Congrats!

Listen to the Arch Independent Podcast episode on Epstein. I actually now think Kash Patel, Bongino and Trump when he said it was a hoax were telling the truth. Not that Epstein didn't do a lot of what he was alleged to have done, but not at the behest of governments or intelligence agencies. When he was asked in August of 2024 whether he'd release the files Trump said he'd do it, but in a very non-committal way. Maybe afterward they claimed they'd do it as it surely reonsated with voters, but it wasn't a huge part of the campaign. And the warmongers seem pretty disappointed in the scope of the Iran conflict. I just think "He's owned by Putin" "Israel controls him!" "He's being blackmailed with the pee pee tape!" is so tired at this point. We should just judge him on his performance like any other president. Let's see how the Iran fallout plays out. Better or worse than the status quo ante? Once we find out that's the basis for the evaluation.

And that was the point of the OP.

You can say what others ought NOT to do if it interferes with you, but you can’t say what they ought to believe or do.

Think there can be substantive discussion about what level of top-down control is ideal for maintaining conditions of bottom-up prosperity (the only kind). I’m for the minimum amount necessary and think zero leads to communism as people overcorrect. But whether I am right or wrong is a matter of how aligned I am with reality not whether it puts me in the “good” or “bad” camp, according to the particular tribal edicts of Twitter or Nostr.

It’s not wrong, so long as you are not purporting to say what someone else ought to be doing.

Both are fake, empty tribal signaling.

Found out the other day I have a screw loose. Literally, dental implant started wobbling.

MSTR’s coins are still part of the network. They just have contracts with preferred shareholders to pay them in fiat later for fiat provided now. Investors in the common have contractual ownership over future balance sheet assets. Both are taking on counterparty risk of course but the network itself doesn’t care.

People on Nostr calling you a statist is like people on woke Twitter calling you a racist. It’s meant as a way to disparage your character and dismiss you totally but no one cares anymore.