Oddbean

Haha this video. Honestly I can’t fathom that this is convincing to anyone who doesn’t already just have the long dick of the govt in their mouth 24/7. Imagine explicitly making the claim that “letting govt and banks create as much money as they want was a great thing for trust.” His framing in this suggests we are winning. He is *defending* fiat. Never underestimate the value of framing. He feels he NEEDS to defend it. Which means he is afraid it is losing its status and power and that they are on the back foot. Yuval you are exactly right, #Bitcoin is built on distrust, and nobody trusts you dumbass. 😆 nostr:note1nwcxqev7ujsxc8ae28p3h3gm9haynvcp2jw0nfda2edhfwplss0sw56dak

This video is specifically for the consumption of parasites. The Overton window is different. The old two-party monopoly is now beholden to the fringe lunatic left. Seeing this in Aus, UK, Canada, and other western countries. That fringe gulps Gov propaganda like it were cum. They can’t get enough of it. We’re gonna have to smash their framing or we go down with their ship.

His books reveal he is the quintessential gaslighter of humanity. Know your enemy. “If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.” ― Sun Tzu, The Art of War

If the "Bitcoin is about distrust" meme catches on it serves the interests of those that employ and empower him. The immediate antidote is not to reaffirm that no one trusts him or the bankers, (that just reinforces what he's trying to do, capture the middle of the road people who want to be good trusting citizens and not upset the apple cart). The antidote is to immediately ask why on Gods green earth we *should* trust them ? He conflates the perceived success of the west with banking and the inflated money supply, that trust pools between m2+ layer underwritters and cantillion, is the same "salt of the earth" trust between average people and their institutions. It's also a hard argue against tis claim without exposure to the Austrian school.

The worst part is that he understood Bitcoin, neverless, thinks government money is a better solution. it's sad when a inteligente man become intellectual blind. nostr:note1ces8rst28fnvuw09l5pu4g2lkntchlaxp9myr7uj064z0pr3zkrqp05xz5

I remember an interview in which Noam Chomsky explained the historical origin of the term 'nanny state' was coined by some economist and is was NOT used as a pejorative. Rather, is was used to affectionately describe the function of the state for wealthy capitalists/ industrialists. The nanny state was there to protect corporations from market discipline, creating socialism for the rich (bailouts) and free market capitalism for the poor (unemployment). https://chomsky.info/19960413/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJUWDdvZhJY The idea was that they could take financial/investment risks that, if they went belly up, could be rectified by being bailed out by the state. They always had their nanny to help them out. It had nothing to do with generalized never ending legislation and control of the plebs, or socialism/communism ideas. For example, Tesla could be described as a corporate welfare queen. So from that perspective, it makes sense to say that the ability of governments to print money creates trust. It does, but of course in doing so, creates moral hazard. People feel more safe if they believe the government is always there to bail the banks out or give plebs free money to stay home when there's a nasty cold going around or something. So, I suppose what he's saying is true. Sadly.