.

Self-defense is a natural right, and no one, not even government, can take it away from us. But that doesn’t mean we’re justified in seeking revenge against our leaders, because revenge goes against the very idea of natural law.

All the nice things you want cannot simply be summoned out of thin air by your favorite politician or his opponent.

Investment is supposed to increase the productivity of the producer.

Money supply management is the problem masquerading as its solution.

It appears the CBDC is still moving forward in the US, despite being "prohibited" by executive order. This is concerning and needs to be stopped. https://bombthrower.com/the-quiet-rebranding-of-cbdcs-as-digital-id/