In “The Legendary Treasure of Satoshi Nakamoto” I wrote that Bitcoin allows you discover the pure, true, unadulterated you.
I am reminded how unique bitcoiners are, especially when compared to “normies” who conform to acceptable, polite, and similar behaviors.
This wildly individualized and uncommon bitcoiner behavior is, of course, highly uncomfortable for normies. But it’s also true that even though they may behaving like their true self, a bitcoiner is still inexperienced at seeing many others behave originally as well. Which is to say, it’s no wonder bitcoiners bicker and consider other bitcoiners’ behaviour offensive.
Well, that’s something we all gotta get used to. A sovereign individual is sovereign. That doesn’t mean polite. It means free. Free to be - themself - pursuing what they prioritize -not what anyone else tells them is their priority.
So get used to it. In fact, cherish it. Appreciate the wonderful, diverse variety of people that actually exist beneath the veneer of polite society.
Now, you don’t have to be impolite, of course. You just need to not suppress your true self for the sake of it. We’ve got enough normies. We need actual individuals. Unique, one of a kind individuals. And bitcoiners are delivering. Unique individuals are scarce. Bitcoin is creating an abundance of them. That’s freedom.
I’ll have more to say later.
To the Americans:
I've travelled all over the world. I've familiarized myself with many places, and met many people. And I'm a Canadian, although I’m privileged to reside once again in the States.
And here's something I've noticed, and it’s a key element of America's continuing greatness:
You bloody Americans value success, and you believe in its existence.
This is something that doesn't really happen anywhere else in the world. Even in other free democracies—the United Kingdom; Finland, Sweden, and Norway; Australia, New Zealand and Canada; Germany, France, and the Netherlands (great countries all)—a counterproductive cynicism too often reigns.
Success is equated with exploitation.
Ambition is looked upon with contempt.
This happens sometimes in the United States too—particularly among the miserable progressives, who confuse their resentment, ingratitude and unearned skepticism with wisdom.
But in your great country, by and large, striving is admired and success celebrated.
This means that more people strive and succeed in the US than anywhere else. And it's increasingly obvious. You remain stunningly more innovative and productive than any people anywhere else on the planet.
And so I say, as all should who are fortunate enough to live in the western world, let alone America:
Thank God for the United States.
Thank God for the wisdom of its founders.
Thank God for its faith in the free market and in the natural rights of man.
Happy birthday, you damn Yankees and Southerners.
Long may your admirable country dominate the world.
Long may your freedom and hope provide an example to those suffering everywhere at the hands of their malevolent states.
May your two and a half centuries of unparallelled success be just the beginning.
Your country is the light of the world, and the city on the hill.
Thank God for the USA.
Happy 250th.
Dr. Jordan B. Peterson