We're awakening from the economic dark ages, like the fact that we still think we can print money or pass laws or that politicians can really do anything for an economy.

The only thing a politician can do positively for an economy is quit and dismantle the state.

They're not incentivized to solve the problem because they're in charge of solving that problem.

So if it gets solved, then they go away.

There's no real stop to that because there's

always money printing ultimately that funds these activities. If you think you're immune from

propaganda, you probably don't understand how propaganda works. The archetypal example that comes to

mind is from each according to their ability to each according to their need.

Societal change almost always happens when enough people are uncomfortable.

Things get so bad that they say, oh, we have to do something different now.

Even if you don't understand that, that your dollar savings were being pilfered by the U.S. government through inflation to fund that murder campaign, you can't

wash your hands entirely of it. You are complicit to some extent.

Thankfully, we have a conscience and we have some guide to what's right and what's wrong.

But it requires a significant amount of virtue. Following what you know to be right is not easy. What is the right

ath toward decentralized capitalism? You've written how many books now? Five. Five books.

Well, I mean, you, you were in on one of them

co-authored one of them with you yes yes thank god for bitcoin us and six other fabulous people

um what are you going to write more books i'd like to um i i mean i think the big thing is

figuring out what i like something worth saying.

Yeah. And, uh, and having an audience that I really want to address. Like, those are the two

ingredients that I think you need before you write a book. I mean, just sort of writing for the sake

writing is like an exercise and narcissism to me. i don't i don't want to do that but

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