1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:04,520 Well howdy there folks! You tired of centralized nonsense telling you what's money and what ain't? 2 00:00:04,620 --> 00:00:08,240 You tired of the shitcoiners getting your way of ushering in hyper-Bitcoinization? 3 00:00:08,500 --> 00:00:13,340 Come on down to Trinkets for Plebs, where decentralization ain't just a buzzword, it's a lifestyle. 4 00:00:13,980 --> 00:00:19,100 Now I can't tell you that these trinkets do much, but I can tell you they shine brighter than fiat promises 5 00:00:19,100 --> 00:00:21,960 and they're built tougher than a shitposter in a bear market. 6 00:00:22,240 --> 00:00:27,380 You like freedom? You like sound money? You like things that make your in-laws nervous at Thanksgiving? 7 00:00:27,380 --> 00:00:30,120 Then brother, you need yourself a pleb trinket. 8 00:00:30,240 --> 00:00:32,860 These little beauties whisper one truth and one truth only. 9 00:00:33,060 --> 00:00:34,220 Bitcoin is money. 10 00:00:34,440 --> 00:00:35,440 Say it with me now. 11 00:00:35,540 --> 00:00:36,880 Bitcoin is money. 12 00:00:37,120 --> 00:00:40,860 And folks, I ain't talking about some fancy Wall Street ETF nonsense. 13 00:00:41,240 --> 00:00:41,720 No, sir. 14 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:46,700 I'm talking peer-to-peer, open-source, borderless, magic, internet, hard money trinkets. 15 00:00:46,820 --> 00:00:48,060 Don't ask how it works. 16 00:00:48,200 --> 00:00:49,840 Just know the plebs are stacking them. 17 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:54,880 The bonafide, glorified, purity test certified trinkets are running out faster than block 18 00:00:54,880 --> 00:00:56,780 space when Udi has VC money. 19 00:00:56,780 --> 00:01:00,240 So bring your sats, your hash power, and your best buddy Jim, 20 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,080 the one who still thinks Dogecoin's a retirement plan, 21 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:07,240 and come on down to Trinkets for Plebs, where we don't sell dreams, we mine them. 22 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:11,040 Trinkets for Plebs, decentralization you can hold in your hand. 23 00:01:12,220 --> 00:01:15,760 Seriously, who the fuck thought it was a good idea to take a sponsorship from Trinkets with Plebs? 24 00:01:16,100 --> 00:01:18,340 I'm getting so tired of all the fucking Plebslop stuff, guys. 25 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:19,980 I just don't want to hear about it anymore. 26 00:01:20,280 --> 00:01:21,060 I don't fucking care. 27 00:01:21,380 --> 00:01:23,480 Yes, it's there, and we all have to see it every single day, 28 00:01:23,760 --> 00:01:25,120 but you need to stop talking about it. 29 00:01:25,120 --> 00:01:26,740 It's become a problem, an addiction. 30 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:28,720 You are addicted to calling out plebslop. 31 00:01:28,980 --> 00:01:31,200 Why can't you just be addicted to things like normal people are? 32 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:34,740 Just do some cocaine, get really drunk, and screw some hookers. 33 00:01:35,080 --> 00:01:37,400 There's some cute ones out there if you hang around Michael Saylor. 34 00:01:37,760 --> 00:01:41,320 Quit tearing down the heroes of the plebs and exposing them for spewing worthless plebslop. 35 00:01:41,620 --> 00:01:43,420 I don't care if this is the biggest story of the century. 36 00:01:43,700 --> 00:01:45,180 Just fucking cut it out, you maniacs. 37 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:47,620 Anyways, even if you keep on going, I'll still love you guys. 38 00:01:47,980 --> 00:01:50,180 This is Kaylee Welch, and you are listening to The Bugle Weekend. 39 00:01:50,180 --> 00:01:56,500 All right, folks, we're going to try something a little bit different for this episode. 40 00:01:56,880 --> 00:01:59,320 Ron and I are going to give our opinions. 41 00:01:59,600 --> 00:02:06,000 We're about a year in from the greatest selection of our lifetimes. 42 00:02:06,920 --> 00:02:10,660 Donald Trump was selected for president of the United States. 43 00:02:10,660 --> 00:02:14,000 And it was a big moment. 44 00:02:14,140 --> 00:02:16,840 It was a big moment in Bitcoin's history. 45 00:02:16,840 --> 00:02:20,760 It was a big moment in Solana Meme Coins history. 46 00:02:22,180 --> 00:02:25,600 And it's been a wild year. 47 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:27,100 It's been a very wild year. 48 00:02:27,700 --> 00:02:30,960 It doesn't feel like it's been a year. 49 00:02:31,340 --> 00:02:32,520 It feels a lot longer. 50 00:02:32,800 --> 00:02:37,000 The news cycle has been intense because we're on the fourth turning. 51 00:02:38,160 --> 00:02:42,600 And in the fourth turning, it's the best time to be a journalist 52 00:02:42,600 --> 00:02:51,240 because you get to report on things that are actually consequential instead of, you know, 53 00:02:51,280 --> 00:02:58,460 typically what journalists do outside of the fork turning is they make big deals out of things that aren't that important. 54 00:02:59,220 --> 00:03:07,320 But every day you get to look at what's happening around you in the world and, you know, point to things that actually matter, 55 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:13,740 which is, you know, why I find it kind of strange that there's so much pleb slop, because it's unnecessary. 56 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:25,780 You can just talk about things that are interesting that are happening, but we're not going to talk about pleb slop that much in this episode. 57 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:30,180 I don't think. I don't know what Rod's got in store, but I'm not planning on it. 58 00:03:30,180 --> 00:03:34,400 yeah 59 00:03:34,400 --> 00:03:38,220 to be honest I've been 60 00:03:38,220 --> 00:03:42,240 both impressed and disappointed 61 00:03:42,240 --> 00:03:44,620 with the Trump presidency so far 62 00:03:44,620 --> 00:03:48,100 his memes have been savage 63 00:03:48,100 --> 00:03:52,120 his memes have been absolutely 64 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:53,720 savage he has 65 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:56,820 you know really eviscerated 66 00:03:56,820 --> 00:04:05,700 the left like like the nazis can't meme the left can't meme as well and um the memes have been 67 00:04:05,700 --> 00:04:15,360 really crazy but uh he's going through some of uh i think it's helpful to reflect 68 00:04:15,360 --> 00:04:22,000 on things from time to time because when you're in the fort turning when you're in these crazy 69 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:25,460 news cycles, it's so easy to forget what just happened. 70 00:04:26,620 --> 00:04:32,660 And this is something that, you know, journalists and the media are very effective at is they 71 00:04:32,660 --> 00:04:39,960 they're very effective at just bombarding people so that they forget what happened previously. 72 00:04:41,340 --> 00:04:46,260 But yeah, let's go through some of Donald Trump's campaign promises. 73 00:04:46,840 --> 00:04:48,420 So number one was immigration. 74 00:04:49,420 --> 00:04:51,840 He has really stuck to that one. 75 00:04:52,000 --> 00:05:01,700 he has been so hard on that one uh there have been civil unrest over it it's been very jarring 76 00:05:01,700 --> 00:05:10,260 for a lot of people uh on us to do some large tax cuts and sure if taxes have really gotten that much 77 00:05:10,260 --> 00:05:17,860 affordable he promised to make energy less expensive and to end inflation and make america 78 00:05:17,860 --> 00:05:25,260 affordable again. I don't think Americans right now are feeling like taxes are more affordable. 79 00:05:25,900 --> 00:05:32,020 I don't think they're feeling like energy is more affordable. Gas has stayed relatively flat 80 00:05:32,020 --> 00:05:39,580 over the past year. It came down going into the selection. I don't think inflation has ended. 81 00:05:39,580 --> 00:05:46,240 it's kind of a you know when you when you hear a politician at this point 82 00:05:46,240 --> 00:05:54,420 of the economic cycle promised to end inflation uh you know that they're lying because you've 83 00:05:54,420 --> 00:06:00,200 listened to lynn alden you know that lynn alden's hot and that she's telling the truth when uh 84 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:06,200 nothing stops this train and uh i don't think the train has been slashed on that but yet 85 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:12,120 energy prices have been going up across the board and i would 86 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:18,860 i think it's just because the plebs are deploying so many bit acts to start nine servers like the 87 00:06:18,860 --> 00:06:26,440 capacity is just unreal these guys are deploying these knots nodes and so it kind of counteracts 88 00:06:26,440 --> 00:06:32,980 like the pleb trinkets being deployed 89 00:06:32,980 --> 00:06:38,700 or counteracting any sort of drop in energy prices 90 00:06:38,700 --> 00:06:40,200 due to slashing regulations. 91 00:06:41,780 --> 00:06:47,060 So I think it's too early to conclusively say 92 00:06:47,060 --> 00:06:49,000 he's failed on that. 93 00:06:49,340 --> 00:06:52,540 It's just, I don't know. 94 00:06:52,540 --> 00:07:08,760 You know, this might be this thing where energy prices can't get cheaper because you think as we hyper Bitcoin eyes, there's going to be more and more plug trinkets deployed. 95 00:07:09,320 --> 00:07:10,980 I think that's a safe assumption. 96 00:07:11,220 --> 00:07:20,740 Like, you know, the future of hyper Bitcoinization is a plug trinket in every home or multiple plug trinkets. 97 00:07:20,740 --> 00:07:30,380 So I think that's like a bad campaign promise that, you know, you kind of have something working against you and the power of the plebs deploying trinkets. 98 00:07:31,120 --> 00:07:34,260 Promise to bring manufacturing back to the United States. 99 00:07:36,960 --> 00:07:42,120 And I just don't think the robots have been deployed quick enough to replace the illegal immigrants. 100 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:47,220 So we'll probably have to give them another couple of years, but they're working on those robots pretty quick. 101 00:07:47,220 --> 00:07:51,000 I think he promised no new wars 102 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:54,800 we've got a few new wars 103 00:07:54,800 --> 00:07:59,500 but I'm just going to go over the surface level ones 104 00:07:59,500 --> 00:08:03,020 but the country has changed a lot in the last year 105 00:08:03,020 --> 00:08:05,940 and the attitude has changed a lot 106 00:08:05,940 --> 00:08:10,060 I spend my time with Bitcoin podcasters 107 00:08:10,060 --> 00:08:12,420 for the most part 108 00:08:12,420 --> 00:08:14,340 I hang out with Bitcoin podcasters 109 00:08:14,340 --> 00:08:16,520 and I hang out with the pioneers 110 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,760 and what I see for the pioneers 111 00:08:19,760 --> 00:08:21,080 is all their lives are getting better. 112 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:24,360 And the reason why their lives are getting better 113 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,720 is not because of everything around them 114 00:08:26,720 --> 00:08:29,200 but because of the things they're doing for themselves 115 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:31,100 despite the things happening around them. 116 00:08:32,120 --> 00:08:33,380 But when I look at the plebs, 117 00:08:34,260 --> 00:08:36,600 their lives are dramatically getting worse. 118 00:08:38,280 --> 00:08:40,360 And I wouldn't blame Trump for that. 119 00:08:40,860 --> 00:08:43,040 I think that's just the consequences 120 00:08:43,040 --> 00:08:45,760 of tolerating plebs long for so long, 121 00:08:45,760 --> 00:08:56,640 tolerating the nonsense, the building your worldview, building your decisions, the way 122 00:08:56,640 --> 00:09:04,600 that you form opinions and make decisions on top of nonsense, on top of slop. 123 00:09:06,140 --> 00:09:08,360 And there's consequences coming around for that. 124 00:09:09,100 --> 00:09:13,460 It works in the first, second, and third turning, but it sure as hell doesn't work in the fourth. 125 00:09:13,460 --> 00:09:17,060 The bill comes due and the bill is due. 126 00:09:18,500 --> 00:09:20,480 And so the plebs are having a hard time. 127 00:09:20,860 --> 00:09:22,320 They're having a really hard time. 128 00:09:22,380 --> 00:09:26,600 A lot of plebs out there, they're feeling a sense of hopelessness. 129 00:09:26,880 --> 00:09:30,600 They're feeling a sense of like things are out of control. 130 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:37,120 You look at the political podconf ecosystem. 131 00:09:37,580 --> 00:09:39,040 They're talking about civil war. 132 00:09:39,040 --> 00:09:42,160 You talk to people outside of the United States and they're asking, 133 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:44,780 what the Civil War is like. 134 00:09:46,560 --> 00:09:48,020 The news that they're consuming 135 00:09:48,020 --> 00:09:50,140 saying it's already happening. 136 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:52,800 And in a lot of ways it is. 137 00:09:53,420 --> 00:09:54,600 It's just not very clear 138 00:09:54,600 --> 00:09:56,120 what the sides are. 139 00:09:57,240 --> 00:09:58,840 You got the boomers standing in the streets 140 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,500 yelling no kings. 141 00:10:02,480 --> 00:10:05,040 But that's kind of hard to point out 142 00:10:05,040 --> 00:10:07,920 and say it's a definitive Civil War. 143 00:10:07,920 --> 00:10:15,060 is that the boomers aren't going to fight for anything at this point they're they're too old 144 00:10:15,060 --> 00:10:34,480 they going to go back home and uh you know cash your social security check so they can go out to the casino uh their their fight over um but we watching globally I mean it been really interesting The Zoomers are overthrowing governments 145 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:36,160 all around the world. 146 00:10:36,520 --> 00:10:37,460 The broccoli haircuts, 147 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:40,000 they're storming their government buildings, 148 00:10:40,180 --> 00:10:41,800 they're spanking the politicians. 149 00:10:42,560 --> 00:10:45,200 We have yet to see that type of anger 150 00:10:45,200 --> 00:10:49,900 really foment in the U.S. to that extent. 151 00:10:49,900 --> 00:10:51,880 And I don't know if it's coming. 152 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,120 it might come 153 00:10:54,120 --> 00:10:59,920 but yeah for the the plebs we're going into the holiday season 154 00:10:59,920 --> 00:11:06,280 and things are going to be really hard for the plebs they're they're going to be asking 155 00:11:06,280 --> 00:11:10,480 themselves should they buy their family christmas presents or should they save to be able to afford 156 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:17,680 their taxes they're going to be you know having to make some hard financial decisions this has 157 00:11:17,680 --> 00:11:23,560 been ongoing for some time, but it seems like it's accelerating and it's accelerating fast. 158 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:30,900 And, um, there's this looming trade war or while it's not looming, it's been an ongoing, 159 00:11:31,180 --> 00:11:36,880 but it's kind of hanging over right now with some, uh, tensions between the U S and China. 160 00:11:36,880 --> 00:11:43,620 If that really, uh, heats up right now or doesn't get resolved really quick this week, 161 00:11:43,620 --> 00:11:49,660 uh christmas could be pretty painful for some people thanksgiving could be pretty painful for 162 00:11:49,660 --> 00:11:55,940 some people but the the biggest change i think is just there's a sense of uncertainty 163 00:11:55,940 --> 00:12:04,000 and the plebs do not like uncertainty they like stability they like this is part of the reason why 164 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:09,300 they they get sucked into these um constructs like government and uh 165 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:13,120 you know, they're looking around. 166 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:14,540 They were at the conference in Nashville. 167 00:12:14,540 --> 00:12:16,480 They were so excited about Trump saying, 168 00:12:16,620 --> 00:12:18,520 have fun playing with your Bitcoins. 169 00:12:20,220 --> 00:12:23,300 And the price hasn't gone up to the extent that they wanted it to. 170 00:12:24,940 --> 00:12:26,520 The price hasn't been exciting. 171 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:32,320 And all they've gotten is podcasters telling them that Bitcoin's broken. 172 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:35,620 The price hasn't gone up. 173 00:12:35,620 --> 00:12:39,500 Luke's out there saying that Bitcoin's weaker than ever. 174 00:12:40,660 --> 00:12:43,600 Their situation is significantly harder right now. 175 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:44,620 And they're upset. 176 00:12:44,840 --> 00:12:45,560 They're grumpy. 177 00:12:45,560 --> 00:12:49,860 They were watching Simply Bitcoin videos 178 00:12:49,860 --> 00:12:52,540 and they were told that what amount of Bitcoin 179 00:12:52,540 --> 00:12:54,580 they needed to be able to retire. 180 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,620 And they acquired that amount of Bitcoin 181 00:12:57,620 --> 00:13:01,600 and they can barely afford to pay their taxes. 182 00:13:03,020 --> 00:13:04,760 That's their situation right now. 183 00:13:05,620 --> 00:13:21,680 And they're, you know, wondering if they're ever going to be able to retire, if they're ever going to be able to buy a house, if they're ever going to be able to, you know, get to the point where they're actually able to do anything that they want to do. 184 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:30,540 And it's fascinating to watch. 185 00:13:30,540 --> 00:13:43,260 I mean, I think the biggest thing that has been, you know, really fascinating for me to watch over the past year is the complete divergence between the experience the plebs are having and the pioneers. 186 00:13:43,260 --> 00:14:04,840 You know, the individuals that are taking ownership for themselves, their minds, their lives, the success that they're having, the, you know, creative adventures that they're going on, people starting families, people having kids, people doing some really, really cool building businesses. 187 00:14:06,020 --> 00:14:10,300 There's a lot of opportunity out there, even though, you know, things are chaotic. 188 00:14:10,300 --> 00:14:14,100 and I think a huge part of it is a mindset 189 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:17,720 clubs want stability they want to be ruled they want to be 190 00:14:17,720 --> 00:14:20,600 given things 191 00:14:20,600 --> 00:14:25,760 without a lot of effort that's why that's why they're like 192 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:29,820 slop is because it doesn't take a lot of effort to consume it doesn't take a lot of 193 00:14:29,820 --> 00:14:33,720 thought and just look at it you know feel good about 194 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:37,660 themselves wow I'm so informed I'm on the right side of things 195 00:14:37,660 --> 00:14:45,200 whatever it is like that that's the instant gratification of consuming slop is feeling like 196 00:14:45,200 --> 00:14:53,320 you i'm already failing not to talk about it i guess i guess kaylee was right and i am 197 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:59,860 completely addicted to uh plump slop at this point but there's an instant gratification of 198 00:14:59,860 --> 00:15:04,320 consuming of this confirmation bias of I'm on the right team. 199 00:15:06,860 --> 00:15:08,520 I'm on the right side of history. 200 00:15:08,880 --> 00:15:09,020 And what, 201 00:15:09,140 --> 00:15:09,560 you know, 202 00:15:10,100 --> 00:15:12,160 there's been this severe conditioning, 203 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:14,640 at least in the United States, 204 00:15:14,700 --> 00:15:16,460 it's probably global or at least, 205 00:15:16,680 --> 00:15:16,980 you know, 206 00:15:17,020 --> 00:15:24,200 largely in the Western United States around the allied forces being 207 00:15:24,200 --> 00:15:28,320 victorious in World War II and being on the right side of history. 208 00:15:29,860 --> 00:15:33,140 I don't know what it would be like to grow up in Japan. 209 00:15:33,700 --> 00:15:34,040 Like what, 210 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:34,820 what is the, 211 00:15:34,820 --> 00:15:36,360 the storytelling there? 212 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:37,760 They were on the wrong side of history, 213 00:15:37,820 --> 00:15:38,860 like never repeat it. 214 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:41,280 What's like to be in Germany, 215 00:15:41,700 --> 00:15:43,980 just completely emasculated as a population. 216 00:15:44,160 --> 00:15:45,380 You're on the wrong side of history. 217 00:15:45,920 --> 00:15:46,320 Never, 218 00:15:46,640 --> 00:15:47,180 never again. 219 00:15:47,880 --> 00:15:48,200 Um, 220 00:15:48,760 --> 00:15:50,340 but in the West, 221 00:15:50,480 --> 00:15:52,340 outside of those countries, 222 00:15:52,340 --> 00:15:52,920 uh, 223 00:15:53,840 --> 00:15:55,720 we're told we're on the right side of history. 224 00:15:57,400 --> 00:15:57,840 And, 225 00:15:57,920 --> 00:15:58,300 um, 226 00:15:58,300 --> 00:16:00,460 democracy, freedom. 227 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:02,560 And, you know, that's what the plebs want. 228 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:04,080 They want to feel that way. 229 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:05,940 But, you know, the thing is, 230 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,900 in times of tribulation, 231 00:16:09,100 --> 00:16:10,240 in times of 232 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,680 difficulties, being on 233 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,040 the right side of the history 234 00:16:14,040 --> 00:16:16,680 tends to mean that you do 235 00:16:16,680 --> 00:16:17,640 the hard thing. 236 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:20,720 And the plebs will never do the hard thing. 237 00:16:22,660 --> 00:16:25,140 I don't know if it's an unwillingness 238 00:16:25,140 --> 00:16:26,980 or an incapability, 239 00:16:27,260 --> 00:16:27,740 but it 240 00:16:27,740 --> 00:16:34,460 I guess it depends on the individual and the decisions that they make in the personality. 241 00:16:34,620 --> 00:16:37,940 Some people are just incapable of ever being sentient. 242 00:16:38,160 --> 00:16:41,220 But I think a lot of them make the decision not to. 243 00:16:41,540 --> 00:16:42,920 They weigh out their options. 244 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:47,380 They're like, we're going to choose the safety of the crowd. 245 00:16:47,620 --> 00:16:53,600 We will sacrifice our children to Moloch instead of doing the correct thing and protecting our children. 246 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:57,500 And it's going to be tough for them. 247 00:16:57,740 --> 00:17:00,120 because there's not that safety. 248 00:17:01,160 --> 00:17:04,500 And they're going to have to live with the consequences of their decisions. 249 00:17:04,500 --> 00:17:09,120 Like, I just don't feel like where we're at and where we're going, 250 00:17:09,220 --> 00:17:15,460 there's going to be the same level of safety net where you can make really bad decisions. 251 00:17:18,540 --> 00:17:26,840 I'm seeing a lot of people, a lot of people post about, you know, various cancers. 252 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:33,920 And, you know, I have friends that are impacted by this, you know, various health issues, you know, young, healthy people. 253 00:17:35,220 --> 00:17:43,800 And I'm wondering, it's like one of those things that's impossible to determine, you know, the causation of sometimes. 254 00:17:43,940 --> 00:17:51,780 But I wonder if it's been impacted or accelerated because of the vaccine. 255 00:17:52,720 --> 00:17:53,940 That was a test. 256 00:17:53,940 --> 00:17:59,420 that was a test that a lot of people failed a lot of really intelligent people failed 257 00:17:59,420 --> 00:18:10,380 it was a hard test a lot of people faced a lot of extreme social pressures but there's going to 258 00:18:10,380 --> 00:18:15,560 be a lot of tests like that going forward we're being subjected to these types of tests 259 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:23,060 on a daily basis you know these decisions of either setting yourself up for success 260 00:18:23,060 --> 00:18:30,320 or just completely neutering your ability to thrive in the future. 261 00:18:31,420 --> 00:18:34,620 And I don't think it's ever been more important to use your brain. 262 00:18:35,160 --> 00:18:38,720 Never been more important to listen to Bitcoin podcasts. 263 00:18:38,960 --> 00:18:41,040 It's never been more important to smoke cigarettes. 264 00:18:44,320 --> 00:18:48,340 It's really never been more important to really trust yourself 265 00:18:48,340 --> 00:18:52,460 and trust your gut and believe in yourself. 266 00:18:53,060 --> 00:19:11,380 Because I think part of making good decisions is really believing in yourself, like really putting your time into investing in yourself, investing in your relationships, building yourself out, being around other people that build you up. 267 00:19:11,380 --> 00:19:17,140 I'm going to play an ad from the selection special. 268 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:18,241 Cause I, 269 00:19:18,300 --> 00:19:19,760 I think these things like going, 270 00:19:19,900 --> 00:19:20,860 I said this earlier, 271 00:19:20,860 --> 00:19:21,520 but you know, 272 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,760 going back and remembering, 273 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:24,001 you know, 274 00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:28,360 the feelings and emotions that were happening at the time is important. 275 00:19:28,540 --> 00:19:28,800 You know, 276 00:19:28,840 --> 00:19:35,940 remembering the topics that were being debated is so easy to forget. 277 00:19:35,940 --> 00:19:40,160 And when you forget about how quickly things change, 278 00:19:40,160 --> 00:19:40,480 how, 279 00:19:40,580 --> 00:19:40,840 how, 280 00:19:40,840 --> 00:19:46,720 how upset the plebs were at the time, 281 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,120 you know, the grandstand, 282 00:19:51,380 --> 00:19:54,320 they're ready to, you know, throw down, 283 00:19:54,480 --> 00:19:55,880 you know, there were people protesting, 284 00:19:55,880 --> 00:20:00,020 you know, pretty violently in some cases, 285 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:01,400 like leading up to the election 286 00:20:01,400 --> 00:20:02,580 about things like abortion. 287 00:20:03,100 --> 00:20:05,200 When you forget about those things, 288 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:08,460 you forget the context needed 289 00:20:08,460 --> 00:20:12,580 to be able to make good, accurate decisions in the moment. 290 00:20:13,100 --> 00:20:17,560 Because the same exact tools of manipulation 291 00:20:17,560 --> 00:20:19,480 are being used over and over again. 292 00:20:21,741 --> 00:20:23,040 But here's the ad. 293 00:20:24,140 --> 00:20:27,900 On November 5th, a Bitcoiner will be selected into the White House. 294 00:20:28,440 --> 00:20:30,640 Both candidates, Kamala Harris and Adolf Hitler, 295 00:20:30,800 --> 00:20:32,320 have embraced Bitcoin and crypto, 296 00:20:32,980 --> 00:20:35,660 making this the most important selection in our nation's history. 297 00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:38,060 While it's not public who you vote for, 298 00:20:38,060 --> 00:20:40,400 It sure is public if you voted or not. 299 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:43,140 That way, boomers who deeply care about our democracy 300 00:20:43,140 --> 00:20:45,440 can harass and shame you for not voting. 301 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,060 Remember, if you vote, you have no right to complain 302 00:20:48,060 --> 00:20:49,480 because you are helping to select 303 00:20:49,480 --> 00:20:52,180 non-compliant criminals into office. 304 00:20:52,180 --> 00:21:04,361 But voting is our sacred duty Our generation grandfathers stormed the beaches of Normandy in order to save the Jews from the Holocaust So the nation of Israel could be founded in order for your tax dollars to go towards funding 305 00:21:04,361 --> 00:21:07,001 the Iron Dome. 306 00:21:07,001 --> 00:21:09,441 Voting is your sacred duty because you exist only 307 00:21:09,441 --> 00:21:10,681 for two reasons. 308 00:21:10,681 --> 00:21:13,441 You exist to vote in order to give legitimacy to government 309 00:21:13,441 --> 00:21:15,641 and two to generate tax dollars for government 310 00:21:15,641 --> 00:21:18,521 to export democracy to places that don't want it. 311 00:21:18,521 --> 00:21:20,561 Savages living peacefully around the world 312 00:21:20,561 --> 00:21:23,801 need to be conquered in order to serve US corporations 313 00:21:23,801 --> 00:21:26,801 and to enlighten them to the wonders of gender and democracy. 314 00:21:28,141 --> 00:21:30,441 You can see why this election is so high stakes 315 00:21:30,441 --> 00:21:32,701 and requires you to participate in it. 316 00:21:32,701 --> 00:21:34,881 Both candidates have made so many promises 317 00:21:34,881 --> 00:21:36,701 to do so many great things for you. 318 00:21:36,701 --> 00:21:38,561 Both have promised to print a lot of money 319 00:21:38,561 --> 00:21:40,501 in order to make Bitcoin go up. 320 00:21:40,501 --> 00:21:42,261 Both have promised to make things cheaper 321 00:21:42,261 --> 00:21:44,861 while at the same time make taxes affordable. 322 00:21:44,861 --> 00:21:46,901 Fortunately, both candidates feel strongly 323 00:21:46,901 --> 00:21:48,521 about using million dollar missiles 324 00:21:48,521 --> 00:21:50,241 to shoot down $1,000 missiles. 325 00:21:50,761 --> 00:21:52,401 But you can only vote for one of them, 326 00:21:52,621 --> 00:21:53,581 and the choice is yours. 327 00:21:54,161 --> 00:21:55,881 This is the most important selection 328 00:21:55,881 --> 00:21:57,221 in the history of the world. 329 00:21:57,641 --> 00:22:00,261 That is until Dennis Porter runs in 2028. 330 00:22:00,861 --> 00:22:02,841 Make sure to get to the polls to vote in person. 331 00:22:03,321 --> 00:22:05,961 But if you can't, follow Ted Kaczynski's advice. 332 00:22:06,161 --> 00:22:08,381 The clip got cut off, but it ends by saying vote by mail. 333 00:22:08,681 --> 00:22:10,941 So yeah, I mean, one of the things about Donald Trump 334 00:22:10,941 --> 00:22:14,501 is many people were excited about him being Bitcoin. 335 00:22:14,501 --> 00:22:18,781 David Bailey gave him that cashless coin or whatever it's called. 336 00:22:19,781 --> 00:22:27,361 And he was the first president, at least that I'm aware of, that, you know, was ever self-custody in Bitcoin. 337 00:22:27,361 --> 00:22:37,181 Because when David handed him that coin, that was self-custody, which was, you know, a very brilliant marketing scheme by David. 338 00:22:38,201 --> 00:22:39,001 Very brilliant. 339 00:22:39,001 --> 00:22:44,361 He was the first president to go to PubKey and have a failed lightning transaction. 340 00:22:44,601 --> 00:22:51,541 He was the first president to, you know, talk fondly about Bitcoin, to posture on it. 341 00:22:53,221 --> 00:22:54,301 What did he do? 342 00:22:55,141 --> 00:23:01,001 He launched a meme coin on Solana, and then he sued people that criticized him for it. 343 00:23:02,101 --> 00:23:03,401 Should it be surprising? 344 00:23:03,621 --> 00:23:04,761 I don't find it surprising. 345 00:23:04,761 --> 00:23:08,141 you know we're all shit coiners 346 00:23:08,141 --> 00:23:09,421 in the eyes of the lord 347 00:23:09,421 --> 00:23:12,921 but you kind of have to expect 348 00:23:12,921 --> 00:23:15,161 politicians to be shit coiners 349 00:23:15,161 --> 00:23:16,901 because they're fiat 350 00:23:16,901 --> 00:23:19,241 and shit coins are fiat 351 00:23:19,241 --> 00:23:21,601 this is what a lot of bitcoin people 352 00:23:21,601 --> 00:23:24,081 fail to see 353 00:23:24,081 --> 00:23:27,241 they kind of classify 354 00:23:27,241 --> 00:23:29,841 shit coins as if it's like this 355 00:23:29,841 --> 00:23:31,761 entirely different 356 00:23:31,761 --> 00:23:33,221 um 357 00:23:33,221 --> 00:23:38,281 is like an entirely different category. 358 00:23:39,921 --> 00:23:40,981 But it's not. 359 00:23:41,161 --> 00:23:42,981 It's the same as fiat. 360 00:23:43,141 --> 00:23:44,141 It's literally the same. 361 00:23:45,281 --> 00:23:47,901 What is Bitcoin the representation of? 362 00:23:49,761 --> 00:23:52,621 Well, it's going to be different for a lot of different people, 363 00:23:52,621 --> 00:23:56,061 but I think what is exciting about Bitcoin 364 00:23:56,061 --> 00:24:00,501 is your inability to manipulate and control it. 365 00:24:00,501 --> 00:24:04,441 there's like a set, 366 00:24:04,601 --> 00:24:06,021 there's something set to it. 367 00:24:06,081 --> 00:24:10,901 Like I know when I go and I buy cigarettes and I do an on-chain transaction, 368 00:24:12,101 --> 00:24:15,161 I don't do these little lightning cigarette transactions. 369 00:24:15,321 --> 00:24:16,701 I buy a lot of cigarettes at once. 370 00:24:17,521 --> 00:24:19,141 I have a lot of cigarettes to buy. 371 00:24:20,181 --> 00:24:22,121 Do it on-chain transaction. 372 00:24:22,441 --> 00:24:25,941 I know that a pool is going to mine it. 373 00:24:27,021 --> 00:24:28,441 It's not going to be censored. 374 00:24:28,441 --> 00:24:30,501 my transaction is not going to be reversed. 375 00:24:31,821 --> 00:24:35,481 And there's really not a lot of review process. 376 00:24:35,621 --> 00:24:37,261 It's not like there's eyeballs on it 377 00:24:37,261 --> 00:24:41,521 where the pool is evaluating the transaction 378 00:24:41,521 --> 00:24:42,861 on whether they're going to take it or not, 379 00:24:42,921 --> 00:24:44,741 whether they deem my transaction worthy. 380 00:24:44,941 --> 00:24:48,801 And that's kind of, that's really cool. 381 00:24:49,541 --> 00:24:53,381 And I feel like what's strange right now 382 00:24:53,381 --> 00:24:56,141 about this environment that we're in, 383 00:24:56,141 --> 00:25:03,941 in the discourse is like there, there's some questioning of that, you know, should, should 384 00:25:03,941 --> 00:25:10,561 the pools or should different individuals have a review process over my transaction for 385 00:25:10,561 --> 00:25:13,521 cigarettes or, you know, whatever the transaction is. 386 00:25:14,101 --> 00:25:17,721 And I know that is upsetting. 387 00:25:18,101 --> 00:25:23,581 This is going to be upsetting, you know, the Nazi plus, I don't really care. 388 00:25:23,581 --> 00:25:26,581 but it's just a 389 00:25:26,581 --> 00:25:28,001 it's a very different dynamic 390 00:25:28,001 --> 00:25:30,041 that has entered the mix 391 00:25:30,041 --> 00:25:32,701 of you know 392 00:25:32,701 --> 00:25:34,881 suggesting that that 393 00:25:34,881 --> 00:25:36,781 should be questioned 394 00:25:36,781 --> 00:25:38,561 and I think it's an interesting precedent 395 00:25:38,561 --> 00:25:39,341 like this is 396 00:25:39,341 --> 00:25:42,501 you know the fiat world 397 00:25:42,501 --> 00:25:44,261 the political world has changed 398 00:25:44,261 --> 00:25:45,481 dramatically 399 00:25:45,481 --> 00:25:46,601 Trump came in 400 00:25:46,601 --> 00:25:48,601 he completely eviscerated the left 401 00:25:48,601 --> 00:25:50,221 completely 402 00:25:50,221 --> 00:25:53,161 in total disarray 403 00:25:53,161 --> 00:25:58,681 nobody likes them nobody liked them in the first place but they were powerful before and um 404 00:25:58,681 --> 00:26:07,881 these individuals that had all the power they had control of all the institutions and they had in 405 00:26:07,881 --> 00:26:16,361 many ways they had control of all the culture lost it it was a radical change within a year 406 00:26:16,361 --> 00:26:18,521 Has it really yielded anything different? 407 00:26:18,741 --> 00:26:21,101 Well, we're still ruled by the Epstein list. 408 00:26:22,081 --> 00:26:25,581 And that was pretty clear. 409 00:26:25,841 --> 00:26:27,001 The wars are still going on. 410 00:26:27,101 --> 00:26:28,061 The printing is still going on. 411 00:26:28,121 --> 00:26:29,981 The tax is still going on. 412 00:26:31,481 --> 00:26:33,361 There's been some superficial changes. 413 00:26:34,221 --> 00:26:37,121 Less of an emphasis on transgender bathrooms. 414 00:26:37,321 --> 00:26:38,781 The culture war has changed a lot. 415 00:26:38,841 --> 00:26:40,341 You can say gay and retard now. 416 00:26:41,521 --> 00:26:43,501 Pretty close to being able to say the N-word. 417 00:26:43,501 --> 00:26:46,421 hear people saying it all the time 418 00:26:46,421 --> 00:26:47,901 but they're not saying it publicly yet 419 00:26:47,901 --> 00:26:51,541 maybe in a couple of years 420 00:26:51,541 --> 00:26:54,081 probably coming 421 00:26:54,081 --> 00:26:58,261 white people are going to get their n-word privileges 422 00:26:58,261 --> 00:27:02,041 like that's one of the impacts of fascism 423 00:27:02,041 --> 00:27:04,921 is that white people can say the n-word 424 00:27:04,921 --> 00:27:06,201 on podcasts 425 00:27:06,201 --> 00:27:08,801 and on twitter 426 00:27:08,801 --> 00:27:10,701 some people are already but 427 00:27:10,701 --> 00:27:12,681 not very many are brave enough yet 428 00:27:12,681 --> 00:27:16,601 But the Bitcoin ecosystem has changed quite a bit. 429 00:27:17,961 --> 00:27:18,801 Quite a bit. 430 00:27:20,801 --> 00:27:22,721 And I think it will continue to change. 431 00:27:22,841 --> 00:27:25,501 I mean, we've seen this rise of stablecoin. 432 00:27:25,661 --> 00:27:27,981 And we're going to continue to see this rise of stablecoins. 433 00:27:27,981 --> 00:27:39,201 It's, you know, Bitcoin and Tether have become this giant geopolitical chess game. 434 00:27:39,201 --> 00:27:48,561 Like it's the forefront of the geopolitical monetary warfare that's going on. 435 00:27:48,621 --> 00:27:51,301 You got Scott Besson shilling Bitcoin. 436 00:27:51,681 --> 00:27:52,161 Pretty weird. 437 00:27:52,161 --> 00:28:11,841 But at the same time, you know, there's, you know, it's hard to say what's real because you've seen this posturing of Donald Trump and these other people saying that they're ending operation choke point 2.0. 438 00:28:12,781 --> 00:28:15,541 That they're being friendly here towards crypto businesses. 439 00:28:17,121 --> 00:28:20,261 But then you also see the developers getting prosecuted. 440 00:28:20,261 --> 00:28:31,821 And in the Bitcoin ecosystem, you see a lot of people, you know, talking about how the state's going to come in and regulate the way that you operate a Bitcoin node, unless you change. 441 00:28:32,321 --> 00:28:35,621 You got to out-comply the state before they come and regulate you. 442 00:28:35,621 --> 00:29:00,141 And whether that's just, you know, kind of like those are vapid arguments that are never going to come to fruition or if they're real, it's a massive change in discussion and conversation that wasn't being had before. 443 00:29:00,141 --> 00:29:05,101 and some people might, you know, 444 00:29:05,161 --> 00:29:10,821 explain that as Bitcoin Core making changes. 445 00:29:13,221 --> 00:29:14,101 But I don't know. 446 00:29:14,461 --> 00:29:17,581 I mean, maybe this is part of living in fascist America. 447 00:29:21,401 --> 00:29:24,601 Like we could have had a complete retard running things 448 00:29:24,601 --> 00:29:27,481 and people wouldn't have been as upset 449 00:29:27,481 --> 00:29:30,301 at the core devs for being woke and gay. 450 00:29:32,801 --> 00:29:35,681 That's kind of an interesting thing to think about 451 00:29:35,681 --> 00:29:37,581 just from like a cultural standpoint, 452 00:29:37,581 --> 00:29:40,541 but the Overton window has shifted 453 00:29:40,541 --> 00:29:42,841 and the Nazi plebs are not putting up 454 00:29:42,841 --> 00:29:46,481 with gay and woke core devs at all. 455 00:29:46,621 --> 00:29:47,441 It's just interesting. 456 00:29:47,621 --> 00:29:54,261 It's interesting to see these tides culturally, 457 00:29:54,641 --> 00:29:56,441 the way that they shift, 458 00:29:56,441 --> 00:29:58,181 the way that they change. 459 00:30:00,381 --> 00:30:04,261 I think a lot of the plebs, you know, their opinion, 460 00:30:04,481 --> 00:30:06,341 they get these firmware updates. 461 00:30:07,181 --> 00:30:12,261 And in many ways, the selection cycles are firmware updates 462 00:30:12,261 --> 00:30:15,781 for the plebs. 463 00:30:18,201 --> 00:30:25,761 And I think, you know, the political system in the United States 464 00:30:25,761 --> 00:30:48,501 And I imagine this is very similar in other parts of the world because, you know, democracy and these two-party systems, which a lot of countries have, are so effective at channeling, just completely immobilizing the plabs because they fight each other. 465 00:30:48,501 --> 00:30:52,461 in the United States 466 00:30:52,461 --> 00:30:55,301 you know the Republicans are always mad at the Democrats 467 00:30:55,301 --> 00:30:57,721 everything is at the Democrats fault 468 00:30:57,721 --> 00:31:01,621 and the Democrats are always mad at the Republicans 469 00:31:01,621 --> 00:31:04,921 and they're too busy being mad 470 00:31:04,921 --> 00:31:08,161 to have any sort of self-awareness as to what's going on 471 00:31:08,161 --> 00:31:11,561 and realizing you know who's really screwing them 472 00:31:11,561 --> 00:31:12,861 it's the Epstein-Klein list 473 00:31:12,861 --> 00:31:17,301 and we've seen 474 00:31:17,301 --> 00:31:19,601 multiple Nazi 475 00:31:19,601 --> 00:31:21,721 plebs try to frame the conversation 476 00:31:21,721 --> 00:31:32,901 as if the whatever the current scuffle is an argument around relay policy as if this is a right versus left issue 477 00:31:36,181 --> 00:31:39,261 And we've seen the Bitcoin ecosystem 478 00:31:39,261 --> 00:31:42,941 really become aligned on two sides 479 00:31:42,941 --> 00:31:44,561 and people fighting each other. 480 00:31:44,681 --> 00:31:49,261 You've got, you know, the intellectual elite 481 00:31:49,261 --> 00:31:52,141 on either side, you know, constantly bickering 482 00:31:52,141 --> 00:31:55,381 with each other, constantly bickering with each other. 483 00:31:56,981 --> 00:32:06,881 And it's really drowning out a lot of interesting stuff that's happening that's kind of important, 484 00:32:07,441 --> 00:32:17,021 such as developers getting prosecuted, such as there not being a lot of energy put into, 485 00:32:17,021 --> 00:32:25,841 rather there's hardly as much energy being put into building things and shipping things and 486 00:32:25,841 --> 00:32:33,141 deploying things because there's so much energy being spent on fighting each other it's just it's 487 00:32:33,141 --> 00:32:40,881 kind of fascinating to watch it's fascinating to watch these two camps and and i think 488 00:32:40,881 --> 00:32:43,921 it's not a 489 00:32:43,921 --> 00:32:45,821 like a full perspective 490 00:32:45,821 --> 00:32:47,941 but it's because there are 491 00:32:47,941 --> 00:32:49,401 a lot of people doing things and 492 00:32:49,401 --> 00:32:51,701 you know to be fair most 493 00:32:51,701 --> 00:32:53,721 Bitcoin users just don't give a shit 494 00:32:53,721 --> 00:32:55,761 a lot of Bitcoin users 495 00:32:55,761 --> 00:32:57,301 don't even know 496 00:32:57,301 --> 00:32:59,661 what's going on 497 00:32:59,661 --> 00:33:02,041 a lot of Bitcoin users 498 00:33:02,041 --> 00:33:03,681 don't know who Luke Dash Jr. is 499 00:33:03,681 --> 00:33:05,081 they don't know who Peter Todd is 500 00:33:05,081 --> 00:33:07,501 they don't care 501 00:33:07,501 --> 00:33:09,821 but 502 00:33:09,821 --> 00:33:13,221 some of these things could be consequential. 503 00:33:13,841 --> 00:33:19,241 If this soft work is, you know, contentiously implemented, 504 00:33:19,581 --> 00:33:25,421 it could create a mess, could create a very messy situation 505 00:33:25,421 --> 00:33:28,061 beyond just, it's been socially messy, 506 00:33:29,061 --> 00:33:34,041 but it could be messy in the protocol level. 507 00:33:34,041 --> 00:33:39,521 I'm not going to speak to that too much 508 00:33:39,521 --> 00:33:39,921 but 509 00:33:39,921 --> 00:33:45,441 I think a lot of people are going to have a hard time 510 00:33:45,441 --> 00:33:48,621 unless they're just willing to embrace the chaos 511 00:33:48,621 --> 00:33:49,721 and just accept it 512 00:33:49,721 --> 00:33:53,821 if they're too set on their ideals 513 00:33:53,821 --> 00:33:56,801 this is how I want the world to look 514 00:33:56,801 --> 00:34:00,501 and I'm not going to be happy 515 00:34:00,501 --> 00:34:03,061 unless it looks exactly how I want it to 516 00:34:03,061 --> 00:34:05,121 they're going to be unhappy. 517 00:34:05,281 --> 00:34:06,741 Like you have to 518 00:34:06,741 --> 00:34:09,781 live life on life's terms 519 00:34:09,781 --> 00:34:10,921 and just embrace it. 520 00:34:13,261 --> 00:34:14,721 You got to embrace the things 521 00:34:14,721 --> 00:34:15,501 coming at you. 522 00:34:15,561 --> 00:34:16,881 I'm not saying that you 523 00:34:16,881 --> 00:34:19,041 have to put up with the bullshit. 524 00:34:19,401 --> 00:34:20,601 You shouldn't put up with the bullshit 525 00:34:20,601 --> 00:34:22,001 at all. 526 00:34:23,121 --> 00:34:25,741 But you kind of have to 527 00:34:25,741 --> 00:34:29,061 just accept that there's going to be bullshit. 528 00:34:29,341 --> 00:34:30,161 It's unavoidable. 529 00:34:30,161 --> 00:34:33,261 and that's a big 530 00:34:33,261 --> 00:34:34,641 distinguishment 531 00:34:34,641 --> 00:34:37,101 and I think that's 532 00:34:37,101 --> 00:34:37,781 where 533 00:34:37,781 --> 00:34:40,901 I'm seeing 534 00:34:40,901 --> 00:34:42,741 the difference in attitudes 535 00:34:42,741 --> 00:34:44,541 that different people have because 536 00:34:44,541 --> 00:34:47,041 you know a lot of people that think the 537 00:34:47,041 --> 00:34:48,101 Nazis are retarded 538 00:34:48,101 --> 00:34:51,281 they don't 539 00:34:51,281 --> 00:34:54,161 necessarily 540 00:34:54,161 --> 00:34:57,061 vehemently support core 541 00:34:57,061 --> 00:34:58,621 I wouldn't call them core menas 542 00:34:58,621 --> 00:35:07,761 and i think it's okay to be you know in this um you know as the nazis frame in a lot a left versus 543 00:35:07,761 --> 00:35:12,481 right battle i think it's it's fine to be politically homeless like i think most of the 544 00:35:12,481 --> 00:35:19,441 people that interact with bitcoin or historically have have been excited about bitcoin because they 545 00:35:19,441 --> 00:35:24,521 they have been politically homeless like they they don't they don't care about the kayfabe 546 00:35:24,521 --> 00:35:26,181 They realize it's all bullshit. 547 00:35:26,581 --> 00:35:28,681 They're like, oh, my interests aren't getting represented. 548 00:35:30,381 --> 00:35:33,461 My taxes aren't getting cheaper no matter who's in office. 549 00:35:35,701 --> 00:35:39,621 My purchasing power is constantly getting eroded. 550 00:35:39,921 --> 00:35:41,061 Everything's getting more expensive. 551 00:35:41,341 --> 00:35:43,101 And it's okay to be politically homeless. 552 00:35:45,281 --> 00:35:50,001 But yeah, it's been an incredibly wild year. 553 00:35:51,821 --> 00:35:53,921 We'll probably do an end-of-the-year recap. 554 00:35:54,521 --> 00:35:55,281 in December. 555 00:35:56,701 --> 00:36:00,161 But, you know, just looking at the political world around us, 556 00:36:00,381 --> 00:36:03,941 you know, the world has changed dramatically. 557 00:36:05,381 --> 00:36:07,781 Afghanistan, I just can't get over this. 558 00:36:08,341 --> 00:36:11,201 Fucking Afghanistan tried to invade Pakistan. 559 00:36:12,601 --> 00:36:16,701 How crazy is that? 560 00:36:16,881 --> 00:36:19,281 The Taliban is an organized group. 561 00:36:20,361 --> 00:36:22,381 After the U.S. government being in there, 562 00:36:22,381 --> 00:36:23,721 so the Soviets were in there 563 00:36:23,721 --> 00:36:24,801 they're trying to pummel him 564 00:36:24,801 --> 00:36:26,081 completely failed 565 00:36:26,081 --> 00:36:29,121 US is in there 566 00:36:29,121 --> 00:36:30,141 pummeling him 567 00:36:30,141 --> 00:36:31,121 for a long time 568 00:36:31,121 --> 00:36:33,301 eventually gave up 569 00:36:33,301 --> 00:36:34,141 now these guys 570 00:36:34,141 --> 00:36:35,521 tried to invade Pakistan 571 00:36:35,521 --> 00:36:38,021 got totally spanked 572 00:36:38,021 --> 00:36:40,521 I don't know if Pakistan 573 00:36:40,521 --> 00:36:41,481 is going to try and 574 00:36:41,481 --> 00:36:43,341 I think they know better 575 00:36:43,341 --> 00:36:43,741 but 576 00:36:43,741 --> 00:36:47,021 that's where we're at 577 00:36:47,021 --> 00:36:47,581 in the world 578 00:36:47,581 --> 00:36:48,761 right now 579 00:36:48,761 --> 00:36:51,621 it's so fucking crazy 580 00:36:51,621 --> 00:36:57,361 Pakistan is trying to invade, or sorry, Afghanistan is trying to invade Pakistan. 581 00:36:59,301 --> 00:37:03,621 We're going to see a lot of really crazy shit like that going forward. 582 00:37:05,681 --> 00:37:06,721 It's not over. 583 00:37:06,901 --> 00:37:09,221 It's just, in many ways, it's just starting. 584 00:37:09,941 --> 00:37:17,361 And it's never been a better time to be a pioneer, you know, and have that mindset. 585 00:37:17,361 --> 00:37:40,601 And, you know, maybe the pioneer meme and framing is kind of getting old and cheesy, but it's symbolic of, you know, this individual that really takes responsibility for themselves, that reads Atlas Shrugged and smokes cigarettes, that just focuses on the things that are important to them. 586 00:37:41,941 --> 00:37:42,861 Doubles down. 587 00:37:43,581 --> 00:37:44,761 Bats on themselves. 588 00:37:45,681 --> 00:37:46,481 Uses their brains. 589 00:37:47,361 --> 00:37:49,621 but yeah, 590 00:37:49,741 --> 00:37:53,561 I'm going to be interested to see what Rod has in store. 591 00:37:53,761 --> 00:37:53,901 Yeah. 592 00:37:53,901 --> 00:37:54,161 Let me, 593 00:37:54,261 --> 00:37:55,521 let me know what you think. 594 00:37:57,221 --> 00:37:59,441 I'm curious to hear what our listeners think, 595 00:37:59,781 --> 00:38:00,941 you know, 596 00:38:00,961 --> 00:38:01,841 drop a boost. 597 00:38:03,081 --> 00:38:04,301 Let me know what, 598 00:38:04,441 --> 00:38:04,701 you know, 599 00:38:04,701 --> 00:38:06,961 your reflections on this past year of the, 600 00:38:06,961 --> 00:38:10,641 the Trump presidency are shoot me a message. 601 00:38:11,521 --> 00:38:12,841 I'm pretty easy to find. 602 00:38:12,961 --> 00:38:13,861 You can find me on Twitter, 603 00:38:14,401 --> 00:38:16,201 telegram or an officer to shoot me a message. 604 00:38:16,301 --> 00:38:17,181 Let me know what you think. 605 00:38:17,181 --> 00:38:19,161 I'm sure you guys are going to have some pretty good insights. 606 00:38:20,521 --> 00:38:22,141 Yeah, thanks for listening to my bit. 607 00:38:22,661 --> 00:38:23,381 Now on to Rod. 608 00:38:24,641 --> 00:38:27,521 This is part one of the Bugles review of Donald Trump's first year in office. 609 00:38:27,921 --> 00:38:29,861 Part two featuring Rod's take will be coming out soon. 610 00:38:30,221 --> 00:38:31,061 Thank you all for listening. 611 00:38:31,421 --> 00:38:32,901 The Fountain Boost will be read on part two. 612 00:38:32,901 --> 00:38:48,861 I lost my job today and my cards are maxed out 613 00:38:48,861 --> 00:38:51,141 My wife is pissed, my life a mess, I feel doubt 614 00:38:51,141 --> 00:38:53,261 Why can't we jump and our problems away 615 00:38:53,261 --> 00:38:55,181 Like the way boomers did back in the day 616 00:38:55,181 --> 00:38:57,881 I look at my kids with a tear in my eye 617 00:38:57,881 --> 00:39:00,141 Questioning whether they are destined for a war or to die 618 00:39:00,141 --> 00:39:02,621 Raising little soldiers to fight and protect this nation 619 00:39:02,621 --> 00:39:05,061 While I'm attempting to fight off starvation 620 00:39:05,061 --> 00:39:11,581 I look at my kids with a tear in my eye 621 00:39:11,581 --> 00:39:13,841 Questioning whether they are destined for a war zone to die 622 00:39:13,841 --> 00:39:16,321 Raising little soldiers to fight and protect this nation 623 00:39:16,321 --> 00:39:18,601 While I'm attempting to fight off starvation 624 00:39:18,601 --> 00:39:20,841 How am I supposed to get around when the car was repossessed? 625 00:39:20,921 --> 00:39:23,121 No food, no car, no dignity, but now I'm stressed 626 00:39:23,121 --> 00:39:25,301 Now my heart is hurt, it's beating out of my chest 627 00:39:25,301 --> 00:39:28,001 Final chapter 7 after eating at McDonald's is not the best 628 00:39:28,001 --> 00:39:30,441 I remember the days before the world went mad 629 00:39:30,441 --> 00:39:32,781 Back when I trusted the TV, it wasn't sad. 630 00:39:32,841 --> 00:39:34,981 I had a dollar in my pocket, Nikes on my feet. 631 00:39:35,101 --> 00:39:37,421 I miss the days when I could afford to eat good meat. 632 00:39:39,261 --> 00:39:42,161 All I ever asked for is to be able to afford paying taxes. 633 00:39:43,361 --> 00:39:46,581 But now the IRS is on my dick watching my transactions. 634 00:39:48,221 --> 00:39:51,201 I can't afford to live this way, can't you cut me some slack? 635 00:39:52,121 --> 00:39:55,721 Why can't someone else do the hard work to get our country back? 636 00:39:57,561 --> 00:40:00,041 Binging Netflix isn't taking the pain away. 637 00:40:00,441 --> 00:40:04,621 It feels like the only thing I can do is pray 638 00:40:04,621 --> 00:40:09,341 Lord, please help me afford to pay the state 639 00:40:09,341 --> 00:40:14,021 There is no way I can't afford the fees if I pay late 640 00:40:14,021 --> 00:40:21,041 The sheriff is on my doorstep to kick me in the balls 641 00:40:21,041 --> 00:40:25,281 My phone won't stop ringing from debt collector calls 642 00:40:25,281 --> 00:40:29,821 All I want to do is comply and be left alone 643 00:40:29,821 --> 00:40:34,621 But I can't afford anything and I'm getting kicked out of my home 644 00:40:34,621 --> 00:40:48,141 I remember the days before the world went mad 645 00:40:48,141 --> 00:40:50,481 Back when I trusted the TV, it wasn't sad 646 00:40:50,481 --> 00:40:52,681 I had a dollar in my pocket and Nikes on my feet 647 00:40:52,681 --> 00:40:55,141 I miss the days when I could afford to eat good meat 648 00:40:55,141 --> 00:40:58,741 All I ever asked for is to be able to 649 00:40:58,741 --> 00:40:59,761 Before paying taxes 650 00:40:59,761 --> 00:41:03,121 But now the IRS is on my dick 651 00:41:03,121 --> 00:41:04,301 Watching my transactions 652 00:41:04,301 --> 00:41:07,581 I can't afford to live this way 653 00:41:07,581 --> 00:41:08,921 Can't you cut me some slack 654 00:41:08,921 --> 00:41:12,201 Why can't someone else do the hard work 655 00:41:12,201 --> 00:41:13,481 To get our country back 656 00:41:13,481 --> 00:41:16,301 Every night I go to sleep 657 00:41:16,301 --> 00:41:17,301 What should I not wake up 658 00:41:17,301 --> 00:41:18,421 When we wake up in the morning 659 00:41:18,421 --> 00:41:19,841 I can't afford whiskey in my cup 660 00:41:19,841 --> 00:41:21,361 How can I numb out the pain 661 00:41:21,361 --> 00:41:22,341 And hide from reality 662 00:41:22,341 --> 00:41:23,341 Why can't I find a way 663 00:41:23,341 --> 00:41:24,621 To escape the brutality 664 00:41:28,741 --> 00:41:32,101 It's starting to seem like the only way out is to take action. 665 00:41:33,021 --> 00:41:36,321 There is no way to hide from reality and choose distractions. 666 00:41:37,881 --> 00:41:39,701 The only way out is forwards. 667 00:41:39,821 --> 00:41:40,841 I will not give in. 668 00:41:42,101 --> 00:41:45,421 Finding a way to afford to pay taxes is how we win.