The Intellectuals saved us from the Socials.
But who will save us from the Intellectuals?
Bitcoiners, and the individualized Quality path.
Fiat is the Almighty Sword of the Intellectuals.
They think, therefore YOU SHALL.
Not anymore.
Fuck You.
These are my Sats.
Most "Bitcoin maxis" are misunderstood.
Anyone who isn't born into wealth needs to solve "the money problem."
And the sooner you solve it, the sooner you can get on with living.
Instead of spending time reading 10-Ks, levering up to the gills on physical buildings, and diworseifying their portfolios...
Bitcoiners recognized the obvious logic of storing their value in the only finite neutral asset in the world.
And they had the courage to trust their rationale even in the face of inhuman volatility.
Most of us aren't in it for the tech.
We're in it for the freedom.
The freedom to spend more time with our friends and family.
The freedom to wake up in a village by the sea, have some good espresso, and dig into work that genuinely interests us.
Coastal runs at mid-day and evenings down in the port.
Label that whatever you want...
But I'll always consider myself a life maxi first and foremost.
Mark Carney is a WEF globalist, post-national state, lunatic Net Zero, and the designer of Canada's rapid descent into poverty and irrelevance.
SOS 🚨🚨🚨
We are not OK.
@BitcoinBombadil Yes, psychologically lower friction.
Income tax is the harder theft to swallow.
Friction on collection though, is about economizing violence.
So physical and stationary is cheaper to enforce vs remote.
DeepSeek is omega-bullish for Bitcoin.
Nasdaq is crashing pre-market and taking Bitcoin down with it.
But this is a temporary correlation.
The narrative is that Deepseek is exposing just how overvalued US tech stocks are.
On the eve of an AI and robotics revolution, US equities seemed like the best game in town...
But if Chinese companies can produce similar innovation at a fraction of the cost, what does that say about US tech valuations?
In my opinion, this will likely end up being a temporary sentiment reset.
Similar to the Yen carry trade or "war in the middle east" panic that served to shake out weak hands before the bull run could continue.
But here's the bigger picture:
We are headed into an era of unprecedented technological innovation.
And businesses that look like sure winners one day WILL end up being disrupted overnight.
Storing your value in equities will end up being a more and more dangerous game.
This Deepseek shock should serve as a wake up call to anyone who is planning on storing their life's savings in equities over the next decade.
Can you count on the businesses that you own not to be disrupted overnight?
Which businesses will be able to maintain their advantage in an age of cheaper and cheaper AI & robotics?
"well that's why I buy indexes"
When you buy the Nasdaq, you're betting on the USA. But what if China eats their lunch?
Or the US rapidly devalues the currency in which the Nasdaq is denominated?
These are difficult questions to answer.
And they highlight the problem we all face: Where to store our value for the long-term.
Bitcoin is the solution to the store of value problem.
Bitcoin will not change.
Bitcoin will not be disrupted.
And It cannot be seized or debased.
In an era of rapid change, Bitcoin's boring predictability is its biggest strength.
Finite supply, new block every ~10 minutes, and a security network tied to real-world energy expenditure that cannot be replicated.
Equities are an artifice built upon the shifting sands of the market, vulnerable to the tremors of creative destruction.
Bitcoin is the solid bedrock on which you want to build your financial future.
This idea is far from understood, and even further from being priced in.
Equities are still THE consensus store of value.
But I expect to see more and more investors conclude that the coming technological revolution requires a new approach to storing value.
History is full of example of investor consensus changing.
Investors used to store value in savings accounts, gold bars, war bonds, etc.
The best ideas of previous eras always end up looking silly in the future.
I think the idea of blindly investing in equity indexes will ultimately be seen as a stepping stone on the journey to finding the ultimate store of value asset.
The best we had until Bitcoin.
Let global companies rapidly innovate and drop prices for everyone.
This should be something we celebrate - not fear because it disrupts equity markets and takes down our store of value assets.
Hold Bitcoin, celebrate creative disruption, and get outside ✌️
@Pledditor@ZLOK@jack@saylor Be your own hero friend.
Merrily skipping to the tune of 'thought leaders' is lazy mental slavery.
Elevate ideas and actions, not people.
Educate, yes. Inform everyone about Ripple's corrupt shenanigans, yes. But remember that by spending ALL your energy in the battle of Bitcoin against Ripple inside the government's corridors, you are acknowledging the power of that government to the decision making. Ripple needs them to survive, Bitcoin doesn't and in the end: fuck Ripple and fuck the government too.
The single most destructive political lie of the 20th century is the idea Communism and Fascism are opposites.
In reality, they are competing versions of a single ideology: Totalitarianism.
The opposite of *both* is Liberty.
@TomerStrolight Obviously not 'relies'.
Some of us are just eager to get this kicked off.
We think we've figured out the game theory and want to watch it play out.
XRP RIPPLE SHILLS IN DISBELIEF THAT TRUMP JUST EFFECTIVELY BANNED THEIR CBDC SHITCOIN
GUESS YOU SHOULD HAVE JUST HELD BITCOIN INSTEAD OF BEING TOTALITARIAN SIMPS
Hypothesis:
The 4th Turning global conflict will be
Hyperbitcoinization.
The coalesceing event that reorganizes society for a new Golden Age.
Retail, Institutions, Nation States fighting over 21M, & the battle over hashpower.
The next war won't look like the last war.