90% carnivore. The more carnivore I go, the better I feel. The only thing keeping me from going 100% is the logistics when I travel.
Have you read this?
https://archive.org/details/spontaneousorder0000chas/page/5/mode/1up
It's one of my favorite books. Very underrated, quite complete analysis of the pragmatics of bottom-up soceities
I have not read this, but I saw nostr:npub1sg6plzptd64u62a878hep2kev88swjh3tw00gjsfl8f237lmu63q0uf63m recommend it the other day. It’s on my list.
Michael Malice was the one who finally convinced me. He’s not often mentioned in the bitcoin space, but his anarchist philosophy is rock solid.
Normies have no concept of spontaneous order. They believe that every system must be designed and enforced top-down. They insist on elaborate rituals in an attempt to find the smartest, most benevolent leader and hope they aren’t corrupted by the power.
Honestly, given all of this, I don’t even understand how we’re still under 100k.
This is my first year without watching the Super Bowl. I am treating this as a testament to my personal growth.
I used to fantasize about the day when normies would admit that they were wrong about everything, but I’m beginning to realize that that day will never come.
Most people would rather douse themselves in seed oils and die early or double down on fiat and remain poor than ever admit that they were wrong.
Most value their ego more than the truth.
The group that claims that the rubble isn’t valuable enough to be property is the same group that turned it into rubble in the first place
“I think it’s going to zero because if it doesn’t, I’ll look like an idiot”
Alcohol is fiat
It goes deeper than that. Rothbard talked about it in a short book on compulsory schooling. The history is quite shocking. It’s free to download online and they have the audiobook published in podcast format. Highly recommend.
https://mises.org/library/book/education-free-and-compulsory
It’s been on my list for a while. I’ll give it a look. Thanks.
It’s honestly remarkable how the last few generations got psyoped into believing that giving their children over to the State to be indoctrinated for 7 hours per day was optimal for childhood development
When I was a kid, I hated reading because I found the books in school boring. If we want children to read, we should allow them to pursue their own curiosity.
I still can’t believe that I can exchange my fiat for the scarcest asset in the history of the world.
I love his work on COVID/mRNA, but it is remarkable to watch him dance circles around the obvious answers to his concerns.
He has valid concerns about the infringement on free speech in the West. Nostr is the answer - he just doesn’t see it.
He has valid concerns about mRNA. The answer is to separate money and State so that big pharma doesn’t get the benefit of the Cantillon Effect. But he can’t envision a world where money emerges as a function of market forces.
That being said, people like Bret (and Tucker, Rogan, RFK, Trump, Dave Smith etc) are useful in that while they are rarely 100% on the mark, they are typically on the right track, and they have the advantage of reaching normies. The unfortunate reality is that most people aren’t going to pick up Mises and Rothbard and learn from the ground up. They need to dip their toe in first with more approachable voices
I’m starting to think they’re not actually concerned about my security!
At its core, I think they are afraid of what their peers will think of them. They would rather fit in and be wrong than be an outcast who is right.
Normies need an “expert” to tell them how to act. They are uncomfortable thinking for themselves.