Alex Jantsch

Kansas City & Kansas State

[Dustin @r0ck3t23]

Elon Musk just said the one thing about America they made sure you’d never learn.

The one thing that should’ve made you proud, not ashamed.

Musk: “After World War 2, the US could have basically taken over the world and any country. Like we got nukes, nobody else got nukes. We don’t even have to lose soldiers. Which country do you want?”

One nation held a weapon no civilization had ever possessed.

Total monopoly on destruction. No rival. No consequence. No limit.

Every empire in history that held that kind of power did the only thing empires know how to do.

They took until there was nothing left to take.

America had a greater advantage than all of them combined.

And rebuilt the nations it just defeated.

Musk: “The United States actually helped rebuild countries. So it helped rebuild Europe, it helped rebuild Japan. This is very unusual behavior, almost unprecedented.”

Not almost unprecedented.

It had never happened. Not once in 5,000 years of recorded civilization.

The nation with the power to take everything chose to rebuild instead.

Enemies became allies. Rubble became economies. Surrender became partnership.

Germany went from ashes to the economic engine of Europe in a single generation.

Japan went from unconditional surrender to the third largest economy on earth.

Three years after the war, America was flying food into Berlin.

Into the capital of the country that just tried to end the free world.

That decision reshaped every economy, every alliance, and every trade route on the planet.

Billions of people lifted out of poverty over the next half century trace back to one moment. One nation choosing restraint over domination.

No other country in history can make that claim. Not one.

Musk: “There’s always like, well America’s done bad things. Well of course America’s done bad things, but one needs to look at the whole track record.”

Every nation on earth has blood in its history.

But the measure of a nation was never its worst chapter.

It’s what it does when nobody can stop it.

When nobody could stop America, it fed its enemies and rebuilt their cities.

You’re being told every day that this country is something to be ashamed of.

By people who have no idea what the world looks like without it.

Every free market. Every open border for trade. Every democracy that took root outside Europe stands in the shadow of that single decision.

The values that built this country didn’t just shape America.

They shaped the modern world.

AI is about to hand a small number of people a power advantage that makes nuclear monopoly look primitive.

1945 was the first test.

AI is the last.

That power is going to exist. The only question left is who holds it.

The most powerful thing America ever did wasn’t building the bomb.

It was having the power to take everything and choosing not to.

The people trying hardest to tear that story down have never built a single thing worth defending.

[Matt @Matt2Frosty]

I’ve already got my eyes set on the best weekend of the fall

September 27th

Ryder Cup
Bama v Georgia
LSU v Ole Miss
Oregon v Penn State

September 28th

Ryder Cup
Eagles v Buccaneers
Ravens v Chiefs
Packers v Cowboys

[Alex Jantsch @AlexJantsch]

@MarshallCSmith @SMB_Attorney Genuinely curious, how do you account for capital gains taxes on disposition of property, which is what using Bitcoin for transactions and transfers is considered in the US? No fees, sure. But using dollars or cards doesn’t have that issue. Maybe I’m mistaken, so I’m curious.

[Alex Jantsch @AlexJantsch]

@Bonecondor @SMB_Attorney Genuinely curious, how are you able to account for the taxes on Bitcoin when used in a transaction? Isn’t it taxed as property that would need capital gains taxes calc’d at every transfer? If so, is there even infrastructure for that, or is it manual?

[Taylor Witt 🇺🇦 @Taylor_Witt]

Patrick Mahomes's playoff opponents, in all playoff games against anyone other than the Chiefs, are a combined 32-1.

The one loss is the Bengals to the Rams in SBLVI.

They are 4-17 against the Chiefs, and 32-1 against everyone else.

[Peter Mallouk @PeterMallouk]

Teaching people how to regulate their emotions is crime prevention. It's addiction prevention. It's suicide prevention. It's generational healing. It's how we stop raising adults who explode, implode, or shut down at the first sign of discomfort.

Emotional regulation is not just a soft skill. It's survival. It's the foundation of a society where people can disagree without dehumanizing each other, where accountability isn't seen as an attack, and where conflict doesn't always have to mean violence.

You want a better world? Start with emotional education.

From Warpaint Journal

[Leaders 𝕏 Junction @LeadersJunction]

Keep it simple‼️

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

Optimism sounds like a sales pitch. Pessimism sounds like someone trying to help you.

[Alex Jantsch @AlexJantsch]

@kintsugiinvest @threadreaderapp unroll, please

[Morgan Housel @morganhousel]

For most investors: 99% of good investing is doing nothing, the other 1% is how you behave when the world is going crazy.

[Brad Henson Productions @BradHensonPro]

James Jones is spitting straight facts about Patrick Mahomes! 🔥
https://t.co/tbzdRWTbyJ

[Kansas City Symphony @kcsymphony]

Let's go @Chiefs! The Kansas City Symphony and @TechN9ne are gearing up for Sunday's big game. This is what hometown pride sounds like. ❤️

[Chris @chiefs_outsider]

Sean McDermott was impressed by the crowd noise in Arrowhead

[Tommy Smokes @TomScibelli]

I get so irrationally annoyed by people complaining about the Chiefs and the refs that it’s made me root for them. Hating a team just because they are good is so pathetic. Step back and appreciate the dynasty we’re watching

[Alex Jantsch @AlexJantsch]

@pbgomez_ Look, the sole reason it is this way is because they own their company stock & the US stock market has been on a tear versus everywhere else for a decade plus. The economy/policies have zero to do with how it got that way. The market is the culprit, and that is a voting machine.

[Thomas Sowell Quotes @ThomasSowell]

"Well, first of all, tell me, is there some society you know that doesn't run on greed...?

— Milton Friedman

[Alex Jantsch @AlexJantsch]

@unusual_whales It’s very easy to not have influence on the stocks bought but still participate in the market. They’re called mutual funds and ETFs. No different than my 401k options, or any other outsourced investment mgmt. Removes potential conflicts to have no direct stock ownership here.

[Rob Collins @RobCollinsTV]

How can you not be romantic about baseball. #KCRoyals

[nick wright @getnickwright]

Bobby Witt, Jr.

2 career playoff games.

2 career playoff game winning hits.