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I have zero sympathy for the masses. They willingly vote to use government force to transfer money into their own pockets. So I just look out for myself. Extract all I can (legally) from the system that they created, while contributing as little as possible. Starve the beast.

It’s just a game, and we’re just players. I harbor no more anger nor resentment toward the illegal immigrant, nor the welfare mom voting for handouts than does a baseball pitcher when another player tries to steal a base, or the poker player when someone calls his bluff. Everyone’s just trying to exploit the rules of the game to their own advantage. Once you start looking it as a game rather than a moral issue, the anger subsides.

Is the next generation totally screwed? Absolutely. And I don’t care. They brought it on themselves, and more importantly, there’s nothing you nor I can do about it. So try to maximize and preserve wealth while you can, and let them suffer the consequences of their decisions. Just look out for yourself.

Trivium 1y ago

This is what "the beast" wants...don't fall for it.

Sympathy makes us human...and it lays the groundwork for empathy.

A lack of empathy is typically defined as psychopathy or sociopathy. A culture of psychopathy will lead to tyranny.

The next generation had nothing to do with where we are today. It was the generations of the past that got us here (including ours). As a parent, I am unwilling to accept the answer that we can't do anything about it. I strive every day to pass on the tools of self-reliance on to the next generation in fact, to anyone willing to think. #bitcoin #trivium

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Anon 1y ago

To be fair, I’m a Gen-Xer so yes, I do believe Millenials and voting age Gen-Zers share responsibility for our current state of affairs.

I appreciate your point of view and your concern for your kids. They didn’t ask for what’s coming. But the fact is, democracy is just an unstable form of government; It works for a while, but once people realize they can use a tyrannical government to vote money into their own pockets, the system collapses. It’s just the nature of the game. You can’t vote your way out of it. The parasite class is simply too big now.

Maybe something better will rise from the ashes. Maybe not. But in the meantime my focus is on maximizing enjoyment of the time I have left, trying as best I can to protect my assets while draining the system of resources, and hoping we keep this house of cards alive for another couple decades, maybe three, until I’m too old to care.

Is that the optimal strategy? Is it “psychopathic,” as you say? Maybe. Not sure. Don’t care. But I’m 10x happier as a toxic libertarian than I was as an angry Republican, so there’s that.

Trivium 1y ago

Ben Franklin agreed with your point about Democracy...We need to re-learn our history. It's easy to be cynical, but more productive to be curious.

Article IV, Section 4

of the United States Constitution states:

“The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of Government, and shall protect each of them against Invasion; and on Application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature cannot be convened), against domestic Violence.”