Max always has a great, principled perspective. https://fountain.fm/episode/BGphNLL3sek1jYt3L84D

A perhaps unpopular opinion that I firmly believe: MSTR has not even been net positive for bitcoin’s price. It’s been a negative on every front.

This is the inverse of reality. The far larger threat to bitcoin is inadequate developer interest, talent and funding. If I were a spook I would try to make bitcoin development as thankless and miserable an experience as possible, wait for a critical bug to be introduced due to inadequate review and exploit it to destroy confidence in the network and asset.

GM

https://fountain.fm/episode/iCQcMXw9gD04pPtDgB31

Great ep! https://fountain.fm/episode/F2XMl0iPF4tPxN3AEXQO

The change I'd make to this meme is the bald guy on the left saying "the truth is in the middle". "Both sides are wrong" is often true. It is saying that both says are somehow correct that is morally weak, because you are being disingenous to avoid alienating anyone.

"Don't hate the player, hate the game" is one of those flippant things people say to absolve people of responsibility for the most blatantly unethical actions. It's a shitcoiner morality slogan. It is possible at once to understand that we are living in a golden age of grift, and that systems have evolved to incentivize people to check their principles at the door for a buck. Still, everyone has agency and can choose not to sel their soul for a few bucks, a few clicks, a few likes. It's important to find it within yourself to hate both the player AND the game.

Looking forward to watching!... and glad to see no flames in the thumbnail

Getting rid of government is the final stage: when you realize marshmallow's are shit for you and you are better off without them.

This is awesome! Can future episodes be live-streamed on Nostr?

I don't really enjoy the superhero genre, but at least Superman had an admirable protagonist, and wasn't the same dark, nihilistic drivel we've been getting.

While I agree that current inequality is out-of-control, the solution to the inequality and injustice produced by govt central planning is not to institute more central planning? Aside from the hubris of this, think of what it would take and mean to enforce these. Number 1 is unenforcable without a draconian left of govt overreach. Even then, how do we determine what CEO's compensation? Often it is in stock and stock options, with the dollar amount being nominally low. And then how do you determine who consitutes a worker? Does it include part-time employees doing gig work? Will companies be forced to pay the nighttime janitor 1/30th of the CEOs "compensation"? Number 3 perversely incentivizes either graduates to earn a low income so that they qualify for the jubilee. How about just ending state involvment in the student loan business altogether and allow sudent loan holders to declare bankruptcy? Number 5 is just turning to govt into an even bigger grave robber...

Surely this is AI...

I assume these are using pre-tax annual income. If you look at the largest cities in Australia that ratio is 9-13x median income.