We are living through a global monetary reset. In this era, if you say or do something The State doesn't like, your bank accounts and assets will be seized. For these reasons, making oneself independent and self-sufficient is critical for survival. Clip from WiM312 w/ Lynette Zang (@itmtrading_zang)
This one was a masterclass by
@Breedlove22
Highly recommend ya watch on your next day off.
I've said it before, I'll say it again,
Long Live #Bitcoin
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One of the world's most important independent journalists Matt Taibbi (@mtaibbi) joins me to discuss the Twitter files, the controversy surrounding the origin of the virus, and the importance of free speech. Links to all episodes available on my profile page.
"If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization."—Mises
The central bank is antithetical to foundational layer of civilization itself—private property.
#Bitcoin is the new bedrock of human civilization.
A compendium of years of knowledge of podcasting and writing, condensed in one hour.
@lunaticoin on the other side of the mic with @Breedlove22 talking about money, history, politics and how Bitcoin fits in all that.
Very well done... "Mr. Luna" 😉
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Episode 4 of our compilation of past WiM guests answering the question "What is Money?" is now live.
I've noticed in this series that hearing guests answer this question is like holding up a psychological mirror to the face of each respondent. Fascinating stuff, enjoy.
We hear so much about government spending, but where does all this money come from?
Politicians are the only class which can spend money that they themselves did not earn, creating a distortion of incentives which leads to rampant overspending.
Clip from WiM133 w/ @PierrePoilievre
Gloria Álvarez (@GloriaAlvarez85) joins me to discuss how she went viral by telling the truth about socialism, the importance of education about free markets and liberty, and why she’s running for president in Guatemala. All episode links available in my profile.
One of the most popular WiM guests Andrew Bustamante (@EverydaySpy) just launched a podcast/YouTube channel, check it out to learn about the psychological tactics of CIA operatives!
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We are each responsible for being the change we wish to see in the world. #Bitcoin gives each of us an immortal guardian for our life energy, thus allowing individuals to pursue excellence in a way that accretes exclusively to their loved ones after they are gone. In this way, Bitcoin improves the individual's ability to be the change they wish to see in the world. Clip from my keynote at @TheBitcoinConf 2023 in Miami
In this interview with Eric Rice, we explore some answers to my favorite question: "What is Money?". We also discuss the problems with central planning and corruption of money, and why we need #Bitcoin.
Is there any word that has more slang terms for it than money? What does this tell us about the history, nature, and importance of money?
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Did you know that even logic is premised on faith?
"It is contradictory to expect that logic could be of any service in demonstrating the correctness or validity of the fundamental logical principles. All that can be said about them is that to deny their correctness or validity appears to the human mind nonsensical and that thinking, guided by them, has led to modes of successful acting."—Mises
Today is the anniversary of the atomic bomb detonation in Hiroshima on August 6, 1945.
It's a sad reminder that most of what we have been taught about the atomic bombs, and the reasons behind their usage, is the product of lies and the US propaganda machine.
According to the standard narrative, Japan refused to surrender in WW2 even after long and bloody battles in the Pacific, and an allied invasion of the Japanese mainland would have caused the deaths of 1 million+ allied soldiers as well as 10 million+ Japanese. Slaughtering hundreds of thousands of innocents in the two cities, by this argument, saved millions of lives and convinced Japan to surrender.
In reality, Japan actually had made overtures as early as late May, 1945 to surrender to the United States in a manner that was virtually unconditional, save for some basic legal protections for Emperor Hirohito. Furthermore, Japan was in no position to continue the war for long, for the US oil embargo had completely starved the country of fuel and basic resources. By the end of July, 1945, Japan’s navy had completely stopped major naval operations.
Some of the highest-ranking and most respected US generals reflected back on the bombings and expressed moral outrage and strategic doubts about their usage. Others made this clear at the time, and strongly urged their civil superiors not to use them.
Supreme Allied Commander in Europe Dwight Eisenhower, for instance, pleaded with Secretary of War Henry Stimson to reconsider the plan, expressing his belief “that Japan was already defeated and that dropping the bomb was completely unnecessary,” and also because he “thought that our country should avoid shocking world opinion by the use of a weapon whose employment was, I thought, no longer mandatory as a measure to save American lives. It was my belief that Japan was,” Eisenhower wrote, “at that very moment, seeking some way to surrender with a minimum loss of ‘face.’”
Admiral William Leahy, the highest-ranking US military officer on active duty in the war, wrote similarly: “It is my opinion that the use of this barbarous weapon at Hiroshima and Nagasaki was of no material assistance in our war against Japan. The Japanese were already defeated and ready to surrender because of the effective sea blockade and the successful bombing with conventional weapons.”
Chester Nimitz, the commander-in-chief of the US Pacific Fleet, insisted that the atomic bombs were “of no material assistance in our war against Japan” for similar reasons.
General Douglas MacArthur, the supreme allied commander of the southwest Pacific, saw “no military justification for the dropping of the bomb” whatsoever, and also professed that “Japan would have surrendered even if the atomic bombs had not been dropped.”
Admiral William “Bull” Halsey stated emphatically that “atomic bombing – of civilians, is morally indefensible.”
Because the US government decided otherwise, 225,000+ innocent civilians died in atrocities the scale of which the world had never seen. Instead of saving American lives, the chief purpose of the two atomic bombs seems to have been to flex the might of the American war machine in front of Soviet eyes. The detonations led to a costly arms race, the birth of the military industrial complex, and the Cold War itself.
Americans are still paying the price for all of it.
We do not accept that the atomic bombs saved millions of lives (they didn’t), that Japan would never have surrendered otherwise (they would have, and tried do to so prior to the bombings), or that they were morally justified in any way (they weren’t). These are all myths to justify the mass extermination of civilians in an overt act of terrorism by the US government.
We chose to expose these truths about the catastrophes in Hiroshima and Nagasaki because we do not accept that it is ever moral to target civilians for mass death. Additionally, we hope recounting these horrors will persuade others that they must never transpire again.
For humanity to thrive, there can be no brinksmanship with Russia, China, or any other nuclear power.
For humanity to thrive, there can be no nuclear winter.
For humanity to thrive, there can never be any more tragedies like Hiroshima and Nagasaki ever again.
Cyberspace is humanity's final frontier. To flourish, individuals must be empowered to control their own destinies in cyberspace. As an instrument of perfect integrity, #Bitcoin offers individuals sovereignty over themselves in cyberspace. From WiM314 w/ @saylor