james22

The European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) has published a report warning of the danger that “whiteness” and “Europeanness” pose to the European Union. Titled Welcome to Barbieland: European sentiment in the year of wars and elections, the September 25 report discussed how many people have become “visibly disillusioned with the European project” in a way that has surprised those supportive of the bloc. Rather than citing economic or energy issues faced by the EU, the report blamed, among other things, how “white” the MEPs elected by EU citizens are following the 2024 European Parliament elections in June. https://brusselssignal.eu/2024/09/whiteness-and-europeanness-a-danger-to-eu-ecfr-report-claims/

Truth.

https://thezvi.substack.com/p/book-review-on-the-edge-the-fundamentals

Would I be willing to completely copy another investor? Never.

Now include crypto.

Bipartisan Support Builds For Strategic Bitcoin Reserve All things considered, voter polling data shows consistently that backing bitcoin may be a good bet for members of both political parties. From an electoral perspective, there is massive upside to embracing digital assets and virtually no downside—which makes it all the more likely that bipartisan support for a strategic bitcoin reserve will continue to grow. https://archive.ph/W2cXx

https://www.forbes.com/sites/edanyago/2024/10/02/why-bitcoin-is-becoming-a-part-of-traditional-finance/

Now include Bitcoin.

He comes across as very fair, but must be in something of a bubble that he speaks (almost) only with the Left in the book. There's lots of Country Club/Chamber of Commerce (Establishment) Republicans in the Village as well. That he doesn't consider how River/Village relates to Conservative/Liberal suggests he's without "strategic empathy."

Real interesting, but entirely overlooks the category of Conservative Riverians. Those with the Riverian cognitive and personality clusters (inclined to quantify), but recognize its limitations: The constrained vision puts a premium on “systematic rationality.” This simply refers to the collective experience and wisdom contained in long-evolved social processes and systems. Since the constrained vision doesn’t think that any one person or small group of individuals can really become smart enough to dictate decisions for everyone else, the combined knowledge held in culture, tradition, legal precedent, and other structures is superior. This knowledge gets created by a survival of the fittest society. If our society has survived thus far, that means it has beaten out other competing societies that have failed. Mankind will probably not be able to understand everything about the system that makes it good, and as such should simply trust its lasting success and view admonitions for significant change with suspicion. https://thedurfblog.com/the-conflict-of-visions-explained/ Doesn't seem to recognize that if the Village is "distinctly left-of-center" and the EA and Rationalist wings of Riverians are 13:1 and 2.6:1 registered Democrats vs Republicans (respectively), he's missing most conservatives. Who, dismissive of intentions in favor of outcomes and assume trade offs over solutions, etc., reside most naturally in the River. Even mentions evolutionary psychology and Chesterton's Fence, but doesn't follow how they would influence a Riverian.

What if the Biden administration deliberately killed off Silvergate — and some of its peers — in an attempt to decapitate the domestic crypto industry? And what if the settlements Silvergate made with its regulators effectively covered the government’s tracks, allowing it to continue to deny the existence of Operation Choke Point 2.0? https://www.piratewires.com/p/inside-biden-admin-plot-to-destroy-silvergate-and-debank-crypto-for-good-nic-carter Operation Choke Point 2.0: https://archive.ph/OUAyk

. . . the most important economic fact about modern Britain: that it is difficult to build almost anything, anywhere. This prevents investment, increases energy costs, and makes it harder for productive economic clusters to expand. This, in turn, lowers our productivity, incomes, and tax revenues. https://ukfoundations.co/

BlackRock Reveals It’s Quietly Preparing For A $35 Trillion Federal Reserve Dollar Crisis With Bitcoin - Predicted To Spark A Sudden Price Boom https://archive.ph/Ld3Pk#selection-1967.0-1967.141

We dance round in a ring and suppose . . .