jon
jon ⚡️💯

www.HarlemBitcoin.com

Co-founder Harlem Bitcoin I #nostr beta tester 1069

Public Key

npub1wtfnlhvhvm90lgsgyd6cu82tj3v429y7qkuu54srwzxpefppc2zq3cjjv2

NIP-05 Address

jon@nostrpurple.com

NIP-57 Address

cafebitcoin@walletofsatoshi.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqs895elmktkdjhl5gyzxavwr49egk24zj0qtww22cphprqu5ssu9pqpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0ds3q6qgy

Publishing to

relay.damus.io

nos.lol

Author Public Key

npub1wtfnlhvhvm90lgsgyd6cu82tj3v429y7qkuu54srwzxpefppc2zq3cjjv2

Show more details

Last Notes

2024-08-26 04:54:45

This post has NO truth.
#note1la2…qn7f

2024-08-18 23:40:48

Sobriety is not the disconnect from addiction, it is a reconnection of meaningful relationships and bonds with those you care for and those who care for you.

2024-08-09 20:28:42

- reply

I’m using the same set up. I’ll take a look and see.
What are your thoughts on the Umbrella Home?
https://umbrel.com/umbrel-home

2024-08-09 20:26:19

Every decision involves trade-offs.

2024-08-09 20:17:22

- reply

How can I build my own relay and store my own notes?

2024-08-08 14:14:36

- reply

Agreed. There is a mountain. Until it’s exposed exactly how enormous the inefficiencies and deficiencies of the USPS are it will continue. The USPS is just one example. Im sure there is much fat that could be cut in government, as well as private enterprise. However as we all should know there is no incentive to correct inefficiency when the money pockets are endlessly deep.
On the contrary when someone’s private capital investments are being squandered in a way that doesn’t produce the intentions of the investors, that calls for analysis, evaluation and restructuring. In other words, folks will get fired or repurposed in a way where they will perform. When the worker realizes they will only get rewarded when they add value behavior changes.
I’m not the first individual to bring into question the idea of privatizing the USPS. My wife sent me on an errand early this morning to the Post office to mail one of her EBay sales. I had a few thoughts on how I could do it better, and how amazing and important the shipping/mail service is, so I shared a few thoughts. I also have a co-worker that owns multiple UPS stores so that thought further pushed me to imagine how it would look if I could franchise a US Post office and make the service better for my community.

2024-08-08 13:26:27

- reply

Perfectly understood. Not sure there would need to be a constitutional amendment to make this type of change to the USPS.
With all the historical context taken into consideration relating to what groups were able to “level up” their economic position, there should be sound economic reasoning for making changes to infrastructure within a market place that claims or strives to be free.
Part of the reason we have the poor economic/monetary policies here in the USA is because of the pandering to and consideration of special interests. Allow free markets to exist in conjunction with releasing the restrictions on private enterprise to develop and you will see dramatic increases in innovation and health competition across all markets.
True capitalism will allow all people groups to advance/prosper. What we have now is phony capitalism where by monopolies and cartels are formed by lobbyist and special interests.
Allow people to be free to peruse their aspirations and you will see human behavior changes. Time preferences will lower as people begin to value their future more.

2024-08-08 12:59:02

Privatize the United States Postal Service. Watch and see how much more efficient and productive the service becomes.
I’d be the first in line to buy a post office and the routes the station services.

2024-08-08 12:03:02

“In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and his kingdom, I give you this charge:
Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when people will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching ears want to hear. They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry. For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing.”
‭‭2 Timothy‬ ‭4‬:‭1‬-‭8‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/2ti.4.5-6.NIV

2024-08-04 14:31:22

- reply

Read this book by Tom Burrell and you will understand how advertising (propaganda) works to influence the mind.
https://a.co/hwuKrsb

2024-07-31 18:46:11

When someone introduces themself as an “OG” Bitcoiner do you:
1. Cringe
2. Smile
3. Laugh
4. Look confused
5. Ask them…what is that?
For those that don’t know what “OG” stands for, it means Original Gangster.

2024-07-28 18:16:51

Why would you want to let the public know what you’re spending money on?
When I use Venmo I see transactions from many of my coworkers and phone contacts.
Is there any good reason to allow the public to see these transactions…?

2024-07-24 12:44:53

- reply

Not sure many people know this:
“WHO FOUNDED BITCOIN MAGAZINE?
Bitcoin Magazine is the first publication devoted exclusively to Bitcoin. Founders Mihai Alisie and VITALIK BUTERIN, the creator of Ethereum, published their first issue in May 2012 and later joined forces with Orlando, Florida-based Coin Publishing LLC to produce 22 issues. BTC Media acquired Bitcoin Magazine in late 2014.”
Don’t trust, verify.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/about

2024-07-18 03:59:38

Equal opportunity does not equate to equal outcomes.
Outcomes differ. That’s ok. Allow nature to take its course.

2024-07-12 16:29:51

The more you know the crazier you sound to ignorant people.

2024-07-04 19:32:47

US Congressman Thomas Massie has read The Bitcoin Standard and enjoyed it so much he tabled legislation to end the Fed! He joined @npub1gdu…6nak to discuss The Bitcoin Standard, Austrian economics, American politics, AIPAC and much more!
https://saifedean.com/podcast/228-the-bitcoin-standard-with-rep-thomas-massie

2024-06-23 02:03:41

- reply

Thank you for this presentation.

2024-06-22 23:51:59

Why do humans choose violence over peaceful coexistence?

2024-06-07 17:25:41

- reply

I agree with you when you say that the author wants to put a bad light on his work. The author is ignorant. They’re only trying to sensationalize some twisted political ideology. However it’s not an “attack on free speech” my brother.
My work speaks for itself. And so does this developer that has been doxxed. Nothing can diminish the value and impact of good work! The work cannot be stopped unless the one doing the work stops.
As far as an “attack on a right to privacy” is concerned, I’m not an attorney…but I’m going to guess that if nothing adverse or harm comes to the doxxed individual no crime or “attack” has occurred. Now If the doxxed individual suffers harm, I’d say the doxxed individual would have a substantiated claim…again I’m not an attorney, just going on laymen’s interpretation of US constitutional rights.

2024-06-07 16:58:58

- reply

I agreed with you up to the point of “this is an attack on the freedom of speech and the right to privacy.”
Can you explain how the doxxing of an anonymous individual is an “attack on the freedom of speech and the right to privacy.” ?

2024-06-03 12:09:56

I’ve been trying to pay a LNURL invoice with @npub1ex7…vyt9 and haven’t been able to do so. It was recently announced that this feature was now active for strike users. Am I missing anything…?

2024-06-01 22:02:28

https://youtu.be/mAa7Q6oVZzY?si=xitGgcizlRg71wyi

2024-06-01 18:50:15

If they all were charged with something they all would be guilty.
My response is to charge them all…convict them all…
#BukeleStyle

2024-05-31 20:47:17

- reply

Simple question here:
If all this legislation did pass how would that affect how Bitcoiners and folks who want to use Bitcoin in the future? Would they stop using Bitcoin wallets? Would they stop using Bitcoin…? The answer I believe is no.
The legislation would create a “white market” where exchange would happen “underground”. Innovation towards finding new technologies that can work around the legislation would sky rocket. The legislation would create a never ending game of waak-a-mole. Not to mention this legislation would probably send bitcoin’s exchange rate to the U.S. dollar to the moon!
The point of my response is to say that NOTHING can stop/regulate Bitcoin. There is no useful reason to give light to all these government/legislative attempts to regulate Bitcoin other than if your the business of announcing these events. If you’re a policy watcher, or you’re paid by a company to make or respond to policy would be the only reasonable explanation for giving these events any attention whatsoever.
Stack sats, peace, love…

2024-05-31 20:10:25

- reply

My pleasure my brother.
My next read after this will be “Human Action” also by Mises.

2024-05-31 15:36:01

This is an amazing Economic concept!
“The demand for money for storage purposes is not separable from the demand for money for other purposes. Hoarding money is nothing but the custom of holding a greater stock of it than is usual with other economic agents, at other times, or in other places. The hoarded sums of money do not lie idle, whether they are regarded from the social or from the individual point of view. They serve to satisfy a demand for money just as much as any other money does. Now the adherents of the Banking Principle seem to hold the opinion that the demand for storing purposes is elastic and conforms to variations in the demand for money for other purposes in such a way that the total demand for money, i.e. that for storing purposes and that for other purposes taken together, adjusts itself to the existing stock of money without any variation in the objective exchange-value of the monetary unit. This view is entirely mistaken. In fact, the conditions of demand for money, including the demand for storage purposes, is independent of the circumstances of the supply of money.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/iBQqRNk

2024-05-29 23:10:19

When you understand the Byzantine Generals Problem and how to solve for it, your life will change.

2024-05-28 12:02:15

Another celebrity is pumping crypto meme garbage! More celebrities will do the same.
Stay vigilant, get educated.
https://github.com/MyFirstBitcoin/Bitcoin-Diploma-2024/blob/main/Bitcoin%20Diploma%20-%202024%20-%20PDF.pdf
-@npub10zu…5t9r

2024-05-28 11:46:03

“Be on your guard; stand firm in the faith; be courageous; be strong. Do everything in love.”
‭‭1 Corinthians‬ ‭16‬:‭13‬-‭14‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/1co.16.13-14.NIV

2024-05-28 11:35:24

Never respond or interact with meme profile accounts on social media and see how much better your experience becomes.
Value your time.

2024-05-27 20:46:15

- reply

But we did, long before Locke, in various different ways, under varying different arrangements own people as property and subjects.
What happened? Why did his words not influence Locke’s fellow countrymen and colleagues in government?

2024-05-27 20:29:50

- reply

My next task is to get her on @npub12vk…pugg. That will just about close the ring on everything she needs. I have to get her a @npub1jg5…6n8n Jade Hardware wallet and that will be a complete WIN!
Supporting her with education will be ongoing of course. The book I recommend all new comers to Bitcoin is:
Inventing Bitcoin- The technology Behind The First Truly Scarce And Decentralized Money Explained
By Yan Pritzker https://www.inventingbitcoin.com
What book or educational resource do you recommend to new people?

2024-05-27 17:10:54

I just got my cousin to download and set up a @npub1ex7…vyt9 account and purchase $20 Dollars of bitcoin and download and set up a @npub1jg5…6n8n Green wallet on her Android mobile phone!
Today is a good day!

2024-05-27 12:54:25

“Disclaimer: The Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund is a non-profit organization that has applied for 501(c)(3) status. At this time, donations made to Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund are not tax-deductible. However, if we are able to secure 501(c)(3) status in the future, your donation may become tax-deductible retroactively. We encourage you to consult with your tax advisor to determine the tax-deductibility of your donation. Thank you for your support.”
@npub1sg6…f63m has the Bitcoin Legal Defense Fund obtained 501(c)(3) status as of yet?
https://bitcoindefense.org/donation/

2024-05-27 06:32:02

@npub1cwn…raju for the win!
https://youtu.be/ieyE_DyYDt0?si=hYzYLxkCzA9PRpYG

2024-05-26 06:38:15

- reply

Dr. @npub1gdu…6nak Ammous,
I believe I found further clarification on the question I asked of you. Mises explains here:
“For, in fact, the way in which an individual values a variation in the quantity of money at his disposal is by no means directly dependent on the amount of this variation; but we should have to assume that it was, if we wished to conclude that there would be a proportionate variation in the objective exchange-value of money. If the possessor of a units of money receives b additional units, then it is not at all true to say that he will value the total stock a + b exactly as highly as he had previously valued the stock a alone. Because he now has disposal over a larger stock, he will now value each unit less than he did before; but how much less will depend upon a whole series of individual circumstances, upon subjective valuations that will be different for each individual. Two individuals who are equally wealthy and who each possess a stock of money a, will not by any means arrive at the same variation in their estimation of money after an increase of b units in each of their stocks of money. It is nothing short of absurdity to assume that, say, doubling the amount of money at the disposal of an individual must lead to a halving of the exchange-value that he ascribes to each monetary unit.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/jlQ4BWr

2024-05-25 12:10:02

- reply

Thank you for explaining this Dr. Ammous.

2024-05-25 04:46:01

RFK jr. takes the presidency. I said it first.

2024-05-22 04:18:48

- reply

A bunch of word salad.

2024-05-21 22:43:24

My mom had a lot of problems. She did not sleep and she felt exhausted. She was irritable, grumpy, and bitter. She was always sick, until one day, suddenly, she changed.
The situation was the same, but she was different.
One day my dad said to her:
- I've been looking for a job for three months and I haven't found anything, I'm going to have a few beers with friends.
My mom replied:
- It's okay.
My brother said to her:
- Mom, I'm doing poorly in all subjects at the University ...
My mom replied:
- Okay, you will recover, and if you don't, well, you repeat the semester, but you pay the tuition.
My sister said to her:
- Mom, I hit the car.
My mom replied:
- Okay daughter, take it to the workshop, find how to pay and while they fix it, get around by bus or subway.
Her daughter-in-law said to her:
- Mother-in-law, I come to spend a few months with you.
My mom replied:
- Okay, settle in the living room couch and look for some blankets in the closet.
All of us at my mom's house gathered worried to see these reactions.
We suspected that she had gone to the doctor and that she was prescribe some pills of "I don't give a damn about 1000 mg."
She would probably also be ingesting an overdose.
We then proposed to do an "intervention" to my mother to remove her from any possible addiction she had towards some anti-tantrum medication.
But what was not the surprise, when we all gathered around her and my mom explained:
"It took me a long time to realize that each person is responsible for their life, it took me years to discover that my anguish, my mortification, my depression, my courage, my insomnia and my stress, did not solve their problems but aggravated mine.
I am not responsible for the actions of others, but I am responsible for the reactions I express to that.
Therefore, I came to the conclusion that my duty to myself is to remain calm and let each one solve what corresponds to them.
I have taken courses in yoga, meditation, miracles, human development, mental hygiene, vibration and neurolinguistic programming, and in all of them, I found a common denominator: finally they all lead to the same point.
And, it is that I can only interfere with myself, you have all the necessary resources to solve your own lives.
I can only give you my advice if you ask me and it depends on you to follow it or not.
So, from now on, I cease to be: the receptacle of your responsibilities, the sack of your guilt, the laundress of your remorse, the advocate of your faults, the wall of your lamentations, the depositary of your duties, who should solve your problems or spare a tire every time to fulfill your responsibilities.
From now on, I declare all independent and self-sufficient adults.
Everyone at my mom's house was speechless.
From that day on, the family began to function better, because everyone in the house knows exactly what it is that they need to do.

2024-05-20 18:05:03

“There is no justification whatever for the widespread belief that variations in the quantity of money must lead to inversely proportionate variations in the objective exchange-value of money, so that, for example, a doubling of the quantity of money must lead to a halving of the purchasing power of money.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/bfU0xeM
Up to this point I was understanding what Mises was explaining. But this quote seems to say that an increase in the quantity of money does NOT decrease purchasing power. If I’m understanding this correctly this would be completely contradictory to what I’ve come to understand through my dillegent research.
@npub1gdu…6nak could you shed some scholarly light on this concept please. I really would appreciate your thoughts on this.

2024-05-20 17:25:04

“The increase in the quantity of money does not mean an increase of income for all individuals. On the contrary, those sections of the community that are the last to be reached by the additional quantity of money have their incomes reduced, as a consequence of the decrease in the value of money called forth by the increase in its quantity; this will be referred to later. The reduction in the income of these classes now starts a counter-tendency, which opposes the tendency to a diminution of the value of money due to the increase of income of the other classes, without being able to rob it completely of its effect.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/1CFkLKq

2024-05-20 17:24:53

“An increase in a community’s stock of money always means an increase in the amount of money held by a number of economic agents, whether these are the issuers of fiat or credit money or the producers of the substance of which commodity money is made. For these persons, the ratio between the demand for money and the stock of it is altered; they have a relative superfluity of money and a relative shortage of other economic goods. The immediate consequence of both circumstances is that the marginal utility to them of the monetary unit diminishes. This necessarily influences their behaviour in the market. They are in a stronger position as buyers. They will now express in the market their demand for the objects they desire more intensively than before; they are able to offer more money for the commodities that they wish to acquire. It will be the obvious result of this that the prices of the goods concerned will rise, and that the objective exchange-value of money will fall in comparison. But this rise of prices will by no means be restricted to the market for those goods that are desired by those who originally have the new money at their disposal. In addition, those who have brought these goods to market will have their incomes and their proportionate stocks of money increased and, in their turn, will be in a position to demand more intensively the goods they want, so that these goods will also rise in price. Thus the increase of prices continues, having a diminishing effect, until all commodities, some to a greater and some to a lesser extent, are reached by it. ”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/4tUcDaJ

2024-05-20 17:24:09

“If we wish to arrive at a description of the demand for money of an individual we must start with the considerations that influence such an individual in receiving and paying out money. Every economic agent is obliged to hold a stock of the common medium of exchange sufficient to cover his probable business and personal requirements. The amount that will be required depends upon individual circumstances. It is influenced both by the custom and habits of the individual and by the organization of the whole social apparatus of production and exchange.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/4Tyzc5v

2024-05-20 15:39:47

“Only those who have a choice between two economic goods are able to form a judgement as to value, and they do this by preferring the one to the other. If we start with valuations from the point of view of society as a whole, we tacitly assume the existence of a socialized economic organization in which there is no exchange and in which the only valuations are those of the responsible official body.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/bNJvfh3

2024-05-20 15:36:09

“The utility of a given quantity of money depends directly upon the exchange-value of the money, not only from the point of view of the individual, but also for society as a whole. The higher the value of the unit in relation to other goods, the greater will be the quantity of these other goods that can be paid for by means of the same sum of money.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/iDiaw38

2024-05-20 15:24:35

“Money is valued subjectively according to the amount of consumable goods that can be obtained in exchange for it, or according to what other goods have to be given in order to obtain the money needed for making payments.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/gzhQquL

2024-05-20 15:24:25

“In fact, people the whole world over are engaged daily and hourly in the operation from which all prices result: the decision as to the relative significance enjoyed by specific quantities of goods as conditions for the satisfaction of wants.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/cKGTbP9

2024-05-20 14:13:12

“The subjective value of money must be measured by the marginal utility of the goods for which the money can be exchanged. 1”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/4nDPrpL

2024-05-20 14:12:37

“…it cannot be denied that human valuations of goods are based upon their exchange-value. It is not use-value, but exchange-value, that appears to govern the modern economic order.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/bH4NREz

2024-05-20 12:20:27

- reply

Is it wrong to advocate for a run on banks? I’d be interested to see what type of lessons are learned by a bank run happening today in a major city like NYC.
#PeopleBanBanks

2024-05-20 12:10:24

Once a man, twice a child. Do something before your circle is complete.

2024-05-19 22:45:30

Classical orchestral music is extremely low time preference music to study, learn and listen to. Try it, you’ll like it.

2024-05-14 03:25:31

- reply

Fun fact. Steve used to be a NYC Firefighter.

2024-05-10 13:25:51

This is a must read article! Mike Solana (@micsolana on Twitter) interviewes @npub1sg6…f63m. They cover his exit from bluesky, how twitter lost its way, jack’s strategy for ending censorship forever, new background on the elon saga, and the death of social media as we know it.
https://www.piratewires.com/p/interview-with-jack-dorsey-mike-solana

2024-05-10 12:33:47

- reply

I’d be happy to teach English online to you or anyone else who wants to learn.
When would you like to start?

2024-05-04 00:42:31

“Don’t confuse movement with progress, because you can run in place and not get anything done”
-Denzel Washington

2024-05-03 23:50:22

👀👇🏾
https://www.instagram.com/reel/C6e8JaSL-RN/?igsh=MTZiZDN2ZDZ1bnNkZw==

2024-05-03 16:54:51

“Do not gloat when your enemy falls; when they stumble, do not let your heart rejoice, or the Lord will see and disapprove and turn his wrath away from them.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭24‬:‭17‬-‭18‬ ‭NIV‬‬

2024-04-30 01:15:31

I just received a random act of kindness. I’ll be paying it forward as soon as I can.

2024-04-30 00:40:21

stop consuming…start creating…

2024-04-27 22:30:23

“The important thing is not whether a doctrine is orthodox or the latest fashion, but whether it is true or false. And although the conclusion to which my investigations lead, that expansion of credit cannot form a substitute for capital, may well be a conclusion that some may find uncomfortable, yet I do not believe that any logical disproof of it can be brought forward.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/8lgfepn

2024-04-27 22:15:20

“All proposals that aim to do away with the consequences of perverse economic and financial policy, merely by reforming the monetary and banking system, are fundamentally misconceived. Money is nothing but a medium of exchange and it completely fulfils its function when the exchange of goods and services is carried on more easily with its help than would be possible by means of barter. Attempts to carry out economic reforms from the monetary side can never amount to anything but an artificial stimulation of economic activity by an expansion of the circulation, and this, as must constantly be emphasized, must necessarily lead to crisis and depression. Recurring economic crises are nothing but the consequence of attempts, despite all the teachings of experience and all the warnings of the economists, to stimulate economic activity by means of additional credit.”
— The Theory of Money and Credit (LvMI) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/3zc5nb5

2024-04-27 22:07:40

“Everything that happens in the social world in our time is the result of ideas. Good things and bad things. What is needed is to fight bad ideas. We must fight all that we dislike in public life. We must substitute better ideas for wrong ideas. We must refute the doctrines that promote union violence. We must oppose the confiscation of property, the control of prices, inflation, and all those evils from which we suffer. Ideas and only ideas can light the darkness. These ideas must be brought to the public in such a way that they persuade people. We must convince them that these ideas are the right ideas and not the wrong ones.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/gTJSuaP

2024-04-27 21:50:40

“It was not the idea of the eighteenth-century founders of modern constitutional government that a legislator should represent, not the whole nation, but only the special interests of the district in which he was elected; that was one of the consequences of interventionism. The original idea was that every member of the legislature should represent the whole nation. He was elected in a special district only because there he was known and elected by people who had confidence in him. But it was not intended that he go into government in order to procure something special for his constituency, that he ask for a new school or a new hospital or a new lunatic asylum—thereby causing a considerable rise in government expenditures within his district. Pressure group politics explains why it is almost impossible for all governments to stop inflation.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/dpy6iwa

2024-04-27 21:44:05

“For years, people throughout the world have been writing about democracy—about popular, representative government. They have been complaining about its inadequacies, but the democracy they criticize is only that democracy under which interventionism is the governing policy of the country.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/8fgNtqH

2024-04-26 14:05:50

- reply

Gotcha.

2024-04-26 13:46:53

- reply

If you want to remain anonymous just zap the profile.

2024-04-26 07:02:40

“In the United States, the two-party system of the old days is seemingly still preserved. But this is only a camouflage of the real situation. In fact, the political life of the United States—as well as the political life of all other countries—is determined by the struggle and aspirations of pressure groups. In the United States there is still a Republican party and a Democratic party, but in each of these parties there are pressure group representatives. These pressure group representatives are more interested in cooperation with representatives of the same pressure group in the opposing party than with the efforts of fellow members in their own party. To give you an example, if you talk to people in the United States who really know the business of Congress, they will tell you: “This man, this member of Congress represents the interests of the silver groups.” Or they will tell you another man represents the wheat growers.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/8mXY7Si

2024-04-26 06:28:27

“Pressure Group Politics Under interventionist ideas, it is the duty of the government to support, to subsidize, to give privileges to special groups. The idea of the eighteenth-century statesmen was that the legislators had special ideas about the common good. But what we have today, what we see today in the reality of political life, practically without any exceptions, in all the countries of the world where there is not simply communist dictatorship, is a situation where there are no longer real political parties in the old classical sense, but merely pressure groups. A pressure group is a group of people who want to attain for themselves a special privilege at the expense of the rest of the nation. This privilege may consist in a tariff on competing imports, it may consist in a subsidy, it may consist in laws that prevent other people from competing with the members of the pressure group. At any rate, it gives to the members of the pressure group a special position. It gives them something which is denied or ought to be denied—according to the ideas of the pressure group—to other groups.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/b4sDVsV

2024-04-26 06:13:29

“Outside of the United States—in Latin America, and still more in Asia and Africa—everyone wishes to see conditions improved in his own country. A higher standard of living also brings about a higher standard of culture and civilization. So I fully agree with the ultimate goal of raising the standard of living everywhere. But I disagree about the measures to be adopted in attaining this goal. What measures will attain this end? Not protection, not government interference, not socialism, and certainly not the violence of the labor unions (euphemistically called collective bargaining, which, in fact, is bargaining at the point of a gun).”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/dZsslnR

2024-04-26 06:08:55

“In a world without migration barriers, there would be a tendency all over the world toward an equalization of wage rates. If there were no migration barriers today, probably twenty million people would try to reach the United States every year, in order to get higher wages. The inflow would reduce wages in the United States, and raise them in other countries.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/imN4ve0

2024-04-26 06:00:55

“What is lacking in order to make the developing countries as prosperous as the United States is only one thing: capital—and, of course, the freedom to employ it under the discipline of the market and not the discipline of the government. These nations must accumulate domestic capital, and they must make it possible for foreign capital to come into their countries. For the development of domestic saving it is necessary to mention again that domestic saving by the masses of the population presupposes a stable monetary unit. This implies the absence of any kind of inflation.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/66FnZ2x

2024-04-23 05:39:49

“These people talk of a “middle-of-the-road” policy. What they do not see is that the isolated interference, which means the interference with only one small part of the economic system, brings about a situation which the government itself—and the people who are asking for government interference—find worse than the conditions they wanted to abolish: the people who are asking for rent control are very angry when they discover there is a shortage of apartments and a shortage of housing.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/3ip4Lv7

2024-04-22 21:18:44

“A famous, very often quoted phrase says: “That government is best, which governs least.” I do not believe this to be a correct description of the functions of a good government. Government ought to do all the things for which it is needed and for which it was established. Government ought to protect the individuals within the country against the violent and fraudulent attacks of gangsters, and it should defend the country against foreign enemies. These are the functions of government within a free system, within the system of the market economy.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/9LRBgc9

2024-04-22 21:14:58

“The American consumer, the individual, is both a buyer and a boss. When you leave a store in America, you may find a sign saying: “Thank you for your patronage. Please come again.” But when you go into a shop in a totalitarian country—be it in present-day Russia, or in Germany as it was under the regime of Hitler—the shopkeeper tells you: “You have to be thankful to the great leader for giving you this.” In socialist countries, it is not the seller who has to be grateful, it is the buyer. The citizen is not the boss; the boss is the Central Committee, the Central Office. Those socialist committees and leaders and dictators are supreme, and the people simply have to obey them.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/gHtMSa8

2024-04-22 20:51:30

“One synonym for socialism and communism is “planning.” If people speak of “planning” they mean, of course, central planning, which means one plan made by the government—one plan that prevents planning by anyone except the government.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by #LudwigvonMises
https://a.co/cSQSqau

2024-04-22 20:20:42

2024-04-18 11:42:12

“It is to one’s honor to avoid strife, but every fool is quick to quarrel.”
‭‭Proverbs‬ ‭20‬:‭3‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/pro.20.3.NIV

2024-04-18 11:11:57

“In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’ ””
‭‭Acts‬ ‭20‬:‭35‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/act.20.35.NIV

2024-04-18 02:22:51

The Cantillon Effect describes the uneven effect inflation has on goods and assets in an economy. Since new fiat money is injected into an economy at specific points, its effects are felt by different people and industries at different times. This distorts relative prices and benefits certain parties while disadvantaging others.
-@npub1xke…d0en
https://river.com/learn/terms/c/cantillon-effect/

2024-04-17 12:13:52

“Over 98% of the global economy’s central banks are researching, piloting or deploying central bank digital currency (CBDC). There is an opportunity to harness this innovation in central bank money to enhance systemically important payments and securities transactions between financial institutions.”
-World Economic Forum
https://www.weforum.org/publications/modernizing-financial-markets-with-wcbdc/

2024-04-15 06:26:39

“God desires His people to prepare for the soon-coming crisis. Prepared or unprepared, they must all meet it; and those only who have brought their lives into conformity to the divine standard, will stand firm at that time of test and trial. When secular rulers unite with ministers of religion to dictate in matters of conscience, then it will be seen who really fear and serve God. When the darkness is deepest, the light of a godlike character will shine the brightest. When every other trust fails, then it will be seen who have an abiding trust in Jehovah. And while the enemies of truth are on every side, watching the Lord's servants for evil, God will watch over them for good. He will be to them as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.”
The Acts of the Apostles
-Ellen G. White
https://m.egwwritings.org/en/book/127.1890#1905

2024-04-15 06:07:15

“Ideally government should be a sort of caretaker, not of the people themselves, but of the conditions which will allow individuals, producers, traders, workers, entrepreneurs, savers, and consumers to pursue their own goals in peace. If government does that, and no more, the people will be able to provide for themselves much better than the government possibly could.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/6Hchuex

2024-04-15 04:51:03

“The ideal economic policy, both for today and tomorrow, is very simple. Government should protect and defend against domestic and foreign aggression the lives and property of the persons under its jurisdiction, settle disputes that arise, and leave the people otherwise free to pursue their various goals and ends in life. This is a radical idea in our interventionist age. Governments today are often asked to regulate and control production, to raise the prices of some goods and services and to lower the prices of others, to fix wages, to help some businesses get started and to keep others from failing, to encourage or hamper imports and exports, to care for the sick and the elderly, to support the profligate, and so on, and on, and on. Ideally government should be a sort of caretaker, not of the people themselves, but of the conditions which will allow individuals, producers, traders, workers, entrepreneurs, savers, and consumers to pursue their own goals in peace. If government does that, and no more, the people will be able to provide for themselves much better than the government possibly could.”
— Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow (Liberty Fund Library of the Works of Ludwig von Mises) by Ludwig von Mises
https://a.co/7HW3MCP

2024-04-15 04:44:19

Fun Fact:
Ludwig von Mises
“Mises's career was interrupted for four years by World War I. He spent three of those years as an artillery officer, and one as a staff officer in economic intelligence. At war's end, he published Nation, State, and Economy (1919), arguing on behalf of the economic and cultural freedoms of minorities in the now-shattered empire, and spelling out a theory of the economics of war.”
https://mises.org/what-austrian-economics

2024-04-14 17:01:51

- reply

Consider this device from Garmin:
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/765374

2024-04-14 16:56:53

- reply

This is my choice of communications worldwide. With a subscription of just $49.95 a month I get unlimited messaging everywhere on the globe. Paired with the Garmin explore application you get mapping as well. You can’t beat this.
More folks should consider using this device.
https://www.garmin.com/en-US/p/765374

2024-04-14 02:17:22

What Adventists @adventistchurch Believe About Christian Behavior
https://www.adventist.org/christian-behavior/

2024-04-14 02:13:04

What Adventists Believe About the Second Coming
https://www.adventist.org/second-coming/

2024-04-14 02:12:09

What Adventists Believe about the Millennium and the End of Sin
https://www.adventist.org/millennium-and-the-end-of-sin/

2024-04-14 02:08:42

- reply

Where is this beautiful place? MOSHI…?

2024-04-14 02:04:03

- reply

Great question. I do my best to train my behavior to the following guidelines:
Christian Behavior
We are called to be a godly people who think, feel, and act in harmony with biblical principles in all aspects of personal and social life.
For the Spirit to recreate in us the character of our Lord we involve ourselves only in those things that will produce Christlike purity, health, and joy in our lives. This means that our amusement and entertainment should meet the highest standards of Christian taste and beauty.
While recognizing cultural differences, our dress is to be simple, modest, and neat, befitting those whose true beauty does not consist of outward adornment but in the imperishable ornament of a gentle and quiet spirit.
It also means that because our bodies are the temples of the Holy Spirit, we are to care for them intelligently. Along with adequate exercise and rest, we are to adopt the most healthful diet possible and abstain from the unclean foods identified in the Scriptures. Since alcoholic beverages, tobacco, and the irresponsible use of drugs and narcotics are harmful to our bodies, we are to abstain from them as well.
Instead, we are to engage in whatever brings our thoughts and bodies into the discipline of Christ, who desires our wholesomeness, joy, and goodness.
https://www.adventist.org/beliefs/

2024-04-14 01:33:09

- reply

https://get.blink.sv/cafebitcoin

2024-04-14 01:30:29

- reply

Would you consider using stable sats on the @npub13lj…cfhw wallet (by Galoy) instead of USDT. Blink is an excellent product that is only getting better each day.
Here is a link to the wallet. I’ll zap you once you’ve got it all set up. I think you’ll like it.

2024-04-13 19:47:53

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life. For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him. Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because they have not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son. This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil. Everyone who does evil hates the light, and will not come into the light for fear that their deeds will be exposed. But whoever lives by the truth comes into the light, so that it may be seen plainly that what they have done has been done in the sight of God.”
-‭‭John‬ ‭3‬:‭16‬-‭21‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/jhn.3.21.NIV

2024-04-13 19:32:01

Wallet features are steadily increasing. From what I’ve seen, custodial wallets offer a ton of features for different use cases.
Non custodial wallets are very good but don’t seem to be as feature packed and or the user experience is a bit more clunky in my opinion. Particularly when the non custodial wallet incorporates lightning. That’s when I see a bit more clunkiness. That’s not a tear down, that’s just an observation.
Custodial wallets that “have it all”
Strike
CashApp
Blink
Non custodial
Green/Jade
Zeus
What are you favorites…why?
This is all based on my personal experience. I’m not a developer, programmer, or engineer of any kind.
I do consider myself a “techy” however. I run a node and I enjoy learning more from folks who are software engineers, developers, and programmers. So, please share.

2024-04-13 15:43:46

“Then Jesus said to his disciples, “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will find it. What good will it be for someone to gain the whole world, yet forfeit their soul? Or what can anyone give in exchange for their soul? For the Son of Man is going to come in his Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what they have done. “Truly I tell you, some who are standing here will not taste death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom.””
‭‭-Matthew‬ ‭16‬:‭24‬-‭28‬ ‭NIV‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/111/mat.16.24-28.NIV

2024-04-12 17:03:23

- reply

#Tacoma maxi
I second that.

2024-04-12 16:43:19

- reply

Toastmasters…I’ve never done it, but I’ve heard it’s a great way to develop one’s public speaking abilities.