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 Part of me hopes that we drop to $85k and chop around there for a few months and establish an $85... 
 I think 87 is the new 58 
 Is finding a candidate that’s pro-choice and pro-Bitcoin too fucking hard to ask for in America?? 
 I say vote blue. Bitcoin doesn’t need politicians. It will be fine. But women’s rights are actively being taken away by the Christian Nationalist funded republicans. 
 We see that they attacking free speach. They are dividing us and making us fight each other. They... 
 It’s funny to me when people say the left in the U.S. is captured by media and mainstream media... 
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 Take away is chuck the boxes right away instead of waiting 7years. 🫠😂 
 Mechanic explains why it is Naiive to think that any politician is ‘good for Bitcoin’ —>

youtu.be/GKRZZr4F4oU?si…

(about 1/2 way thru this really dense and wonderful interview) 
 When I start to tell No-Coiners that the Central Bank is robbing them I can see that the «Normie... 
 Just saying the phrase ‘central bank’ is enough to make normie brains shut down…. It seems like they have no concept of how money works and have never even begun to think about it. You may as well try to start a conversation about trigonometry or calculus   Good luck getting past the first sentence before they are bored stiff. 
 After trying 5 different brands of cold storage wallets I have to say the winner by far in my opinion is Coinkite’s MK4 Coldcard.  Hands down. 
 Anyone else have the feeling that twit app is trying to distract us by dividing us? 
 Have we coined the term for when we thought we orange pilled but it turns out the person still wa... 
 Incubating 
 No. I didn’t. But I will tomorrow! 😛👍🏼 
 Our oven broke for the third time, and my partner was complaining about how crapy shit is made nowadays. I couldn’t help myself, so I said… that’s why we need bitcoin. Bitcoin fixes this. 😂😂 not the best orange pilling strategy… 
 I’m bing listening to a new favorite bitcoin podcast…. Oliver Velez brings you the signal to help you cut out the noise!  https://open.spotify.com/episode/1vjDiSaY9J2736lzrwog1s?si=paShaL9nRfm48riQfJHCOQ 
 Anything other than Bitcoin is an attack on your future:

https://fountain.fm/episode/x9A182YbFBHP5FkJi4Hl 
 If Gold was actually a safe haven, and a good money, wouldn’t it already have brought fiat down?  Seems to me this is proof that Bitcoin is better money. 
 I just bought Parker Lewis’s book about Bitcoin from Saifedean’s website, after hearing his conversation with Peter McCormack on the #WhatBitcoinDid podcast. 

Where to buy the book:
https://thesaifhouse.com/

Paid for it from a bitcoin wallet on my phone and got a discount. 

Easiest online purchase I ever made… well done guys!  I can’t wait to read it.  And what a great example of using bitcoin for a seamless user experience of online transactions. 
 Tidings of corruption and greed:  Fa la la la…

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cz-cTvzOCtf/ 
 As an inexperienced investor, I am trying to remain rational and keep my portfolio diversified.  I consider myself to be irresponsibly long on Bitcoin. But I still feel pretty confident when Bitcoin goes to the moon, I am going to kick myself and wish I had poured an even higher percentage of my savings into bitcoin. 
 I am getting close to giving a more detailed assessment on Israel/Hamas, as it drags on.

And it ... 
 Where to start….?
I’m trying to understand the connection that Biden made with Ukraine. I can see the argument that as a democracy we want to support other democracies…. But it seems to me that between Russia and Ukraine that Russia is the aggressor and Ukraine is the underdog. But with Israel vs Gaza—  while Hamas did strike with an attack, and is therefore the ‘agressor’….  I would still characterize Hamas and the Palestinians as the underdogs overall.  So I’m skeptical of why Israel would need an emergency multi- billion $ rescue package from the US.  IMHO, If they can’t afford a ground war in Gaza, then they should consider other options.  Also— although I do support Ukraine politically, it baffles me that the US is spending $ on both of these wars when we can’t even pay our own debts/ deficits.  The answer I come to is that the US military industrial complex is the main beneficiary of both, which leads me to think how horrific it is that some Americans and some American companies are benefiting from these horrific atrocities and this insane fiat clownworld is what seems to be making it all possible. 
I personally am already irresponsibly long Bitcoin to quote Peter McCormack, but this just makes me want to stack sats even harder. 
 Struggling to articulate this idea— but If bitcoin is going up forever, then in some ways it seems quite odd that we can even “buy” it using fiat currency, doesn’t it?  It’s like we’re exchanging fake money for real money. 
 We’ll government regulations claim to help prevent things like child labor and unchecked environmental pollution…. Anti trust laws, etc.  If mega worldwide corporations have no checks and balances they have to answer to… they will grow in power and control faster than individual people will. 
 Have to disagree on this one… seems to me that monopolies could certainly form in a free market economy 
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 We’ll government regulations claim to help prevent things like child labor and unchecked environmental pollution…. Anti trust laws, etc.  If mega worldwide corporations have no checks and balances they have to answer to… they will grow in power and control faster than individual people will. 
 Lack of oversight, no child-labor laws, no regulations generally = environmental pollution and no protection for workers