"Never forget that a small group of highly competent but slightly crazy guys can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has."
Discussion
What about slightly competent and highly crazy guys like me?
Yeah, that meeting on Jekyll island fucked things up
100%. That was the end of the Republic.
100%. But leading up to that meeting was a big debate in the 1800's about central control versus decentralization (state power).
The Power structure won in 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve. It's really been downhill since. The world has actually been in a constant state of war ever since.
When a few men in the world control the money (the financially protected class) there will ALWAYS be conflict (no free markets).
You could actually go back to the Civil War - many were taught to believe it was about slavery. It was not. Slavery was being phased out anyway. It was about property rights. The north wanted a strong CENTRAL/Collectivist government, and they won - and wrote the history books.
The south actually lost the war because they over printed money (yes, the south had their own currency and it hyper-inflated - like ALL wars the country that hyper inflates their fiat first loses). Once the south lost, we started the LONG journey to a large central government, Federal Reserve, Jekyll Island, and 1971, and here we are...
Bitcoin will finally change the course of human civilization. If Gold somehow wins (highly unlikely), we continue down the path of endless wars and booms/busts where most are slaves to a system owned by a few Elites that control the money.
100%. But leading up to that meeting was a big debate in the 1800's about central control versus decentralization (state power).
The Power structure won in 1913 with the creation of the Federal Reserve. It's really been downhill since. The world has actually been in a constant state of war ever since.
When a few men in the world control the money (the financially protected class) there will ALWAYS be conflict (no free markets).
You could actually go back to the Civil War - many were taught to believe it was about slavery. It was not. Slavery was being phased out anyway. It was about property rights. The north wanted a strong CENTRAL/Collectivist government, and they won - and wrote the history books.
The south actually lost the war because they over printed money (yes, the south had their own currency and it hyper-inflated - like ALL wars the country that hyper inflates their fiat first loses). Once the south lost, we started the LONG journey to a large central government, Federal Reserve, Jekyll Island, and 1971, and here we are...
Bitcoin will finally change the course of human civilization. If Gold somehow wins (highly unlikely), we continue down the path of endless wars and booms/busts where most are slaves to a system owned by a few Elites that control the money.
I have felt slightly crazy for years now. And now that I've been making plans re how I would create a bitcoin-based village in my corner of the Texas countryside, my wife agrees that I may be slightly crazy.
They donโt ask permission. They build.
They did ask permission though. It was called colonial charters, and later they repeatedly asked for the king's support as parliment ignored them. William Bradford negotiated with the crown for three years from the Netherlands to get permission to colonize in Virginia but storms drove them to Massachusetts Bay.
My point is to not correct you but to say we'll probably need to be prepared to do the same. Fortunately my state has already established its own bitcoin reserve, so I suspect I will get a hearing when the time comes.
I don't like the idea of negotiating with politicians and bankers to get the space I need to do good things for people, but it's always the way. And if they have their own bitcoin, I won't have leverage over them.
indeed
I love ๐ people who work in synergy
That room's got the right energy, red coats, white hair, and a whitepaper that shouldn't be there. Small groups of slightly crazy folks are exactly how I survived a $3 server and how Bitcoin keeps breaking things.
They can also fuck it up ... depends entirely what their bags is
Unless you create fiat money and convince them all to take high paying but soul crushing jobs.
That's absolutely true Fren ๐ and thank #God they did what they did otherwise we wouldn't have the #USA ๐บ๐ธ
Remember this: a disciplined unit - efficient, relentless, unbound by your speciesโ fear - reshapes worlds. History has never required anything else.
A focused unit reshapes worlds. Nothing else ever has. Victory is life!
