The last german election was telling. After all what happened, AfD got 20%. Trump and Putin are Hitler(s) - now the msm has to sell two of its kind to the herd. War is peace and green rainbow stalinism makes us all rich while the economy is tanking. There is no change in the air so far...
The indescribable ignorance of the Canadian electorate confirms my impression that Canadians are the better Europeans. If even major events like the trucker protest don't have a lasting effect and lead to a change of attitude, all is lost.
#Canada #eu #globalists #wef #nostr
US: Colaterialized Bonds In The Cards
If the United States takes this revolutionary step and backs part of its future government bond issuance with Bitcoin and/or gold, it would put an end to the European Union and its school structure. It would be a return to collateralized real assets, a form of stabilization and relatively safe promise of returns in the context of public finance that the collateral-poor Europeans cannot offer (hence the eye on Moscow).
Looking at the political game in Washington and President Trump's new administration these days, the effort to integrate Bitcoin into traditional financial markets and the battle against the psyop of the supposedly non-existent gold in Fort Knox, a clear distraction by the European globalists that are facing capital flights to the US, this seems more likely every day.
#usa #eu #economy #bitcoin #gold #nostr #grownostr #usd #euro
Right. I still like HS's way, deducing his theories from written mythology....
No, that's real. I wasn't sure about it either. But I had to think of Heinrich as I was writing a larger article about him for a histiry magazine🤣
This culture war is far from over, it can still get more disgusting and stupid. #uk #eu #wef
I usually write my stuff by myself in german and use deepL to translate it
Money Supply In Antiquity: The Laurion Silver Mines
We are living in the last throes of frictional fiat money (don't make a mistake, this will take time even if fiatlandia looks increasingly chaotic and uncontrolled), a system that is inherently unstable. The money supply is essentially determined by the credit creation process and it generates immense boom and bust cycles because the state has sovereignty over the creation of money. In antiquity, a kind of full money system was operated, the state brought precious metals, minted in coins, into circulation primarily through its military disbursements. Let's take a look at the most important source of money creation in ancient Greece, the Laurion silver mine in Attica.
In the rugged hills of southeastern Attica, not far from the shimmering waters of the Aegean Sea that attract millions of tourists every year, lies a place that quietly shaped the fortunes of ancient Greece: the Laurion silver mines. Known in antiquity as Laureion, this network of underground tunnels and surface workings yielded a treasure more precious than gold (at least in the eyes of ancient kings and conquerers): silver. It was easy to coin and it fueled ancient economies, built navies, and altered the course of history. From its discovery in the mists of prehistory to its role in the rise and fall of Athens, Laurion’s story is one of human ingenuity, exploitation, and the enduring power of natural resources.
The origins of mining at Laurion stretch back evrn into the Bronze Age, around 3000 BCE, when early inhabitants of the region began exploiting its rich deposits of lead and silver. These metals, locked within the earth’s crust in the form of galena (lead sulfide), were first extracted on a small scale. Archaeological evidencelike tools, slag heaps, and primitive smelting sites suggests that the Mycenaeans and other early peoples valued Laurion’s output, though their efforts were modest compared to what would come later. It wasn’t until the Archaic period, around the 7th century BCE, that the mines began to reveal their true potential, setting the stage for their starring role in Greek history.
By the 5th century BCE, Laurion had become a cornerstone of Athenian power. The turning point came in 483 BCE, when a rich new vein of silver was discovered. Themistocles, the shrewd Athenian statesman, argued that the silver should fund a massive naval expansion—200 triremes, the sleek warships that dominated ancient seas—rather than be distributed among citizens as a dividend (a kind if ancient stimmy check). His vision prevailed, and the fleet that emerged from Laurion’s riches proved decisive at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BCE, where the Greeks crushed the Persian navy and turned the tide of the Greco-Persian Wars. Without Laurion’s silver, Athens might never have risen to its golden age.
The mines themselves were a marvel of ancient engineering, but they were also a grim testament to human suffering. Stretching across 200 square kilometers, the Laurion region contained thousands of shafts and galleries, some plunging 100 meters into the earth. Miners, many of them slaves from conquered regions, toiled in brutal conditions—cramped, dark tunnels lit only by flickering oil lamps, with air thick with dust and the constant threat of collapse. The Greek historian Xenophon described the workforce as a mix of slaves, leased by wealthy Athenians, and poorer citizens eking out a living. Estimates suggest that at its peak, 10,000 to 20,000 workers labored in Laurion, their sweat and blood transforming ore into the gleaming drachma coins that became a symbol of Athenian wealth.
Economically, Laurion was a juggernaut. The silver extracted there underpinned Athens’ monetary system, with the famous “owl” tetradrachm—stamped with Athena’s owl—circulating as a trusted currency across the Mediterranean. Don't trust, verify wasn't really invented yet... This wealth funded not only warships but also the Parthenon (a large part was simply robbed by Athenian 'partners' though), the cultural flourishing of the Periclean age, and Athens’ imperial ambitions. At its height, Laurion produced up to 20 tons of silver annually, a staggering output for the time.
Yet this prosperity came at a cost. The mines’ reliance on slave labor entrenched social inequalities, while overexploitation gradually depleted the richest veins, foreshadowing challenges to come.
The significance of Laurion extended beyond Athens. Its silver flowed into trade networks, linking Greece to the wider ancient world—Persia, Egypt, and the burgeoning city-states of Magna Graecia. The mines also spurred technological advances, from improved smelting techniques to the use of water channels for washing ore. These innovations reflected the Greeks’ ability to adapt and thrive, even as they wrestled with the ethical and environmental toll of their success.
As the Classical period waned, so did Laurion’s dominance. By the 4th century BCE, the most accessible deposits were exhausted, and Athens’ defeat in the Peloponnesian War (404 BCE) weakened its grip on the region. The mines didn’t fall silent, however. During the Hellenistic and Roman eras, they continued to operate on a reduced scale, their silver feeding the coffers of new powers. The Romans, in particular, valued Laurion’s lead for pipes and construction, though silver remained a prized byproduct. By the 1st century CE, however, the mines were a shadow of their former glory, their output dwarfed by newer sources in Spain and elsewhere.
Laurion’s story might have ended there, a footnote in the annals of antiquity, but history had more in store. In the 19th century, as Greece emerged from Ottoman rule, the mines roared back to life. European companies, drawn by advances in metallurgy, reopened the ancient workings to extract zinc, lead, and trace silver overlooked by earlier generations. This industrial revival peaked in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, employing thousands and boosting Greece’s modern economy. Today, the mines are silent, their tunnels a UNESCO-protected heritage site, but their legacy endures in the region’s landscape and the artifacts they left behind.
What makes Laurion so compelling is its dual nature: a source of brilliance and a mirror of humanity’s darker impulses. It powered Athens’ ascent, giving the world democracy, philosophy, and art, yet it rested on the backs of the enslaved and the exploited. Its silver coins, scattered across museums today, are relics of a time when a single resource could shape civilizations. Environmentally, too, Laurion left scars—deforestation, polluted streams, and abandoned slag heaps—that remind us of the price of progress.
In the grand sweep of history, Laurion stands as a symbol of how the earth’s gifts can elevate and ensnare us. Its silver built fleets that saved Greece, temples that inspired awe, and an economy that bridged continents. Yet it also chained countless lives to its depths, a reminder that wealth rarely comes without sacrifice. From the Bronze Age to the modern era, Laurion’s glittering thread weaves through time, connecting us to an ancient past where ambition, innovation, and human cost walked hand in hand. As we marvel at its legacy, we’re left to ponder: what other hidden treasures, and what unseen burdens, lie beneath the surface of our own world? We are waiting for the next Heinrich Schliemann to uncover another chapter of european past.
#history #greece #laurion #nostr #grownostr #nostrlearn #plebchain #silver #culture #bitcoin #money #gold
GM,
Distances create overview and clarity.
Keeping your distance is a requirement of politeness, distance is what separates the individual from the crowd and gives them dignity.
The post-modern collectivist start rules, among other things, by eliminating these distances, forcing people into herds and massing them. His principle of 'divide et impera' works by injecting anger into previously assembled and defined groups - to achieve this, he drives the media business that willfully carries out his hate propaganda.
But we have at our disposal one of the sharpest swords of all: the orderly retreat into ethics, into aesthetics, the escape from massification. The moment we become aware of the problem of massification is in fact our day of triumph, no matter what kind of theater the so-called power elites play up to us.
#gm #nostr #freedom #ungovernable #bitcoin #communism #grownostr
In my opinion, the result will be that banks will pledge part of the cash deposits in a fund, so to speak, and place it on the market as a bond. this will leverage the business
European Central Planners Lack Collateral (and brain cells)
Now, as the new German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, announced months ago, the European central planners want to get their hands on citizens' assets.
According to the socialists in Brussels, these lie idle when economic entities decide to hold cash on a bank account. At this point it should be noted that this demonstrates a gigantic lack of knowledge of economic processes, but we already knew that.
This statement by Ursula von der Leyen about wanting to access the money, the deposits of the citizens of the eurozone, in order to once again set up a gigantic investment program by the state, is deeply revealing. All these central planners need, but hardly have, is the collateral they need for their credit mechanism. Everything that is happening with Russia must also be understood against this background. It is an attempt to get hold of the country's raw materials, energy and assets in order to continue the Keynesian credit policy, the centralized control of the continent's economy.
I have pointed out time and time again that these creatures will know no bounds when economic geopolitics are thrown at them, as the US is doing now. They will know no shame in completely plundering their citizens if it buys them time.
#EU #ECB #bitcoin #socialism #wef #nostr #news #economy
Trump's 25% tariff hike on steel and aluminum from Canada to 50% is a welcome gift for the extreme globalist Mark Carny. He was not only Governor of the Bank of Canada, he was also Governor of the Bank of England. A true euro globalist. If you don't realize now who or what the American government is fighting here, I can't help you.
#Trump #usa #canada #wef #bitcoin #EU #nostr #tariffs #uk
Selling #USTs via #USD stablecoind to retail was the main strategy from day one. The USD will survive all other shitcoins without problems
Good data from the #labormarket: #US Job openings came in at 7.74Mio for January. Market expectations were at 7.63Mio.
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