I guess I’m pretty spoiled and selfish. Or maybe just disillusioned. Or entitled by thinking what I witnessed my father’s generation achieve was what I might expect if I kept my nose to the grindstone. Or maybe I’m incapable of feeling satisfied. What I’m feeling is not very becoming of a husband, father and a provider. But right now, I would rather see the complete implosion of the financial system, the grid and basic social order than face one more day in economic purgatory in dead end, overtaxed employment with zero ability to plan and dream beyond what things I can achieve with $100 discretionary biweekly cash or by going deeper into high interest debt. At least in a crisis I’d be able to put to use the things I’ve trained and prepared for all these years. A chance to be a hero and imminently important to those around me. A chance for brotherhood and joint struggles that have real meaning. I’m so fucking sick of hearing how lucky I am while watching Liberty die a slow death and watching everything my family works for be stolen. Sick of making others rich and accepting them not honouring their contracts, while I see my family’s best option for economic escape flatline due to market manipulation and macro forces. I want to be free. I want to BE more, not have more. Men weren’t made for a slow fading away and 90 years of unremarkable life. We were meant plan and build and deploy capital, and barring that, to fight and die liberating others to do so. I appreciate what I have, but I’m fucking pissed. The whole thing has been a lie. I can’t be the only man who is feeling this right now. There. Got that off my chest. Now back to being a nice, reliable worker bee and productive member of society. Have a good week. Opt out where you can, and practice noncompliance at every turn. 👊🏽

I really want to get this posterized for my office. #bitcoin

Chilly night. And one spoiled hound. #dogstr

Unlike my parents, I’m aware of the importance of a financial education. A basic understanding of the monetary system. It’s obviously important, because our monetary system has a direct impact on one’s ability to benefit from the value they add to their country and their community. Literally everything is downstream of money. But I really question sometimes if the lessons I’m trying to impart to my kids are sinking in. In my early 20’s, I was intensely interested in the markets, investing, global trends and technology. But in this highly distracted generation, I don’t see the hunger for knowledge that I had, let alone these kind of nerdy topics. I guess all a parent can do is provide the information and repeat the lessons in different ways, and hope that part of it “sticks”. What ways do other Bitcoiner parents try to stress the importance of opting out and not being trapped in the matrix any more than necessary? #asknostr

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The biggest casualties of fiat currency debasement and theft through taxation, are people’s dreams. View quoted note →

Prayers welcome for my sister tonight. She had a discectomy procedure on her L spine yesterday. Instant pain relief in recovery, and back at the hotel…..until she coughed while eating and something went down the wrong pipe. She felt something pop, and has been in agony ever since. The surgeon says he has to open her up again Monday and may have to do more fascia and disk shaving. She just had a knee replacement last month and has already been out road riding. Trying to get this back thing solved within weeks so she can work with her landscape crew as usual this summer and keep biking 300+ miles in the bush each week.

I just got to sign the petition calling for a referendum vote on Alberta separation. At a gun store of all places lol 👊🏽 #alberta #stayfreealberta #fuckottawa #fuckcarney #taxistheft #fiatistheft

I reconfirmed this morning that I enjoy shooting firearms exponentially more than I enjoy cleaning firearms. When I was a kid, my Dad would let me take any weapon out for a session or a hike. But if it got discharged even once, it had to be cleaned and lubed before it got put back in the closet. As an adult, finding time to shoot is hard enough. So often a weapon gets put away with the best intentions of cleaning it the following day. That rarely happens. So you end up with three or four to clean on a Saturday such as this lol. But I must say, these Bore Snakes are the slickest thing ever. It’s nice having a few for each calibre. #gunstr