Which country is the United States' No. 1 intelligence service partner?

Hints:

1) Not a five eyes country
2) Taxes are extremely high
3) Elon has recently commented on the extremely high level of gaslighting in this country's MSM
4) Its people celebrate the country's constitution day harder than any other
5) Together with its neighbors, this country's ministers (in the govt) have the lowest level of education in the world


Toying with the idea that Musk surely now will call me to give advice on how he and Trump should go about to clean up D.C. 100%. What else could be the reason why he liked my comment?
🤷

https://video.nostr.build/7169b5f29ed2237a6dbbac473c1408ed8886b548f271376acb7ab8bfd353580d.mp4


But, these laws might be a violation of EU law (free movement of capital, we are bound of these EU regulations due to the EEA agreement between EU and NOR)


The extreme expansion of the monetary supply 1914-1971 caused a massive growth of the state, it imposed a too big burden in taxes and regulation. Humans, society and the economy is very plastic, but there are limits. Cutting the ties to gold probably became a release valve, and in fact the expansion of the monetary supply gradually (but bumpy) came down a little bit.


Perplexity AI explains it better than me:

Norway's updated exit tax, effective from March 20, 2024, imposes a 37.84% tax on latent capital gains exceeding NOK 500,000 [about USD 46 000] for individuals emigrating from Norway[1][3]. The tax must be settled within 12 years of departure, with options for immediate payment, interest-free installments over 12 years, or deferred payment with interest[1][3]. Additionally, the tax applies if the taxpayer dies abroad, and no foreign tax credit is available[1][3]. These changes aim to prevent wealth migration but have sparked controversy due to potential impacts on entrepreneurship and international talent attraction[3][5].

Citations:
[1] https://blogg.magnuslegal.no/en/this-is-the-norwegian-exit-tax
[2] https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/norway/individual/other-taxes
[3] https://www.lifeinnorway.net/exit-tax-changes/
[4] https://assets.kpmg.com/content/dam/kpmgsites/xx/pdf/2023/01/TIES-Norway.pdf.coredownload.inline.pdf
[5] https://meshcommunity.com/norway-30/
[6] https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/taxes/get-the-taxes-right/abroad/tax-when-you-move-abroad/
[7] https://www.skatteetaten.no/en/person/taxes/get-the-taxes-right/abroad/tax-residence-in-norway-when-moving-to-or-from-norway/
[8] https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/norway/individual/income-determination


which part?


Coincidence, other forces were much more impoortant


That's enough shitposting for now, time for a cold beer...
https://video.nostr.build/0d40ba994761b9b129e30afc23084a5dc3b70966921382c3574943bb60cc56d8.mp4


It's a process, and it's a war of ideas we are fighting. It helps not to generalize. If you are able to see through what many can't, people who blame peoples for their governments' actions, that helps. I don't have any bad feelings against anyone for their race or religious beliefs, only for their harmful actions. But I do know that I'm obliged to fight for liberty, and that I must understand who's just pieces on the chess board, who are being moved around by others.


Agreed


I'm also sceptical to that part


Interesting to see that a couple of Trump's picks are "Norwegians."

Here you get to know the new U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who has Trønder blood in his veins.

(Trøndelag is my home region in Norway)

https://video.nostr.build/5837f8f800bb1d5ab6c2aca5c0708e88f121617704c14659aded1491e6f3f2d6.mp4

His great-great-grandparents, John Pedersen Hegseth and Anne Olsdatter Hegseth, moved to Minnesota in the mid-1800s.

Pete Hegseth himself has served as an infantry officer in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He was awarded two Bronze Star medals, typically given for heroism or meritorious service in a combat zone.

In the interview, he discusses how the left reformed public schools in the U.S., working to remove religion to make people more loyal to the government and believe in socialism.

He simply says that schools replaced faith in God with worship of the state.

Seems like a tough guy with a healthy dose of anti-state thinking.

In other words, a good old-fashioned Trønder 😁


Which I don't like (supporting power is not the old fashioned Trønder way)


Interestinf to see that a couple of Trump's picks are "Norwegians."

Here you get to know the new U.S. Secretary of Defense, Pete Hegseth, who has Trønder blood in his veins.

(Trøndelag is my home region in Norway)

https://video.nostr.build/5837f8f800bb1d5ab6c2aca5c0708e88f121617704c14659aded1491e6f3f2d6.mp4

His great-great-grandparents, John Pedersen Hegseth and Anne Olsdatter Hegseth, moved to Minnesota in the mid-1800s.

Pete Hegseth himself has served as an infantry officer in Afghanistan and Iraq.

He was awarded two Bronze Star medals, typically given for heroism or meritorious service in a combat zone.

In the interview, he discusses how the left reformed public schools in the U.S., working to remove religion to make people more loyal to the government and believe in socialism.

He simply says that schools replaced faith in God with worship of the state.

Seems like a tough guy with a healthy dose of anti-state thinking.

In other words, a good old-fashioned Trønder 😁


I'm pretty sure Erna Solberg, leader of the Conservatives in Norway, isn't going to use Make Norway Healthy Again as a slogan in the upcoming general elections.
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On December 10 Microsoft shareholders decide if it should invest some of the $75 billion cash reserves in bitcoin. https://video.nostr.build/6eca46ba6447d4cf1ca243ff171396f490d89ece065dd6d410ad3b07ac7b547b.mp4


Looking forward to see "the next Joe Rogan" to say the same about a Nostr app as Rogan said about X:

"X is the number one news source on earth. It's the most trusted, because it's the only one which is not fucked with."

(#2255 - Dave Smith)


Looking great! PoW💪 Ordered the book, and payed with bitcoin, of course. Use sound money to buy value! nostr:note1chq5v2p9e8qvq5ls8hzvqagpfyaql0gdd25nv6e9ax9j60ad7l7qqp7n9j


🙂 Thx 🧡


What a fantastic timing for us to launch our brand new book on Bitcoin, Arrow of Truth, in the original Norwegian version (Eng. version coming up next) 🔥

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Have a peek at it by following the link 👇  to our website, it's packed with beautiful illustrations by my mate, Mattis Storhaug, the guy with the best beard in Bitcoin 😁

What do you think?

https://undoqo.com/pages/arrow-of-truth

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It works, but sales only open for Norway (and US, for tech reasons)

If you want us to ship a copy outside Norway, I'll fix that for you, send me a DM


Kjære alle Bitcoin-interesserte og nysgjerrige!

Endelig, etter to års arbeid lanserer duoen i UNDOQO boken Arrow of Truth, oppfølgeren til bestselgeren Fraudcoin.

https://image.nostr.build/5fac7ba3505e368aa17c8961d4d1da00e830ca803a828e161df80669ae22cc92.jpg

Boken gir unik innsikt i hvorfor Bitcoin er så viktig, og utforsker hva som kan ha vært Satoshis motivasjon for å skape det som kan bli den viktigste teknologiske og politiske innovasjonen som menneskeheten noen gang har hatt.

Spennende historiefortelling og enkelt språk, spenstig grafisk uttrykk, friske farger, tegnede illustrasjoner, alt i alt, en flott bok som vi håper du vil ha glede av i lang tid.

Vi tror også vi har skapt en bok som vil bidra til mange interessante samtaler rundt middagsbordene.

Fra og med i dag kan dere kjøpe boken direkte av oss, vi nummererer de 100 første eksemplarene og signerer alle bøker i første opplag (begrenset antall).

Spesielt takk til alle som har ventet så tålmodig, og alle som har vist støtte og interesse 🧡

Besøk: undoqo (dot) com for mer informasjon.

Mattis & Rune


Riding on the back of the success I had here in Norway with Fraudcoin - 1000 Years of Inflation as a Policy, I nine months ago openly challenged my country's professors of economics and finance to debate me on monetary policy.

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Complete radio silence ensued, until the host of one of our biggest trad-fi podcasts contacted me in July.

He said he had found a professor who were willing to do it, and offered to be our moderator.

I accepted, and said I would get back to him when I knew when my next trip to the capital came up.

Two months later I wrote back and said I would go to Oslo in October, but then he said he was leaving his position to go to another company, and that the guy taking over as host for the podcast wasn't interested in the subject.

In preparation of the marketing of our next book, Arrow of Truth, which is about Bitcoin, I sent an e-mail directly to the professor who previously had said he would debate me.

I asked if he still was up for it, and that we perhaps could do it in front of his students at his own home turf in Oslo.

He said yes, but that he didn't have time until next spring, meaning, about half a year from now...

You can say many things about the fiat economy, but its record when it comes to producing brave academics who support their ideas about the traditional monetary system isn't very impressive, at least here in Norway.


I debuted with the book Kvikkleire (Quick Clay) three years ago.

I wrote it because geotechnical engineers in Norway make a ton of money for giving green light to developers who want to build on land with quick clay, without, IMO, understanding the risks.

Have a look at this video and try to imagine the forces in play in this type of landslides.

https://youtu.be/Xwh2Z2nkTsw?si=6VO7oS96cTsVWjNJ


- Free Ross  🙏

- Grateful for the astonishing nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg documentary “PAID IN BITCOIN”🙏

- Grateful for the open source contributions from nostr:npub1j8y6tcdfw3q3f3h794s6un0gyc5742s0k5h5s2yqj0r70cpklqeqjavrvg and nostr:npub155m2k8ml8sqn8w4dhh689vdv0t2twa8dgvkpnzfggxf4wfughjsq2cdcvg 🙏

Undoqo by nostr:npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4  and nostr:npub16prd7sjdjrrrvyl9fn7074tjtr5smqxepwewdx3xek6k70ht0nsq8rxtk3 wants a Bitcoinize payment terminal. Do you?

Contact nostr:npub1rznlzpg529u8j39a8qe7tapsygd54qp5qyr5jyue7whwpw79rsjqmzr4ly if your Norwegian Business needs a Bitcoinize PoS.

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Luv it 😁


Writing a book about Bitcoin made me feel more connected to Bitcoin.

Strange feeling...

(And no mushrooms have been consumed)


Haven't heard of them


It'll take time, and in the process, people will hate less and less


which I'm obviously not doing


Bitcoiners who have repeated the mantra "I stack sats, and by doing that I do more than my fair share to fight the power" has been, is, and will always be wrong.

It sends the totally wrong signal and here 👇  you see how it might backfire.

I'll stop there, and refrain from ranting on about the free rider problem, which IMO is the root cause of our problems today.
https://x.com/TuurDemeester/status/1847512241173582058?t=SWJaBeFHL2Bw1xxH1A59zQ&s=19


Multiple potential error sources, but...


Kind of cool to know that the government created scam called "carbon credits" can be earned by Bitcoin miners that run on electricity created by methane gas, thereby subsidizing freedom money that the governments hate.


Not racist https://image.nostr.build/03797a65af313e463bb372b5f5ef5f103f3fb0e2bea15c7f3e88f98476f8517c.jpg


Her er en link til foredraget "Trossystem, penger og Sunt Opprør", som jeg holdt på Frihetskonferansen 2024 nå sist lørdag.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1YqQUJK9XTi3VAwwyheYyC9w_RsYvHL3j/view


Nærmer seg 50 podcast innspillinger siden jeg ga ut Fraudcoin for nøyaktig to år siden, og i denne samtalen får jeg blant annet spørsmål om Oljefondet og hvordan barn kan lære hvordan pengesystemet fungerer (metoden kan også brukes av voksne 😉)

https://youtu.be/BcRmRAE2VkM?si=HFpeIB3auDwCIZzP


You can't seize the honey badger, he is #freedom itself..
(Audio ON 🔊)
https://v.nostr.build/WGe8Y.mp4
#bitcoin #animal #wild #growNostr #honeybadger #documentaries


They tightened the wealth tax too this year, but they had already increased the wealth tax.


GM

Today I have a question for you:

How silly is it that almost everyone around us finds it natural and necessary to mess with everyone else's life?


How the Norwegian government's wealth tax backfired
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sorry, it's wealth tax


Cantillonaire, but he has discovered Bitcoin


How the Norwegian government's exit tax backfired
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GM!

Socialism is, in practice, anarchy for the political class, with the rest of us as paying spectators.


Dunno


Fiat bros are modern days' flat earthers


The Norwegian Oil fund is the largest sovereign investment fund in the world.

The fund is supposed to finance the Norwegians' future pensions.

At 1.7 trillion USD, it's the 8th most valuable asset in the world, with a market cap equivalent to about 10% of all of the gold that has been mined throughout history.

Gold tops the list of the most valuable asset (market cap).

When we include the fund, bitcoin is No. 11 on this list, only 14 years after the digital currency started to have economic value.

The fund is only allowed to invest in real estate, bonds and stocks outside of Norway.

It isn't allowed to invest in gold or Bitcoin.

The fund owns 0.6 % of Microstrategy, meaning that it indirectly owns a tiny bit of bitcoin.

Compared to the gold price, it has had an annual average loss of about 1.9% over the 26 years since its inception.

This is notable, considering that the fund invests in risk assets, while gold is considered to be one of the safest assets money can buy.

In other words, the fund doesn't profit from taking risk.

A major reason why the fund performs badly is that real estate, bonds and stocks, are assets that currently are being demonetized by gold and bitcoin.


And they don't have any bitcoin in custody for anyone?


I'm talking about an exchange that doesn't hold anyone elses bitcoin. It buys enough bitcoin to meet the demand with its own holdings. Is that doable and can it be profitable? I guess, if we see a major exchange collapse now, people would pay a littlebit more for the kind of service I describe


Shouldn't is be possible to instantly lock sats equivavent to orders as soon as they came in? That would make it possible to see the balance. Only orders that locked sats would be valid. By continually publishing a list of the balance, one would see if they had a deficit or a surplus of bitcoin holdings


Crypto exchanges and crypto retail shops may make a ton of profit by running fractional reserves just like banks do with fiat money, pumping out paper bitcoin to customers who don't take custody of their bitcoin.

What does it take to get big exchanges ot shops that provide instant and 100% transparency /self audit, where you see their pool of bitcoin on one or more adresses and you instantly can follow all of the inflow as well as all of the outflow?

Is this technically feasible, will it be costly, do we already have players who offer this type of service or do you have any other insights on this question?

Furthermore, what happens in practice when we get big run on multiple exchanges/retailrs and suddenly everyone want to take self custody ?

For instance, what happens in such a scenario with the transaction fees, and how long will it take to reveal if they have been running ponzis?


Yesterday, nostr:npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4 and nostr:npub1rznlzpg529u8j39a8qe7tapsygd54qp5qyr5jyue7whwpw79rsjqmzr4ly onboarded the ecological farm Skrattåsen Gård to accept #Bitcoin as a medium of exchange

I bought tenderloin, raw milk, homemade butter and ecological vegetables with freedom money

Instant positive feedback?
Lightning Adress:
skrattaasen@bb.no https://image.nostr.build/1e13984f5781f284ad61e26da1333dfcd525ccddf99ef9273c694f90dde03831.jpg


Welcome to OsloPlebs Bitcoin Meetup at the martial arts center Novus Academy on Saturday, November 9th.

We're grateful that nostr:npub1sv4zk080fvt4f3982u5kffzdkex3nm0kylky29um2xws5h4wsxvswtsrw4 will have a presentation and talk about the new Bitcoin-book "Arrow of Truth".

https://www.meetup.com/osloplebs-bitcoin-meetup/events/303542712/


That too.
Undersight was a wordplay


We need more undersight, not more oversight.

Decentralize.


We nees more undersight, not more oversight.

Decentralize.


People

who say

government

must provide

free education...

we call

uneducated

or "well adjusted"

if you like this word better.


Yes


Thx, well put


You thinking of making money of it?
😁


I'm a tar and feathers guy.

Therefore, the political elite should support my ideas and gently give up their power.

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You see, some are more of the gallow type.

I suspect people who understand things late typically fall in the latter category.

They shout:

"Hang them! Hang them!"

and a lot higher than most people.

But why?

Because they are afraid of those who woke up earlier than them, they are afraid of being brought to the gallow themselves.

So they scream until they are blue in their faces, to avoid the same faith as the rulers.

Mark my words.

Tar and feathers is the best option.

Just let it all go, release us, and I'll try to speak reason to the mob before it grows too angry.


I'm more of a tar and feather guy.

Therefore, the political elite should support my ideas and gently give up their power.

https://image.nostr.build/b65417de6979563f1a0c76ba13f74382d430e0369f161efb1bcf0da3ce3311f5.jpg

You see, some are more of the gallow type.

I suspect people who understand things late typically fall in the latter category.

They shout:

"Hang them! Hang them!"

and a lot higher than most people.

But why?

Because they are afraid of those who woke up earlier than them, they are afraid of being brought to the gallow themselves.

So they scream until they are blue in their faces, to avoid the same faith as the rulers.

Mark my words.

Tar and feathers is the best option.

Just let it all go, release us, and I'll try to speak reason to the mob before it grows too angry.


Jeg var så heldig å få være med i denne ukas Steinkjerintervju på lokal-TV, Eggevisjon.

https://youtu.be/AENd7_xlyIk?si=cWOq_xva3tWqHh0E


Highly recommended

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Paal Friele Grung i podcasten Hvordan bli rik! kaller samtalen vår en "Masterclass om penger" og forteller at episoden allerede er den mest sette på kanalen deres på YT.
🔥
https://youtube.com/watch?v=L9D_VuPW8hE&si=hQ0Hf_N5fsxKLP-y


Legends

https://youtu.be/n1KSF9w9X1o?si=2r7RfuaK-DZ-vxmt


You can't learn more interesting stuff in 2 hours and 37 minutes -  I promise

 https://youtu.be/HyzXG2pqJ_E?si=2ntHn0G8AtNSayiQ


I highly recommend the movie Fantastic Mr. Fox, based on Roald Dahl's book with the same title.

It seems highly relevant today too. https://image.nostr.build/4e68230e7a42aad2fe3c550a95dacf784fb0f42bb0d82e17c02bd7bee5cc32ff.jpg


Yes. The content of the book is interesting, I learned several things I didn't know. But I see that he has self published it and that the last chapter refers to the rest of the book as "this article". The chapters also almost look like separate articles, and they afe not very well tied together. So I kind of get the sense that he sat with gold but no publisher wanted to take it, and he might just have  decided just to publish it without doing the last hard 10% of the work. Who knows, the book might have been seen as too dangerous.


I just have a problem with this interpretation of society with the social contract idea and all of this generalization about "the people" brought X to power.

Re. the revolution, you might find this book interesting

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Today, it feels like the political class treats us as we represent some sort of gigantic tragedy of the commons problem that they must solve.

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People in group A tell themselves:

"If I don't brainwash and weaponize the people against group B, then group B will brainwash and weaponize the people against us."

and vice versa.

Therefore, they prey on us as we were some stupid grazing buffalos that "nobody owns."

This leaves us with no other option than to fight back against the political class as if it was a pack of wolves.

But remember, this is a war of ideas, and if you are stupid enough to bring violence to the battlefield you will normally only end up causing damage to your own cause.

Fight the war of ideas.

Make it a Sound Rebellion.


"Absurd?" Are you getting personal with me? Study harder, you have much to learn. This is a waste of time for both of us until you have done so


The people didn't choose the systems that made it possible for the rulers to get power. There is no social contract.


I disagree. Politicians exploit the people both before and after they take power.


Generalization is one of the greatest threats to the human intellect and the human species.

Worst among the various types of generalization are:

- equalizing political rulers and state laws with the nations' peoples,

- equalizing religious leaders and religious texts with the religions' followers,

- equalizing nations' history with the present day nations' peoples' morals, and

- equalizing the evil deeds of some men with a certain skin colour with the ethics of other men with the same skin colour.

These narratives fuel all kinds of wars, all kinds of terror, and all kinds of evil actions at an individual level.

Furthermore, I truly believe that ignoring these terrible forms of generalization is the greatest and most widespread sin committed by intellectuals throughout history.

This intellectual bankruptcy has fuelled a hatred that political leaders all over the planet and throughout all of our history continually exploit in order to achieve their evil objectives.

The war of ideas must be fought, and if we don't succeed with weeding out these false beliefs, we will never see an end to politicians' ambitions to steal our freedom.


Transfer of money from individuals to the state has negative marginal value from the very first monetary unit that is being transferred.

The negative effect increases exponentially from unit two and upwards.

Prove me wrong.


Yup, it's the same


People who have mortgages while they at the same time invest in stock funds are in practice people who gear their investments - prove me wrong.


1. People prefer 10 comfortable lies to 1 uncomfortable truth.

I'll try to explain why and what might follow from this and a few more insights:

2. Ideas that feel comfortable release dopamine when you think of them, while ideas that feel uncomfortable release cortisol.

3. Actions that follows from these ideas typically produce the opposite results.

a) actions that ignore false beliefs release cortisol.

b) actions that respect truth release dopamine.

4. The reason for No 3 a) and b) is that economic, social and natural laws punish you for ignoring false beliefs, while they reward you for respecting truth.

5. Although people aren't concious about these principles, they aren't stupid.

6. The way people adjust, however, is that they stick to thinking about their comfortable lies without implementing them as actions - they become passive.

7. Passivity is amplified when people have high time preference*.

8. When people suffer from inflation they get high time preference, meaning they are more likely to stick to the comfortable lies and become passive.

9. The few who benefit from inflation (the Cantillionaires**) get low time preference, meaning they are more likely to take action.

10. Because passivity results in a lack of learning, while activity stimulates learning, the gap between those who suffer from inflation and those who benefit from it widens.

Feel free to discuss.
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*A person who heavily prefers current consumption to future consumption has a high time preference as he places a heavy premium upon satisfaction as soon as possible. By contrast, a person who does not place a heavy premium upon instant satisfaction has a low time preference

** A "Cantillionaire" is a term used to describe individuals who gain wealth through the "Cantillon Effect," which refers to the uneven impact of inflation on different parts of the economy. This effect benefits those closest to the source of new money, often central banks and their associates, who can spend before prices rise, thereby gaining financial advantages. The term highlights the perceived unfairness in the fiat monetary system where these individuals accumulate wealth not by creating value but by exploiting monetary policy.


🔥 insight


jepp


I mean "borrow to invest"

What is 1st lien / position HELOC?


Yes, we are both right


#Bitcoin 200 week simple moving average is the signal. https://image.nostr.build/495569166519e04dc16362e90d333e5f442d9fa239b0a9c6ddfc923b58680f4e.jpg


GM!


Mornings!


Yes


Grear review of Knut and Luke's new book
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Great review of Knut and Luke's new book
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Truth has positive marginal utility

Lies have negative marginal utility

(Same on supply and demand side)


i'm not projecting, not at all 😁


MSM is an echo chamber


#bitcoin #btc

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Peace


Misinterpretated your post :-) But yes, they need that measure, because high level decentralization of bitcoin adoption indicates that it's shorter time to adopting bitcoin as means of exchange, which will be a major driver for bitcoin price


Then they will find that quality (btc) not only attracts capital, but talent as well


Important insights relevant for all nostrians

👇
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Yes, this is important. Not  having a centralized institution that "taxes"  the posiitve externalities from the network effect - away from the majority in the network to a small minority and the owner -  means that a greater share of the users in the network get stronger incentives to create good content and thereby contributing to the growth of the network.


Did you ever reflect over this?

👇

The reason why monetary monopoly is such an enormously centralizing political tool is that the Cantillonaires (those who benefit from spending money created out of nothing) get positive compound interest from inflation, while the rest of us get negative compound interest.

It blows up the gap between the two groups in no time at all.


What about the interesr rate?


Oooooh, stagflate, that means firesales!


Question:

What happens to interest rates when every investing individual and company try to copy Michael Saylor and Microstrategy?


Scandal (Updated)

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global is the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world.

It has more than 500 employees and invests in real estate and securities outside Norway.

Since its inception in 1998, the oil fund has lost 1.4 x the 2024 (I wrote 4 x but calculation was wrong) Norwegian state budget when we compare with the gold price as bench mark, which should be a bear case scenario.

The fund isn't allowed to invest in gold or Bitcoin.

I and a friend will release an article about this in Norwegian newspapers this week.

We might translate it into English and see if we can have it printed somewhere else.


Scandal

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global is the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world.

It has more than 500 employees and invests in real estate and securities outside Norway.

Since its inception in 1998, the oil fund has lost 1.4 x the 2024 Norwegian state budget when we compare with the gold price as bench mark, which should be a bear case scenario.

The fund isn't allowed to invest in gold or Bitcoin.

I and a friend will release an article about this in Norwegian newspapers this week.

We might translate it into English and see if we can have it printed somewhere else.


Best ever


Me too!


Do you want to make it easier to see through the fog of complexity?

Do you want things to make more sense?

And do you want a better life?

Well, lean on me for a moment, my friend, and we can walk the first few steps together.

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Here are some basic ideas that can help us on our way:

1. The belief system (our ideas) that dominate society is layer zero, and dictates which monetary system (layer one) we get.

2. The most basic belief systems are:

a) "People are in general kind, I am a free man, and we can play and cooperate" (free man mentality)

and

b) "People are in general evil, I am a slave and an NPC, we need a master to play us so that we don't rip the throats out of each other" (slave mentality.)

3. We only have two types of monetary systems to choose between:

a) monetary freedom, which means that everyone must work to get money and compete for scarce resources on equal terms.

b) monetary monopoly, which means that a monopolist can create money out of nothing and outcompete everyone else in a hunt for scarce resources.

4. If type 2 a) ideas (free man mentality) dominate society, we get type 3 a) monetary system (monetary freedom.)

5. If type 2 b) ideas (slave mentality) dominate society, we get type 3 b) monetary system (monetary monopoly.)

6. The monetary system, dictates how everything else in society (layer two) develops.

7. People produce children and build capital.

8. The state produces bureaucracy and destroys capital.

9. Introduction of type 3 a) monetary system (monetary freedom) quickly makes it possible for the people to dominate the state, enabling us to produce ever more children and ever more capital.

10. Introduction of type 3b) monetary system (monetary monopoly) quickly makes it possible for the state to dominate the people, enabling it to produce ever more bureaucracy and destroy ever more capital.

***

The rest is mostly noise.

However, two ideas are even bigger than the ones I have mentioned above:

***

11. You have the ability to control your own ideas and your own belief system, and you can be creative.

12. Ideas spread fast, because man is the most efficient and advanced Xerox machine ever made.

***

Choose wisely, and have a nice day  ❤


Do you want to make it easier to see through the fog of complexity?

Do you want things to make more sense?

And do you want a better life?

Well, lean on me for a moment, my friend, and we can walk the first few steps together.

https://image.nostr.build/912e59f65f0a7ac0f33971557ba751a51bed467fa6d0c3b3e90f16b3c2000059.jpg .

Here are some basic ideas that can help us on our way:

1. The belief system (our ideas) that dominate society is layer zero, and dictates which monetary system (layer one) we get.

2. The most basic belief systems are:

a) "People are in general kind, I am a free man, and we can play and cooperate" (free man mentality)

and

b) "People are in general evil, I am a slave and an NPC, we need a master to play us so that we don't rip the throats out of each other" (slave mentality.)

3. We only have two types of monetary systems to choose between:

a) monetary freedom, which means that everyone must work to get money and compete for scarce resources on equal terms.

b) monetary monopoly, which means that a monopolist can create money out of nothing and outcompete everyone else in a hunt for scarce resources.

4. If type 2 a) ideas (free man mentality) dominate society, we get type 3 a) monetary system (monetary freedom.)

5. If type 2 b) ideas (slave mentality) dominate society, we get type 3 b) monetary system (monetary monopoly.)

6. The monetary system, dictates how everything else in society (layer two) develops.

7. People produce children and build capital.

8. The state produces bureaucracy and destroys capital.

9. Introduction of type 3 a) monetary system (monetary freedom) quickly makes it possible for the people to dominate the state, enabling us to produce ever more children and ever more capital.

10. Introduction of type 3b) monetary system (monetary monopoly) quickly makes it possible for the state to dominate the people, enabling it to produce ever more bureaucracy and destroy ever more capital.

***

The rest is mostly noise.

However, two ideas are even bigger than the ones I have mentioned above:

***

11. You have the ability to control your own ideas and your own belief system, and you can be creative.

12. Ideas spread fast, because man is the most efficient and advanced Xerox machine ever made.

***

Choose wisely, and have a nice day  ❤


Scandal

The Norwegian Government Pension Fund Global is the largest sovereign wealth fund in the world.

It has more than 500 employees and invests in real estate and securities outside Norway.

Since its inception in 1998, the oil fund has lost 4 x the 2024 Norwegian state budget when we compare with the gold price as bench mark, which should be a bear case scenario.

The fund isn't allowed to invest in gold or Bitcoin.

I and a friend will release an article about this in Norwegian newspapers this week.

We might translate it into English and see if we can have it printed somewhere else.


Blob-minions creep back to X to reclaim lost territory these days.


• Israel’s is promoting an initiative to abolish the 200 shekel bank notes as a first step to narrow use of & abolishing cash. Same as in India in 2016.

• Physical gold & silver may be forbidden to hold. 🪙💰

• Gaza’s population suffering from financial oppression via lower cash deliveries & bank notes physical erosion.

All explained in this video, please share! 🙏🏻

https://v.nostr.build/J3BiwP5FUjIpBKNj.mp4


About time to short the shekel?


Let's hope not


100% Diddy gets out of this https://image.nostr.build/8081f90ed38fa40f30c8b79cd887d0c25406a24e5bb07dedee9291f209932aa2.jpg


God, no, luckily not 😁


I spent 3 years as a national expert in the European Commission. Please forgive me
😁


What do you mean?


Yes, but I wonder if bitcoin companies might prioritize hiring people who are already in bitcoin


I really would be interested in your take on this 👇
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100%
But the play is more fun for bitcoiners if we help others with their fight for freedom, instead of just spending time with them. I mean, other freedom fighters are the lowest hanging fruit for us, and if we help them, they will after a while help us too. It's a more patient way of orangepilling, and we allow them to ask us questions insted of us shoving answers down their throat. For bitcoiners just spending time with normies and bonding with them is something I think makes many of us a lot more restless.

I am working on an idea on how we can make this play fun, both for bitcoiners and normies, let's see how it goes


Good reflections, thx.

Two comments:
- nothing bonds like having a common enemy, and I fear this is were many maxi bitcoiners end up, tightly knit together as a group that loath the state and all it does to family, friends and community
- I see the need for more playfulness, which should enable bonding with people outside our community, others who want to play for incrementally gaining more freedom. That's a more positive thing than focusing on the negative, and also enables us to reestablish a positive connection with the normies we are closest to.

So, rebuild the bonds with others by seeing ourselves as active players in a positive play for more freedom.


If Bitcoin's market cap goes up 70-fold, M2 continues to grow at 7% and the economy grows, and considering that the marginal cost of buying more bitcoin should increase (since it has absolute scarcity) shouldn't the price be much higher than 19M?


People who believe those on the far left represent the very opposite of those on the far right can aptly be called "political flat earthers."


Nonetheless, 14 million seems inconsistent with the 7% assumption, won't you agree?


I'm struggling with understanding Michael Saylor's base case of 14 million USD per bitcoin in 2045.

He says that Bitcoin's market cap represents 0.1% of total global wealth today (relative market cap), while his base case scenario assumes that this goes to 7%, which is a 70-fold increase.

If we look at the historical annual average increase of the money supply USD, we know that it's about 7%.

If the money supply continues to increase at this rate, it means that in 21 years the amount of money has more than quadruppeled (≈ 4.3).

Today the price of one bitcoin is 63,000 USD.

4.3 x 63,000 USD ≈ 270.000, which represents the M2 adjusted (monetary inflation adjusted) price over a 21 year period.

Saylor's base case of 14 mill USD represents 52 x today's price, adjusted for the increase of the monetary supply.

I don't understand how a base case of 70-fold increase of Bitcoin's relative market cap translates into just a 52-fold increase in the real, M2-adjusted price.

Wouldn't it be logical that the real, M2-adjusted bitcoin price increased more than Bitcoin's relative market cap?

After all, we're talking about an asset with absolute scarcity, while global wealth, on the other hand, normally would grow.

What am I missing here?


He was a genious


Man


GM!!

Yes, let's call it the Stockholm Parental Blindness syndrom.


... and because of this 👇, it's only natural that many choose not to protest when they discover that their half god issues licences to create money out of nothing.

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The most important thing the government represents for the people is that it it plays the role of a half god who tells them he can make something good out of nothing.

The longer people believe in this idea, and the more money they fork over to the government in the form of taxes, the more difficult it is for them to admit that the idea is false.

For many, the feelings they have for the government is probably different from the emotional attachment to an imaginative nanny who protects them and cares for their welfare.

Instead, I think it's more akin to the emotional attachment they have to their own offspring.

They have cared for the government, paid for it, believed in it, fought for it and nurtured it over so many years, that doubting its motives and abilities is akin to believing their own son or daughter is evil or incompetent.

Which probably is one of the most painful emotions imaginable - something that must be resisted at all cost.


Any thoughts on the fact that the Tates haven't yet commented on the Diddy arrest?
(Per Grok)


Cyclical, yes, but the patterns are less clear than those who look for them like to admit


Might be, but these fourth turning ideas don't make sense to me. To me these ideas look like people struggling for finding order in the chaos - controbuting to the noise instead of transforming themselves from NPCs to players


I asked Grok about research on the link betweeen the learning hormone dopamine, lack of learning in schools and drug abuse.

Have a look, this is interesting:

https://x.com/i/grok/share/684W0iUC5KrdeBTseaGqZSMND


Good morning Nostr! https://image.nostr.build/2a81d942a97c3705817c9ba5e21695c9b17e049e288d4ea4d5ed67a60a6253d9.jpg


If I was an all-powerful psychopath, I would keep most of the world's people, group A, as illiterate and poor as possible, and extract their natural resources using their cheap labor.

To the extent other people, group B, would benefit from this or from technologies they created, I would gradually tax them to death and steal their savings with inflation, while I in parallel would use their schools to dumb them down as much as possible.

Keeping everyone dumb and docile would be necessary to avoid any counterplay against me.

And if my income from group B started falling because of a collapse in productivity or some destructive event, I would bankrupt them, flood their country with people from group A, and extract group B's natural resources using everyone's cheap labor.

While this went on, I would allow some of the people in group A to develop skills and increase their productivity, while I gradually taxed them to death and stole their savings with inflation.

I would rinse and repeat until the NPCs realized that I was playing with them, and developed strategies to fight back against me.

I would worry about this, because I would know that almost every strategy to fight against me would be a winning strategy for them.

In fact, it would probably be more than enough enough that a small group of NPCs turned into active players.

By f***ing around and trying they would soon find out what worked and not.

And that would be the end of it for me.


Did you know that dopamine also is known as a learning hormone?

When you learn something new, especially if it's challenging or you've been anticipating it, your brain can release dopamine.

This acts as a reward signal, reinforcing the behavior that led to the learning.

I heard this just recently, but it makes sense, in many ways.

Some of the greatest joy I have felt, was when I understood new ideas.

An even better I experience I've had a few times, was when I met someone who had a different idea than mine, and our two ideas melted into a new, third idea.

This felt almost like magic.

I'm pretty sure my brain was showered in dopamine when it happened.

The reinforcement that dopamine creates can motivate you to continue learning or to repeat the behaviors that led to the learning experience.

It's probably addictive.

I suspect that one of the reasons why so many kids turn to drugs these days, is that they learn too little at school.

They need dopamine to be happy, and when they can't get it naturally, they take drugs to get it.

If you are aware of any research that investigates the relationship between lack of dopamine release naturally as a result of too little learning and drug abuse, let me know.


I miss the good old days, when my people crowned a dog name Saur as their new king.


Politics is the noise of destruction.


Yup 🙂


GM!

Watching Night on Earth directed by Jim Jarmusch is highly recommended if you just want to escape from a slightly insane world for a while.


Yes, and I disagrees strongly with them, but the book is still one of the most important I have read.


excellent


I know. But what's your point? My post is about the book, not about the author. Did you read it?


What do you miss the most that you had been taught in school, but weren't?


Morning!


Must-reads
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Did you ever ask yourself why the schools didn't teach economics or money to you, and why they don't teach economics or money to your kids? https://image.nostr.build/b2334a7370c2e1c115f4492fd39c96d5759ab1dfb733498aba86abfed3322c9e.jpg


It's safer to believe the opposite of everything the government says than believing what it says


The not too obvious irony didn't go down well with everyone 😁

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The not to obvious irony didn't go down well with everyone 😁

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Irony


Even the dumbest village idiot understands this is caused by the primitive forces of the free market.
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Yup


The superior actionable ideas kills the incumbent already implemented ideas, and at an increasing speed


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Most people believe it's lack of information and understanding of the situation that is why things get worse in society.

I think this isn't correct.

First, history demonstrates that you don't need many people to change society for the better.

Second, most of those who are able to change society already know why it's necessary, they are on the other hand sick and tired of the constant whining.

And third, it's all about believing in the best actionable ideas, and making sure that these ideas are put into action by enough people.

I'll write a note today or next week where I present some of my thoughts.

The note first targets the freerider problem, why it corresponds directly with corruption and how deep this corruption runs in modern day's civilization.

These are issues that are extremely unpopular with people, because they see that these ideas force them to confront themselves with their own weaknesses.

Therefore, whenever I mention for instance freeriding in my posts, readers ignore them, don't hit the like or share buttons, and do what they can to avoid being seen as someone who contribute to distributing bad news.

So, how to deal with this challenge?

The answer is to becoming adept at communicating a superior idea.

An idea that strengthens people and motivates them to take positive action.

This has to be an idea which convinces them to connect with likeminded individuals who are prepared to cooperate and disseminate tried and tested methods that promote positive social change.

I call the idea "Sound Rebellion," which also will be the headline of most of my talks in the near future.

Stay tuned - and enjoy your Sunday.


Kult å bli kjent med Gyda og Martin før de blir allemannseie og høye på pæra 😁

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Polticians are a large number of people with high time preference controlled by a small number of people with low time preference.

Few.


Rune Østgård

Author of Fraudcoin, UNBAR and Arrow of Truth. undoqo.com


The meaning of the word "evil" has a core that we don't need to challenge. We've had enough deconstructionism in my lifetime.

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The shocking truth about the favorite reading of the political class.

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Yes, and it must be gradual, because the alternative is collapse/wipeout, then rebuild


It meant being free from coercion, but many now confuse it with access to scarce resources (and if others don't pay for my access to scarce resources, then I'm not free)


While evil ideas are the root of evil actions, it's monetary monopoly that makes the most evil ideas actionable.


GM!


I asked Grok about "original meaning of the word freedom"

Answer

"The word "freedom" has its roots in Old English, Germanic, and Indo-European languages, and its original meanings have evolved over time but generally revolve around the concept of not being under the control or power of another. Here's a breakdown:

Old English: The term "freedom" comes from the Old English word "frēodōm," which is derived from "frēo" (free) and "-dōm" (state or condition of being). In this context, "frēodōm" meant the state of being free, particularly from slavery or oppression.

Proto-Germanic: Before Old English, the word can be traced back to Proto-Germanic "*frijaz," which meant "beloved" or "free," suggesting a connection between being loved or valued and being free.

Indo-European: Further back, the Proto-Indo-European root "*priyos" might have meant "dear, beloved," indicating an early association of freedom with being cherished or not enslaved.

Historically, the concept of freedom has often been tied to:

Personal Liberty: The ability to act or change without constraint.

Political Freedom: The right to participate in the political process, have a say in governance, or live in a state without oppressive rule.

Economic Freedom: The freedom to produce, trade, and consume without undue restrictions.

Freedom from Slavery or Serfdom: Not being owned or bound to serve another individual or entity.

The original essence of "freedom" thus encapsulates the idea of autonomy, self-determination, and the absence of subjugation, reflecting both personal and societal dimensions. Over centuries, this concept has expanded and deepened, influencing legal, philosophical, and political thought across cultures."

Today, for many freedom means "access to resources."

They don't care that scarce resources cost something, they just need them and feel they aren't "free" if they don't get them.

And when someone else must pay the cost, typically as taxes, then person A's "freedom" equals person B's "enslavement," rendering the word freedom completely without meaning.


We can to a great extent blame this mess we're in on the corruption of the word "freedom."


Can you be more specific and point to text that discuss strategies for the people to protect and increase their freedom vis a vis a "political class" that want to coerce and gaslight them. Because that's what I meant when I referred to Hobbes and Machiavelli as having produced strategies for those who have or seek power


Good authors can, among other things, be paid by benefactors and by those who want first access to the material.
There are a bunch of programmers who create license-free programs, partly voluntarily and often because they receive grants from both companies and benefactors.
Intellectual property is completely unnecessary and leads to enormous resource waste and misallocation of scarce economic resources, including far too many who believe they can get rich by writing books.


Not good


Statement of 12 September 2024 from Florida state health authorities on the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines:

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"Additionally, the federal government has failed to provide sufficient data to support the safety and efficacy of COVID-19 boosters, or acknowledge previously demonstrated safety concerns associated with COVID-19 vaccines and boosters...

Based on the high rate of global immunity and currently available data, the State Surgeon General advises against the use of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines."


Thx, yes as expected


I don't know that dilemma pls explain


Man acts purposefully, to improve his situation. He doesn't need to be rewarded with a privilege. He fucks around and finds out, and copies other good ideas and behevior automatically. He does it alone and together with others. One man's creativity inspires others. When it happens it feels like magic. Very little gives a dopamin rush like understanding something new. And when to people's ideas melt and turn into a third idea, the magic and dopamin  is almost overwhelming. This is why dopamin often is referred to as "the learning hormone."

IP, on the other hand, is nothing but government fiat.

It's sold with a promise that a nothingness consisting of government fiat can produce something we call material wealth.

Government doesn't even attempt to prove its case.

And it rarely ever talks about the costs of blocking free dissemination of ideas.

Only when government profits from talking about it, as the US govt did in the 19th century, they mention it.

If you think otherwise, prove me wrong.

Show me how government fiat creates something from nothing, and explain to me why the cost of fiat is less than the profit.

And show me how IP distributes wealth fairly.

If you don't make any attempt to do this, we're finished talking about IP.


They are the same


How much do you actually know about intellectual property (IP)?

Did you know, for instance, that nobody has ever proven that IP is a net positive for society?

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Logics dictate that this artificially created privilege is a net negative for humankind.

In economics terms, IP blocks many of the positive externalities that comes out of ideas.

To say it in plain language, good ideas are more valuable for society the faster they spread and the cheaper they are to put into use, but IP slows down the speed of dissemination of ideas and forces people to pay before they can use them.

As an author, I think it's extremely sad that the mechanics of society mean that I depend on copyrights.

I clearly see how it corrupts peoples' minds and hearts, just like all other political priveleges do.

Below you get a glimpse of how detrimental IP is to people living in developing countries, and how it corrupts countries once they have been industrialized.

Up until the 20th century, the U.S. government had lax enforcement of IP, particularly concerning foreign creators.

The legal framework allowed for the widespread piracy of foreign works, as the 1790 Copyright Act explicitly excluded protections for non-US authors.

This led to rampant appropriation of foreign designs and publications, with little consequence for infringers, as the government prioritized domestic interests over foreign IP rights.

Officials believed that strong IP protections would mainly benefit foreign creators, raising costs for domestic consumers and hindering local innovation.

The prevailing view was that the U.S. economy needed to develop its own capabilities through imitation before it could afford to protect foreign IP rights.

This perspective was influenced by a "frontier culture" that prioritized individualism and innovation over strict adherence to IP laws.

Calls for better protection from figures like Charles Dickens largely went unheeded, reflecting a broader culture of IP violation during this period.

The US changed its position dramatically in the 20th century, when itself became the strongest economic nation in the world.

While many developing nations, including India, Brazil, Argentina, and Mexico, resisted stringent IP standards, and argued IP favored developed countries at the expense developing countries, Uncle Sam, the former pirate protector, became the world's most aggressive enforcer of IP, pressuring developing countries with the use of trade sanctions.

I want an end to all artificial priveleges.

This first and foremost includes monetary monopolies and intellectual property rights.

Monetary monopolies centralize power and wealth.

Intellectual property legislation blocks the decentralizing effect of ideas.

Both corrupt society at high speed.

Abolishing these political instruments dramatically changes society for the better.

In the meantime, I'll just have to live with the fact that copyright is the way an author today earns his money.

But I'm not going to let it corrupt me.


Gaslighting.

It has never been proven, empirically or logically, that IP is net beneficial for society.

Actually, logics dictate that it's very harmful.


The likely intended effect of "you are a conspiracy theorist" type of smearing is to clean the table of players who play for freedom, in the hope that the only players left at the table play each other for power.

These players have Machiavelli's Il Principe and Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan and lots of other books and articles in their curriculum.

Those who would like to play for freedom have next to nothing to study.

Therefore, they even don't understand the rules of the game.


Monetary monopolies centralize power and wealth.

Intellectual Property legislation blocks the decentralizing effect of ideas.

Both policies corrupt society at high speed.

The freerider problem demotivates people to play for freedom.

Result:

Easy play for people who seek power.

How do you solve this enigma?


Monetary monopolies centralizes power and wealth.

Intellectual Property legislation blocks the decentralizing effect of ideas.

Both policies corrupt society at high speed.

The freerider problem demotivates people to play for freedom.

Result:

Easy play for people who seek power.

How do you solve this enigma?


Jeg hadde en skikkelig trivelig og interessant samtale med Alf og Torstein fra Horde i podcasten deres som heter Økonomiamatørene tidligere denne uken. Kan sees på Youtube. Så mens resten av familien ser på Gullrekka, kan du smugkikke på den på mobilen din :-)

https://www.youtube.com/live/B_nWg0PaWgs?si=--RXqfLxZ0UU6mZK


Jeg hadde en skikkelig trivelig og interessant samtale med Arne og Torstein fra Horde i podcasten deres som heter Økonomiamatørene tidligere denne uken. Kan sees på Youtube. Så mens resten av familien ser på Gullrekka, kan du smugkikke på den på mobilen din :-)

https://www.youtube.com/live/B_nWg0PaWgs?si=--RXqfLxZ0UU6mZK


Might be, but in this game it might not matter who they are.


Some are delusioned, others not


yup


The real motives for politics are often the exact opposite of the official motives, as this 👇 is one of the clearest example of.

And, funnily enough, when real motives align with official motives, the outcome is often the exact opposite.

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Why should you support monetary freedom, the right to use the money you like best?

Answer:

While evil ideas are the root of evil actions, it's monetary monopoly that makes the most evil ideas actionable.


Found a new friend in Stavanger ❤
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Tror de blir liggende i feeden på kontoen til de som arrangerer spacesene


+ hellish gaslighting all the way


Nyhet:

Jeg og Martin Thaulow setter opp en fast Spaces sending på onsdagskveldene.

Vi diskuterer diverse tema og nyheter som interesserer oss og inviterer inn andre for å snakke.

Spaces sendinger er som kjent åpne for alle på X, så vi håper mange slenger seg med.

Vi kommer med mer info senere.

Ha en fortsatt fin dag!

R.


Fantastisk artig å være på turne på Vestlandet med fire foredrag og to podcastinnspillinger der jeg får snakke om pengesystem, frihet og hvordan vi kan samarbeide effektivt for å vinne friheten vår tilbake.

I kveld: Stavanger https://image.nostr.build/36544834371c198a3b99bb808412da85777c454df8aaabef307b936fbd7a333a.jpg


The Age of the Enlightenment was The Wold War of Ideas I.

Those who had the best ideas won the war, as they in the 18th and 19th century inspired millions of people to liberate themselves from empires.

Unfortunately they soon lost the peace.

The main reason was that the political elite managed to coordinate their monetary monopolies, by directing this deadly weapon against their own peoples.

Today we are in the beginning of The Wold War of Ideas II.

The odds are IMO favourable for the people with the best ideas.

And Bitcoin makes it difficult for the political class to use the money printers to win the peace.

But they will try hard nonetheless.

I'll give you a few examples of the cost of winning and losing a war of ideas in this thread.

***

In 9 AD the Germanic people dealt the Roman empire a blow that ensured the German peoples a long lasting sovereignty and freedom from the empire's oppression.

Their fight in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest was inspired by a wish to not be ruled by foreigners.

The cost for the forces controlled by Arminius the rebel might have been about a thousand men per day in a battle that lasted 3-4 days.

***

The 80 years war was a series of battles that liberated the Dutch from the Habsburg empire, beginning with a rebellion in 1566.

The uprising was triggered by the decision of the emperor of Spain, Philip II, to wipe out the protestants and make catolicism obligatory.

The liberation gave the spark to what became The Dutch Golden Age, which roughly lasted from 1588 to 1672.

This coincided with the beginning of The Age of the Enlightenment.

The cost in terms of Dutch men that died in these battles was about on average one man per day over these 80 years.

***

The American revolutionary wars against the British empire lasted for about six years, followed by a peace treaty signed in 1783.

About 6,800 soldiers fighting for independence died in these battles, which equals about four men per day.

***

The Argentine War of Independence against the Spanish empire lasted from about 1810 to 1816.

It's hard to come by data on casualties, but I've read that on the rebels side, 1,200 either died, were imprisoned or wounded.

When I ask Grok, it says it doesn't know but estimates it was "several thousands."

I would assume it can have been on average 1 to 4 men per day over this six year period.

***

The casualties on the rebels' side in these major successful wars of independence are surprisingly low.

We can compare this with a couple of examples from how many men died in major battles motivated by the rulers' ambitions to expand their empires.

***

When the Roman empire was defeated by the Germanic tribes in the Teutoburg Forest, something between 25,000 to 30,000 of their men died in three to four days.

This means that the Roman empire sacrificed 6,000 to 10,000 men, to achieve nothing but a major setback.

***

When the Norwegian inflationist king Harald Hardrada in 1066 AD attempted to take over England, he and some 5-7,000 thousand men died in one day.

***

Although these examples are anecdotes, they tell us that the cost of fighting to reclaim freedom in the most successful acts of liberation sometimes have been much lower than the cost of being subjected to ruler's expansionary wars.

***

This doesn't mean that I in general support physical uprisings.

On the contrary.

We must understand that we risk losing the battle of ideas if someone resorts to violence without acting out of a situation where physical self defence is required.

This insight partly grows out of historical events were rulers have staged coups against themselves and clamped down hard on them, in an attempt to show the people how risky it is to question the legitimacy of their power.

Therefore, if you want to win The World War of Ideas II, choose your means wisely and timely.

Focus on identifying superior ideas and practice how you communicate and defend them.

***

In conclusion:

If we play our game wisely, we can win both The World War of Ideas II as well as the peace.


Show people what's your fight
https://image.nostr.build/5515eaf13cbf325e47be4e1afdc5aaddb3f227cd2ff3344afa0a9af06bcabfce.jpg
(Sound Rebellion)


Yup, having above average IQ must be punished socially https://image.nostr.build/5fb5009a3bcc1d63f3e5ff1cf29890b1bbe385014f2c92e8eee7f80ace36d2fa.jpg


Call me a mad tin-foil hatter if you like 😁

But it must fit the US and Israel like  a glove if they have an ally in the Norwegian government that just pretends to be a Palestine supporter and a stupidly naive friend of Hamas.

Just imagine, for instance, how much easier it must have been to have included in the Oslo accord that Israel shall have complete monopoly over several political and economic subjects in Palestine with Norwegian peace brokers who looked like they had a Palestine bias.

https://image.nostr.build/1be1c7ee7db636bb9da39eba64b9f85ed792108c4aa2769a9c5ec65f81a8d99b.jpg

You see, the Oslo Accords, signed in the 1990s, granted Israel significant financial and political control over Palestine.

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A currency monopoly was one of them, allowing the Israeli government to export its inflation to the people of Palestine.

But this was only a fundament for the rest of the control that the peace agreemenr gave Israel:

Despite the establishment of the Palestinian Authority (PA) to manage certain aspects of Palestinian life, Israel retained control over key resources and economic mechanisms.

This included control over electricity, and energy resources, as well as full control over external borders, affecting Palestinian trade and market access.

Financially, Israel maintained control over the PA's fiscal revenues through a clearance revenue system.

Israel collected taxes on imports to the Palestinian market, indirect taxes on Israeli goods exported to the territories, and income taxes from Palestinians working in Israel or Israeli settlements.

These taxes were then transferred to the PA, with a 3% administration fee retained by Israel.

Additionally, the Oslo Accords allowed Israel to maintain control over water resources, with the PA having limited authority over water and sewage systems. .

Overall, the Oslo Accords institutionalized a power imbalance, allowing Israel to maintain significant control over Palestinian territories and resources.

Add that Palestinians leader, Yassir Arafat, was a crook who probably took in huge amounts in bribes.

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https://image.nostr.build/ff93466920360194ab2ede4ec031b5f91717b878db305e45d65ccc121f9b85a4.jpg

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And that Norwegian top bureaucrat, Terje Rød-Larsen, played a fundamental role in these negotiations.

Rød-Larsen is today better known for having visited Jeffrey Epstein several times, borrowed 130,000 USD from him, and running the NGO International Peace Institute (IPI), which received 375,000 USD from Epstein's NGO, Gratitude America (GA).

https://image.nostr.build/0b2219d36c222a23f2e2045030179343227a9f2eacc89066f2523ad97d523b70.jpg

It's a total shitshow, that's for sure, and I don't at all trust what I see when our current foreign minister, Espen Barth Eide, an PM Jonas Gahr Støre cosy up with Hamas leaders and they make the Norwegian government recognizing Palestine as a state.

I don't trust it at all.

What are their plans this time?

Another Oslo accord?

How will the US and Israel play their Scandinavian pawn this time?

Now, just throw your best conspi-smearing on me, or have fun doing your own research, or cry, or come up with better explanations, or do whatever you like.
😁

I don't care - this is something journalists should look into.

Meaning - real journalists, not the kind of scribblers who piss in their pants of thinking about what the editor will say about such an idea.


Den prisvinnende journalisten i Morgenbladet, Hanne Østli Jakobsen, forteller oss i dag at hun elsker anonymiteten med å betale kontant og at hun knapt kan vente til hun får bruke digitale sentralbankenger.

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https://image.nostr.build/85f8ee79723d83215449ed0a6d6ded711ef28d73b7022ba14d7d0a23ec31b28f.jpg


Tapeworm news coming in (from Grok):

"The IMF is reportedly pushing for a faster devaluation of the Ukrainian currency and an increase in tax-raising efforts."


Today we celebrate Arminius, the rebel.

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On the 9th of September in 9 AD, he led a coalition of Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg ForestTeutoburg Forest against three Roman legions.

It was David's fight against Goliath, and in just three or four days, Arminius and his men dealt the Romans such a blow that the empire was forced to give up its ambitions to rule the Germanic people.

Arminius was born around 18 BC into the Cherusci tribe.

The Cherusci were an early Germanic tribe inhabiting northwestern Germany during the first centuries BC and AD.

They are noted for their strong inclination towards peace, which, as described by Roman sources, sometimes led to their downfall.

This was viewed as self-deception in a region populated by more aggressive neighbors, resulting in the Cherusci being labeled as cowards by their adversaries, like the Chatti, who were more martial in nature.

Arminius' family was part of the tribal nobility.

At this time, it was common that the Roman empire held young nobles from conquered or allied territories hostage to serve as leverage against their home tribes.

Arminius was therefore sent to Rome to serve as a hostage during his youth.

He received a thorough education.

This was part of the empire's strategy to integrate and assimilate elites from conquered regions.

Arminius was granted Roman citizenship, a significant honor.

He was also given the equestrian rank, which was a social class just below the senatorial order, indicating his high status within the Roman system.

Upon reaching adulthood, Arminius received a thorough military training and became an officer in the auxiliary forces.

Auxiliaries were non-citizen troops from the provinces who served alongside Roman legions.

These units were often used for frontier defense and were crucial in Roman military strategy due to their local knowledge and combat skills.

Arminius's service likely included campaigns against other Germanic tribes or other threats to the Roman Empire's northern borders.

His role would have given him firsthand experience with Roman military tactics, organization, and discipline.

Around 7 AD, Arminius returned to Germania, serving under Publius Quinctilius Varus, the Roman governor of Germania.

His position allowed him to gain Varus's trust.

While serving Rome, Arminius secretly began to organize a coalition of Germanic tribes.

His skills in organizing and leading the Germanic tribes were remarkable.

They were often at odds with each other, but Arminius, who was a charismatic leader, managed to forge a coalition.

He had to handle the egos and ambitions of various tribal leaders, and his diplomatic skills were essential in maintaining unity among tribes like the Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, and Bructeri.

His own background as a Cheruscan noble who had served in the Roman military gave him credibility both among his own people and with other tribes.

Arminus effectively communicated the common threat posed by Roman expansion, rallying the tribes under the banner of freedom from Roman rule.

This shared goal was crucial in overcoming tribal rivalries.

Organizing a large-scale attack on the Romans required foresight and patience.

Arminius spent time building alliances and planning the logistics, ensuring that the tribes could strike when the Romans were least prepared.

He chose the battlefield wisely.

The Romans typically fought in organized formations like the testudo (tortoise) or in legionary lines.

The dense forest and marshy terrain of the Teutoburg Forest negated the Roman advantages in open battle formations and heavy infantry.

Under the pretense of leading Varus to quell a local uprising, Arminius lured Varus and his three legions (Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX) into the Teutoburg Forest.

The route was narrow, with dense woods and marshes.

The weather was awful, with rain and storms.

The Romans were totally unprepared for battle, when the attacks started around September 9.

The first assault came suddenly, with Germanic warriors attacking from all directions.

The combination of  terrain and terrible weather conditions made it almost impossible for the them to maintain anything resembling their preferred formations.

Over the next few days, the Romans attempted to march through the forest, but they were continuously harassed by Germanic warriors.

The Germans used hit-and-run tactics, attacking, then retreating into the forest.

They attacked from cover, using javelins, arrows, and engaged in close combat when advantageous.

As the Romans tried to push through, they were funneled into even narrower paths where they were easier targets.

The Germans also blocked paths with felled trees.

The continuous attacks, combined with the depressing weather conditions, led to exhaustion and demoralization among the Romans.

Constant harassment and the inability of the Romans to form effective battle lines, wore down the Roman's morale.

On what is believed to be the third or fourth day, on the September 11 or 12, the Romans attempted to fortify a position, but they were overwhelmed.

Varus, seeing the inevitable defeat, took his own life.

Around 15,000 to 20,000 Roman legionaries were killed.

Additionally, there were significant losses among auxiliaries and camp followers, possibly bringing the total Roman and allied casualties to around 25,000 to 30,000.

It's generally believed that the Germanic losses only were in the range of a few thousand.

The legions' eagles, symbols of Roman military honor, were captured.

The defeat shocked Rome.

Emperor Augustus is said to have wandered around his palace, banging his head against the walls, crying "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!"

The loss was not just military but also a significant blow to Roman morale and expansionist ambitions in Germania.

Rome abandoned its plans to conquer and directly administer the Germanic territories east of the Rhine.

The frontier was stabilized along the Rhine and Danube rivers, marking a significant shift in Roman imperial policy.

The victory boosted the morale and unity among various Germanic tribes.

Arminius's success in organizing the tribes wasn't just about military strategy; it was a blend of political acumen, cultural understanding, and personal charisma.

His ability to turn a collection of often-warring tribes into a cohesive force against a formidable enemy like Rome makes his achievement particularly noteworthy.

But it was Arminius' rebellion against a state that held him as hostage from he was a young boy and which tried to brainwash him and turn him against his own people, that should impress us the most.


Priceless screenshot from the Norwegian public broadcaster, NRK, in 2016

https://image.nostr.build/f4851471c8ab16b8307a9ea157b55f6b9b5601e1fe5126aee0e0275b7cb1be08.jpg


Nostr and Amethyst works fantastically well!

And X is probably the platform where we recruit the most new Nostrians from.

Therefore, I think it's worthwhile to publish high quality posts both places.

I perceive X as a nuclear-powered and hyperadvanced antenna that non-stop receives and transmits information and ideas to people all over the world.

A part of this data, of course not all of it, is both sound and important to us.

https://image.nostr.build/ae2a159ca941b80e8d85366ee4a44f80725455780c427ea6ac54b93ba1428927.jpg

This kind of iformation  bounces freely on the gaslighting noise that the transmitters run by the political class emit non-stop.

Since we are an advanced species, we have receivers that easily catch and deciphre data that carry the sort of information and ideas that we need.

"The elite" tries to increase the power of their transmitters, but since they only transmit gaslighting, the signal-to-noise for data that contains the slightest amount of truth just increases, making it easier for us to separate truth from rubbish.

Just imagine how angry this makes our rulers, when they realize that increasing the supply of nonsense they push through their channels works as an amplifier of signal that contains the good stuff 😂

You see, the clowns in power want the signal you and I receive to be pure, undisturbed noise!

In consequence, the desperate Ministry of Truth sees no other option than attacking Elon, just like they did with Durov.

It might be that you disagree with Elon on some of his policies.

But if you support him in his defence against Big Brother, it's actually your own antenna you protect.


Posted it on X as well. You might want to share it both places 🙏

https://x.com/enur72/status/1833163476706930868?t=WdYKGy4DF7nn8vsq96AeTQ&s=19


Planene om å overnatte i telt når jeg er i Bergen fra tirsdag til onsdag gikk bokstavelig talt i vasken, iom at knallværet gikk over til styrtregn.

Hvis noen har tips om rimelig overnatting til en nøktern Bitcoiner på tur, så send meg gjerne en melding.
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Doesn't have to be


"Going Arminius"
"Going Jefferson"
"Gowing William the Silent"
"Going Milei"

work to

Instead of inspiring people to run away, joining the cantillionaires.
 https://image.nostr.build/dc3dde95f27e5077267dc1596bd16271fc9df3edd4a1e26551289812ed6ebb4a.jpg

We have enough of them.

https://njump.me/nevent1qqspulz5nq7kxtt3xvew30khpdtekj3r5eghj85tm6c8ufa2lmjxd4qppemhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mp0qgsgx23t8nh5k965cjn4w2ty53xmvngeahmz0mz9z7d4r8g2t6hgrxgrqsqqqqqp3mt96m


Today we celebrate Arminius, the rebel.

https://image.nostr.build/f0c6c8470dcc9552ef8ff69d7868f50e5bc53fbc6a4d8e1247b8b0f388f0b8c1.jpg

On the 9th of September in 9 AD, he led a coalition of Germanic tribes in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest against three Roman legions.

It was David's fight against Goliath, and in just three or four days, Arminius and his men dealt the Romans such a blow that the empire was forced to give up its ambitions to rule the Germanic people.

Arminius was born around 18 BC into the Cherusci tribe.

The Cherusci were an early Germanic tribe inhabiting northwestern Germany during the first centuries BC and AD.

They are noted for their strong inclination towards peace, which, as described by Roman sources, sometimes led to their downfall.

This was viewed as self-deception in a region populated by more aggressive neighbors, resulting in the Cherusci being labeled as cowards by their adversaries, like the Chatti, who were more martial in nature.

Arminius' family was part of the tribal nobility.

At this time, it was common that the Roman empire held young nobles from conquered or allied territories hostage to serve as leverage against their home tribes.

Arminius was therefore sent to Rome to serve as a hostage during his youth.

He received a thorough education.

This was part of the empire's strategy to integrate and assimilate elites from conquered regions.

Arminius was granted Roman citizenship, a significant honor.

He was also given the equestrian rank, which was a social class just below the senatorial order, indicating his high status within the Roman system.

Upon reaching adulthood, Arminius received a thorough military training and became an officer in the auxiliary forces.

Auxiliaries were non-citizen troops from the provinces who served alongside Roman legions.

These units were often used for frontier defense and were crucial in Roman military strategy due to their local knowledge and combat skills.

Arminius's service likely included campaigns against other Germanic tribes or other threats to the Roman Empire's northern borders.

His role would have given him firsthand experience with Roman military tactics, organization, and discipline.

Around 7 AD, Arminius returned to Germania, serving under Publius Quinctilius Varus, the Roman governor of Germania.

His position allowed him to gain Varus's trust.

While serving Rome, Arminius secretly began to organize a coalition of Germanic tribes.

His skills in organizing and leading the Germanic tribes were remarkable.

They were often at odds with each other, but Arminius, who was a charismatic leader, managed to forge a coalition.

He had to handle the egos and ambitions of various tribal leaders, and his diplomatic skills were essential in maintaining unity among tribes like the Cherusci, Marsi, Chatti, and Bructeri.

His own background as a Cheruscan noble who had served in the Roman military gave him credibility both among his own people and with other tribes.

Arminus effectively communicated the common threat posed by Roman expansion, rallying the tribes under the banner of freedom from Roman rule.

This shared goal was crucial in overcoming tribal rivalries.

Organizing a large-scale attack on the Romans required foresight and patience.

Arminius spent time building alliances and planning the logistics, ensuring that the tribes could strike when the Romans were least prepared.

He chose the battlefield wisely.

The Romans typically fought in organized formations like the testudo (tortoise) or in legionary lines.

The dense forest and marshy terrain of the Teutoburg Forest negated the Roman advantages in open battle formations and heavy infantry.

Under the pretense of leading Varus to quell a local uprising, Arminius lured Varus and his three legions (Legio XVII, Legio XVIII, and Legio XIX) into the Teutoburg Forest.

The route was narrow, with dense woods and marshes.

The weather was awful, with rain and storms.

The Romans were totally unprepared for battle, when the attacks started around September 9.

The first assault came suddenly, with Germanic warriors attacking from all directions.

The combination of  terrain and terrible weather conditions made it almost impossible for the them to maintain anything resembling their preferred formations.

Over the next few days, the Romans attempted to march through the forest, but they were continuously harassed by Germanic warriors.

The Germans used hit-and-run tactics, attacking, then retreating into the forest.

They attacked from cover, using javelins, arrows, and engaged in close combat when advantageous.

As the Romans tried to push through, they were funneled into even narrower paths where they were easier targets.

The Germans also blocked paths with felled trees.

The continuous attacks, combined with the depressing weather conditions, led to exhaustion and demoralization among the Romans.

Constant harassment and the inability of the Romans to form effective battle lines, wore down the Roman's morale.

On what is believed to be the third or fourth day, on the September 11 or 12, the Romans attempted to fortify a position, but they were overwhelmed.

Varus, seeing the inevitable defeat, took his own life.

Around 15,000 to 20,000 Roman legionaries were killed.

Additionally, there were significant losses among auxiliaries and camp followers, possibly bringing the total Roman and allied casualties to around 25,000 to 30,000.

It's generally believed that the Germanic losses only were in the range of a few thousand.

The legions' eagles, symbols of Roman military honor, were captured.

The defeat shocked Rome.

Emperor Augustus is said to have wandered around his palace, banging his head against the walls, crying "Quintilius Varus, give me back my legions!"

The loss was not just military but also a significant blow to Roman morale and expansionist ambitions in Germania.

Rome abandoned its plans to conquer and directly administer the Germanic territories east of the Rhine.

The frontier was stabilized along the Rhine and Danube rivers, marking a significant shift in Roman imperial policy.

The victory boosted the morale and unity among various Germanic tribes.

Arminius's success in organizing the tribes wasn't just about military strategy; it was a blend of political acumen, cultural understanding, and personal charisma.

His ability to turn a collection of often-warring tribes into a cohesive force against a formidable enemy like Rome makes his achievement particularly noteworthy.

But it was Arminius' rebellion against a state that held him as hostage from he was a young boy and which tried to brainwash him and turn him against his own people, that should impress us the most.


U'r welcome.

Neither did I. It's all about curiousity, I guess, and currently I'm deep into the idea of how we generate and disseminate the best knowledge about actionable ideas for freedom fighting. Because we need this type of understansing more than ever, it's just as important, if not more important than Bitcoin.


Yes, I think ideas need to be backed by humans who show they are humans, with all that involves, and prove that the ideas are actionable. After that it's mainly a question of how to speed up the copying process.

But, there is a key challenge here that I'm struggling with:

How plain must or can the idea be, for both having the quality that
-  it is efficient in terms of enabling freedom
- actionable for someone who are capable of demonstrating it's actionability and
- facilitating fast copying among a great number of people?

It's sort of identifying the core of something which is hugely important


Seeing so many people believe politicians can change the climate proves beyond doubt that public education works as intended.


Actionable ideas on freedom fighting.
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I don't see it as creating a new system.

That's a typical engineer way of thinking.

I just want more positive behavior and less centralization/more decentralization.

What this means in terms of structures and institutions, I'm in noe place to plan or foresee.

And someone who say they are, IMO cannot be taken seriously.

I also look differently at Bitcoin than most people.

To me, Bitcoin is a bridge to something new and better.

We don't know what this "better" thing is going to be, apart from that to me it seems to give us more positive behavior and less centralization/more decentralization.

What Bitcoin rapidly is growing into at the monetary layer, we also need at the base layer - which are the ideas people subscribe to, and which makes up the people's belief system, broadly speaking.

We need ideas that can bridge the gap from where we are to something better, with more positive behavior and less centralization/more decentralization.

In the age of the enlightenment, some 2-300 years ago  positive ideas spread across the world like wildfire.

We had seen something akin to a religiois world war prior to this.

But what the philosophers from France and Scotland did was to light the spark of the first world war of ideas.

Unfortunately  those ideas were soon drowned in the destructive thing we know as monetary monopoly.

Armed with central banks that could corrupt the peoeple at a faster rate that anyone has ever seen, printing presses running hot made it possible for "the elite" to fight back and win the war.

Bitcoin evens things out, making it much more difficult for the political class to exploit their money-weapon.

And that's partly what makes me optimistic.

I welcome the start of the second world war of ideas.


How to make freedom cool?

How to make figting for freedom cool?

I think it's a question of competing ideas and cooperation in developing ideas.

Meaning, one idea, one man isn't enough.

Therefore, making competing for and cooperating in developing cool ideas about freedom and freedom fighting is essential.

Furthermore, what can we learn from how Bitcoin developed.

I think all of this is truly essential.

And I'm not afraid to take a swing and miss.

Because, people will see that the main thing is that I try again. And again. And again, with a FAFO attitude and the following philosophy:

I think I can do this.

I want to do this.

Here we go - now I do it.

Again and again.

That's also how Bitcoin came about.

It involved many people working over time, many together with others and some perhaps mainly alone.

But Satoshi's superpower was persistence.

And persistence is something I and many others have.

What about you?

What will your contribution be?

I'm all ears.


Thx, that's insightful.

Yes, it has to be sly and roundabout.

And in the beginning, there are always just a few people, over time they gradually need more support.

Therefore, time and smart use of time is  what's most important.

There have been many revolutions, some peaceful, some violent.

They say the success rate of peaceful revolutions is highest.

The narrative builders exaggerate the violence involved in some of the revolutions.

Why?

Because the winners of the revolutions themselves become rulers and begin to form a new narrative that aims at scaring others from attempting to overthrow them.

I often ask, how many people think were killed in battles in the American revolution.

People have no idea.

The answer is an average of 3-4 men per day over six years.

In the 80 years war which gave the Dutch freedom from the Habsburg empire, it was on average about one per day.

Compare that with for instance The Battle of Stamford Bridge, which was a result of one man's insanity - Harald Hardråde, who ventured on the quest of putting England under his thumb in 1066.

He took power in Norway in 1047, but in reality was powerless until 1050.

He became the inflation king of the North, and invested his inflation profits in conquest.

In just one single day, about 5000 men died at Stamford Bridge, including himself.

Looking into the American and Dutcj revolutions again, you realize that the major component of these upheavals must have been a peaceful one.


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Most people believe it's lack of information and understanding of the situation that is why things get worse in society.

I think this isn't correct.

First, history demonstrates that you don't need many people to change society for the better.

Second, most of those who are able to change society already know why it's necessary, they are on the other hand sick and tired of the constant whining.

And third, it's all about believing in the best actionable ideas, and making sure that these ideas are put into action by enough people.

I'll write a note today or next week where I present some of my thoughts.

The note first targets the freerider problem, why it corresponds directly with corruption and how deep this corruption runs in modern day's civilization.

These are issues that are extremely unpopular with people, because they see that these ideas force them to confront themselves with their own weaknesses.

Therefore, whenever I mention for instance freeriding in my posts, readers ignore them, don't hit the like or share buttons, and do what they can to avoid being seen as someone who contribute to distributing bad news.

So, how to deal with this challenge?

The answer is to becoming adept at communicating a superior idea.

An idea that strengthens people and motivates them to take positive action.

This has to be an idea which convinces them to connect with likeminded individuals who are prepared to cooperate and disseminate tried and tested methods that promote positive social change.

I call the idea "Sound Rebellion," which also will be the headline of most of my talks in the near future.

Stay tuned - and enjoy your Sunday.


Yes


Foredragsinfo og boktrekking 🥳

Lik og del og vær med i trekking av valgfri signert bok!

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Plan for foredragene på Vestlandet neste uke:

Tirsdag 10.9 kl 1800: Bergen, LouLou
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Onsdag 11.9 kl 1930: Haugesund, Folkebiblioteket

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Torsdag 12.9 kl 1800: Stavanger, Bjergsted Terrasse 1

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Billetter kroner 200 kjøpes i døra (Vipps og kontant).

I Bergen byr vi også på foredrag av Martin Thaulow og minikonsert med Heidi Lambach og Det Skandaløse Orkester!!!

Velkommen :-)


Yup 🧡


Borgenfjorden, Steinkjer, Norway
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Considering that most of my fellow Norwegians have such intimate relationship with the state, many of the complaints I read about the wrong things bureaucrats and politicians do and don't feel much like someone bitchin' to their friends on Friday night about what their partners are like.

If you go to bed with satan - should you be surprised that you wake up one morning and feel a littlebit sore behind?

I want to see more ideas - fewer complaints, please!

Give me signal please!


Sounds terrific


Thank you - and hope to see you next week!

❤

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I think we might have a different idea about freedom.

If I have to escape to the mountains for some reason, I'm not free


Ha ha ha, this is awful, first lesson of freedom, get in a spot where the actions of government don’t affect you, so they lunacy is simply amusing rather than soul crushing. Gm rune.


Hungary:

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Interesting, thx!


No, the state spends enormous amounts on gaslighting the people


My fellow Norwegians, including our economists it seems, perceive the transfer from the oil fund (Norway's pensiom fund), which makes up 21.8% of the Norwegian state's budget, as some sort of gift from the government or a gift from the nature to the citizens.

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However, considering that the state is just an institution that manages the pension fund on our behalf, meaning - the fund is the citizens' wealth, the transfer from the fund to the public budget in reality is a wealth tax, just like any other wealth tax.

I've got big fish to fry, so thx for sharing.


The laws of economics dictate that

- what you tax, you get less of

- what you subsidize, you get more of

Experience and logics tell us that people get fewer children in urban areas than in the countryside.

Furthermore, families are the only institutions that produce children.

Do you agree with me so far?

Grok estimates that the EU's average fertility rate in 1960 was approximately 2.59 births per woman.

The EU’s average fertility rate is now 1.46

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This is a reduction of 77 per cent.

Grok estimates that the public sector's spending as a share of GDP for the five major EU economies between 1960 and 2022 likely has grown by at least 50% to 100%.

By other words, in this period we have seen a shift of economic wealth from the private sector to the public sector comparable to the average reduction in the birth rates.

My best guess is that it's here we find the main explanation.

Shifting of wealth from the private to the public sector is shifting of wealth from those who produce kids to institutions which produce bureaucracies.

What you tax (people), you get less of.

What you subsidize (public sector), you get more of.

And bureaucracies typically grow the most in urban areas, where people traditionally prefer to have fewer children than in the countryside.

In conclusion, less production of kids is a result of the growth of the public sector, which mainly consists of institutions in urban areas that produce bureaucracies instead of kids.

A socialist society is parasitic in nature, and this type of parasite in the end always runs out of hosts.


The laws of economics dictate that

- what you tax, you get less of

- what you subsidize, you get more of

Experience and logics tell us that people get fewer children in urban areas than in the countryside.

Furthermore, families are the only institutions that produce children.

Do you agree with me so far?

Grok estimates that the EU's average fertility rate in 1960 was approximately 2.59 births per woman.

The EU’s average fertility rate is now 1.46

https://image.nostr.build/2ebd5d7d2cd690fd0d38618e9fda9a9dc54fb6425f2166b603bce6c7ac441315.jpg

This is a reduction of 77 per cent.

Grok estimates that the public sector's spending as a share of GDP for the five major EU economies between 1960 and 2022 likely has grown by at least 50% to 100%.

By other words, in this period we have seen a shift of economic wealth from the private sector to the public sector comparable to the average reduction in the birth rates.

My best guess is that it's here we find the main explanation.

Shifting of wealth from the private to the public sector is shifting of wealth from those who produce kids to institutions which produce bureaucracies.

What you tax (people), you get less of.

What you subsidize (public sector), you get more of.

And bureaucracies typically grow the most in urban areas, where people traditionally prefer to have fewer children than in the countryside.

In conclusion, less production of kids is a result of the growth of the public sector, which mainly consists of institutions in urban areas that produce bureaucracies instead of kids.

A socialist society is parasitic of nature, and the parasite in the end always runs out of hosts.


A cartel


Grok estimates that the EU's average fertility rate in 1960 was approximately 2.59 births per woman.

The EU’s average fertility rate is now 1.46

This is a reduction of 77 per cent.

Grok estimates that the public sector's spending as a share of GDP for the five major EU economies between 1960 and 2022 likely has grown by at least 50% to 100%.

By other words, in this period we have seen a shift of economic wealth from the private sector to the public sector comparable to the average reduction in the birth rates.

My best guess is that it's here we find the main explanation.

Shifting of wealth from the private to the public sector is shifting of wealth from those  produce kids to those who produce bureaucracies.

The result is production of more bureacracy and less production of kids.