Straight up workaholic at this point.
I got taxed to shit when I earned this Bitcoin, basically 50%. I have ZERO intention on paying capital gains taxes when I spend it.
Fuck the tax man, fuck the government, fuck the IRS, fuck the fed, and fuck you.
G22P4A17.
Lyn Alden and Jack Dorsey are to NOSTR what Trump is to truth social.
Read old books.
Bitcoin is gonna soak up that liquidity like a giant black hole sponge. Hold on to your butts folks.
Farm/garden fresh food is the best. Eggs, berries, and tomatoes especially.
Free your mind from ideology and dogmatism.
There is a lesson we can learn from Judo, you can make fighting your opponents easier by turning their energy/momentum to your advantage. Don't directly counter their energy, accept it and claim it as your own.
One year ago, I was a frequent consumer of American right-wing alternative media, like Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson, Steven Crowder, Tucker Carlson. I mostly agreed with most of the issues they were talking about. I was concerned about woke cancel culture and the loss of free speech. I also listened to Alan Dershowitz (life-long democrat), Redacted News, Kim Iversen, Glenn Greenwald, Matt Taibbi, Viva Frei and some other non-right-wing sources.
After Al-Aqsa flood on Oct 7 where Hamas successfully executed a well planned military operation in Israel, where I saw a deeply long-term and continually oppressed people finally get a modicum of revenge on the people oppressing them and also strategically capture some hostages (Israel had about 3000 Palestinian hostages at the time, so tit-for-tat) --- because I knew the context well before the event happened --- they (the American right) instead saw horrible terrorist sub-human violent people out-of-the-blue raping, incinerating and cutting heads off of babies (which I couldn't believe, so I watched many hours of videos to see what actually happened, and that was propaganda - the vast majority killed were military).
Anyhow, I couldn't stomach listening to Dave Rubin, Jordan Peterson (who tweeted "Glass Gaza"), Steven Crowder or Alan Dershowitz after that (and many others) despite believing that we should try to listen to all sides, I just couldn't stomach it. And I'm consuming less social media video content overall which is a good thing. I still listen to Tucker Carlson who I haven't heard push the Zionist stuff.
But I guess I'm moving towards the left on more than just the Israel issue (or maybe I'm standing still and they are moving). What I thought I knew about immigration and culture clash I don't think I believe anymore. And this video shifted my thinking more substantially than most videos do. Many of you may disagree with this, but it will get you thinking nonetheless: https://rumble.com/v5bbf0t-uk-headed-for-civil-war-whos-behind-it-all-redacted-w-natali-and-clayton-mo.html
Historically I've felt like I was on Tommy Robinson's side, because I was on the side of free speech. But the situation is more complicated than just one political issue.
The left aren't the only one's who are anti-zionist.
Ideas spread faster than you can make babies. The only way to combat ideas is with better one's.
Progressivism is a suicide cult. Let's hope that we are prepared enough so they don't drag the rest of us down with them.
I read a quite a few posts on substack. I really wish that I could zap the authors rather than having to subscribe to support them. Subscription model creates a freeloader problem where most readers are free subscribers and a few generous patrons carry the monetary burden.
You get what you are willing to tolerate.
Embrace the cringe, the only way forward is through.
Humans will never be obsolete unless we give up, which sadly, seems to be quite common of late.
Most people didn't used to live beyond the age where they were able to work. Now the majority do.
A potential solution is having a cultural shift away from debt fueled consumerism towards frugality and saving. Hopefully, this will be encouraged by the widespread adoption of Bitcoin and HODL mentality.
The other way is having a cultural expectation for children to take care of their aging parents, definitely not an easy sell in the West nowadays.
Either way, can't be fixed quickly nor easily.