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Toby McMann
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Saylor is playing fiat banker games: He is willing to dump his losses on the backs of hard working taxpayers and accept bailouts. These are similar games to those that gave rise to bitcoin as their antidote. No judgements. Folks just need to understand they play with fire when supporting him, and question whether he is really trying to help.

In his discussion with nostr:nprofile1qqsyx708d0a8d2qt3ku75avjz8vshvlx0v3q97ygpnz0tllzqegxrtgpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9usy2c9y, nostr:nprofile1qqs2xs05tluhtr6hpgsmqqxp04898gayjlyrjlexcrndv8j6el784xqpr9mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuumwdae8gtnnda3kjctv9uq42ldx suggests the benefit of earning 5% interest from loaning his #bitcoin to "too big to fail" banks outweighs the potential harm to society and innocent taxpayers. It is "just a function of risk appetite."

Saylor owns a lot of bitcoin. He is highly intelligent and understands the value of its scarcity, and the fiat system. He deserves credit for transparency, and there is nothing wrong or illegal with borrowing or lending money. But Saylor does not appear to have internalized the reason for Bitcoin's creation or it's core value to society -- i.e., "The Times 03/Jan/2009 Chancellor on brink of second bailout for banks."

Whether purposeful or not, I hope that a combination of greed, large risk appetite, size bias, set against the "holy grail" of profit maximization, does not ultimately cause more harm than good.

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https://youtu.be/k7XhzXMSAPo

Not attaching expectation to your actions is super hard, but the path to unconditional love.

Maybe I'm not thinking about this correctly, but when the Fed can simply monetize the debt, I'm not sure the issue is solvency. I'd think of it more as an inflation crises, resulting from the monetization ... which lowering interest rates doesn't fix either.

When you no longer care if the price of #bitcoin goes up or down, or your followers or "reach" on social media, but rather gain inner peace and tranquility from being aligned with truth and freedom, you detach and "separate from the tribe" without fear or loneliness, but with love, appreciation, and a simple desire to advance the cause.

We are taught to believe in others and not ourselves, leading to expectation, dissappointment, sadness and conflict.

#bitcoin teaches us to believe in ourselves putting trust where it belongs, in each of us, leading to acceptance, fulfillment, happiness, and peace.

The real tragedy is that the manipulation is in plain sight, and people are conditioned to believe it is normal, it is needed, and it helps them.

"The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was to convince the world he didn't exist."

Jack's posts sometimes feel like Forest Gump when the Aging Hippie asks him for a good slogan for a bumper sticker.

Replying to Avatar Zach⚡️

You know, I'm something of a $1.15Tn market cap guy myself.

Replying to Avatar Peter McCormack

We have launched our new podcast, Mr Obnoxious, and our first episode is out - UAPs, Simulation Theory and Consciousness with Matthew Pines.

https://www.mrobnoxious.com/episodes/matthew-pines-uaps-simulation-theory-consciousness-001

Over the next week we will be releasing the following:

- Gavin Sathianathan on the medical Cannabis industry and it's alignment with #Bitcoin

- Anna Chekhovich, covering Putin's Russia, corruption and the need for privacy with money

- Allen Farrington on the broken capitalist system, misallocation of human and financial capital and the need for a sound money standard

Thank you for all the feedback so far, loads of good stuff coming and this is the natural evolution of the show.

Big love 🤘

If it is truly obnoxious, Peter and Danny will talk about themselves, the new podcast, the studio, etc, etc, for about 15-20minutes of each show.

Replying to Avatar Joe Nakamoto

Today I visited a school for mentally challenged and disabled kids that didn’t have a lick of AC.

Classrooms do have ceiling fans but they do sweet fuck all when it gets to a certain temperature.

It was 35 degrees + humid today but felt like 42.

That’s like when you open the oven door to check on your chicken.. every time you step outside.

Why was I there?

Well bitcoiners at btccuracao funded the school’s brand new WiFi.

I wanted to see the impact of this donation and speak to a poorer community about their experience with btc.

Btccuraco paid the internet company that installed the WiFi in Sats as part of the donation. It’s one of many grassroots initiatives they undertake to try to show that bitcoin is better money.

The new WiFi is a total game changer for the school and the teachers were tearful explaining how much it has helped them teach, inspire and lead these less fortunate kids.

But it only goes so far.

The solar panels atop the school’s long roof “stopped working” this week.

A govt contractor installed the panels this year as a “go green” initiative.

Long story of govt enraging incompetence short, basically half the school had working WiFi + ceiling fans. Sometimes the electricity simply cuts out.

So one half of the school had classrooms of engaged kids with YouTube access + useful visual aids for the kids in a semi manageable heat

while the other half slowly cooked and tried to read books in the inferno.

My white shirt was wet and transparent by the time I finished the school tour. I was like how the feck are these kids gonna get a chance in life?

I interviewed the head of ICT who was gushing about the new WiFi and was saying how some of the kids can now learn to code with this Minecraft coding thing.

She had the biggest heart. But like many islanders she had been crypto scammed a few years ago and was still really reluctant about bitcoin.

Really saddening because of course no sane person thinks “oh yeah I’m gonna learn about bitcoin now I sold my gold necklace for a crypto thing 5 years ago and never got the money back.”

I managed to send her some sats to say thank you but if I’m honest I think it’s coz I was recording this during the interview.

In all, I left the school utterly humbled and a little bit angry at the world.

I don’t have a nice thing to round off on, sorry.

Bitcoin doesn’t fix everything. And some things utterly suck.

Progress, not perfection!