Jason Kenowski

Father, husband, American, Taoist, Bitcoiner, Anarchist. Live free or die.

[Devon Eriksen @Devon_Eriksen_]

To make this even more clear:

What we call "self-defense" is referred to in law as "justification"

I.e. "Yes, I did this thing, but I had the legal right to do it, because reasons."

Those reasons are based entirely on what the defendant saw and heard, what he believed as a result of that, and whether those beliefs were reasonable.

It has nothing to do with whether those beliefs were factually correct, or with what anyone else believed.

And, yes, this actually does mean that, in rare cases, both parties to a fight have justification.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@GreenPlusAnE I can't understand. Im a painting contractor that can't scale my business because I can't get anybody to show up on time and give me an honest day's work.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

You must find things to care about. Because I agree none of those other things work if you don't give a shit about the tasks you need the energy for. When I'm excited about what I'm working on, I can do on 4 hours of sleep, hungover and fueled by Cheetos. Purpose gives energy.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@CedYoungelman Never. The higher the price goes, the more they feel they missed the bus.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@dotkrueger Thank God I dropped out of high school and became a house painter

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@Devon_Eriksen_ Devon what you're saying makes sense to me, but I'm curious if you think there is any danger of this thing over correcting in the other direction?

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

Nothing has ever changed because people "woke up". Mass democracy didn't come about because people all of the sudden realized its self-evident truth. It was a consequence of gunpowder and the printing press. The internet, AI and Bitcoin will dictate the form of society we live in in the future. The people, however, will not understand and more than they understand their circumstances now.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@ItIsHoeMath What specifically do you suggest we do?

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

I moved to Brazil recently. Beautiful country, wonderful people. Very sad state politically and economically. I wonder if it can be changed. I ask the people here all the time what they think is holding them back. My wife, who is Brazilian, had an interesting answer. She said that the founders of America came here to settle and build. The Portugese came to loot and plunder and take it back to Europe. Now that basic mentality pervades hundreds of years later. A scary answer I thought. If it was simply a matter of changing the political regime, that seems to me a simple solution comparatively. If the cultural mentality has to be fundamentally changed, that's sounds almost impossible. Or at least it would take generations. Hopefully not.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

I was ambivalent about having children. I had my daughter at 35. Everything they say about having children is true. I regret not having more. Perhaps if I raise her well she will give me an army of grandchildren.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@gaulicsmith Guns probably

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@Rainmaker1973 Bitcoin

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@BTC_broo Democracy: The God that Failed by Hans Herman Hoppe

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@StefanMolyneux They can't even if they want to. Households require two incomes. Once women entered the workforce it doubled the supply of labor and halved its value. Now women must work. The state gets the additional tax revenue plus an excuse to raise your children.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@lichthauch Done and done, what else?

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@Wealth_Theory Definitely not. Not even on their radar. It will unfortunately require much more pain.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@BenJustman No, we have not.

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@BitPaine Fair, I'm on board

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@ScottAdamsSays Yes. The scary thing about that to me though is what if its true?

[Jason Kenowski @KenowskiJason]

@BTC_for_Freedom Unfortunately it seems their lives must get far far worse.