“Salus populi suprema lex esto.”
— Cicero, De Legibus 
> be me, most powerful government in the world
> accidentally acquire a ton of bitcoin thanks to Ross Ulbricht & Razzlekhan
> rather than hold the scarcest, most desirable asset, sell it well before this cycle’s ATH just to spite Trump
> end up weakening the state’s own power while creating a historic buying opportunity for the plebs nostr:note1nt52mysrastuydfj7y82n0lnsgcp56yrjd6kh3tn7zgdtyfrrx6suly4ff
Worth keeping this in mind as more boomers onboard to Bitcoin.
It’s as if they all made a concerted effort to learn Zoom during COVID, but haven’t generalized those skills to video conferencing as a whole.
Observation: Many boomers only know how to use Zoom and not any other video conferencing software, despite Zoom’s UX being among the most convoluted.
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte 
The biggest trap dissidents fall into is embodying the frame of their adversaries.
If your adversary tells you that you are either a communist or a nazi, the worst thing you can do is accept either role.
Reject the frame.
Rather than be a communist, fascist, or anarchist, be an optimalist.
What is optimal for civilization?
Follow the Middle Way. 
“You are under no obligation to be the same person you were 5 minutes ago.”
— Alan Watts 
It’s coconut trees all the way down.
“You didn’t come into this world. You came out of it.”
— Alan Watts 
“The teaching of Jesus was that this divine nature could be discovered and lived by every man if he would only enter into himself and see it.”
— Alan Watts 
Jesus was a jock who nevertheless took pity upon the dweebs, even the traitorous, deceitful ones, so that they too may enter the kingdom of heaven. 
In high school terms, Fascism is rule by jocks. Communism is rule by dweebs.
Going up? #Bitcoin 
“The Kingdom of Heaven is not a place, but a state of consciousness.”
— Alan Watts 
God bless America and the world. 
Generally speaking, whoever stays calmest wins the argument.
Let’s bring it back.