T.T. 43: islands, waves, moments... opportunities

2024 is serving up some insane waves... at this point, I'm just trying to keep my balance through this surfing "pop-up" motion amidst the rising tide

JeThoreau

Feb 23, 2024

Hola amigos,

Greetings from Berlín, El Salvador!

Life keeps getting crazier.
Hard to even know where to start…

I probably should lead with updates on the local grassroots progress with Bitcoin/solutions in Berlín…

There are so many WHOLESOME topics there.

That being said…

I can’t resist starting a little more spicy.
And it’s worth a disclaimer:

I despise — DESPISE — the fact that I’ve ever felt any need to care even one single iota about politics.

I hate that Fiat Currency exists. I hate that the power of the Cantillon Effect makes it NECESSARY to care who controls the money printer’s allocation. I hate that these sociopaths won’t just leave us all alone instead of constantly stealing from us to fund their multi-decade ongoing mass manipulation of us.

But since we do still live in a Central Banking global paradigm for now… while the Inflationary Debt Spiral is still playing out in (obvious, inevitable) slow motion… I can’t resist leading with a big picture macro/political point.

And I’m not gonna mince words.
Not in this one… don’t be a wimp.
Or just stop reading. Feel free. Anyway…

Bukele spoke at CPAC tonight.

El Presidente of my new home.
In my original home turf.

Going straight into the “land of the free, home of the brave” and speaking bluntly — for all of the world to see — about how it’s turning into a Banana Republic…

HE WAS RIGHT.

Not 100% on 100% of his points.
But on the key ones?
Yeah. Bukele crushed this.

And it’s resonating really well on Twitter!

Obviously some with Bitcoiners/libertarians, yeah… but even ALSO with normie (modern MAGA normie, rather than full neocon dinosaur normie) conservatives like Benny Johnson (215k views in 3 hours).

This is a WORLD-CHANGING TREND indicator.

I downloaded the full speech from a Twitter post (it was already being redistributed by everyone anyway) for your embedded convenience. Here it is, all 23 minutes:

Legend.

Honestly… I really, really hate to shill for ANY politician other than (author of “End The Fed”) Ron Paul. But man… this speech is historic.

Especially 18 minutes and 14 seconds in.
THAT is the Bitcoin President.

Not to shill for any politician… I know, I know. But I can confirm that Bukele is legitimately appreciated here. It’s just so obvious of a decision for the Salvadoran voters.

They just re-elected him by THE LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY IN THE ENTIRE RECORDED HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY.

Life is obviously better under Bukele now.
Compared to what it was before here?
Murder capital of the world?
It’s practically the opposite now.
That’s EXTRAORDINARY.

Especially in contrast with Biden’s Fiat America.

I hate to dunk on my home. I used to love the U.S., and I still mostly love what it’s supposed to be… “land of the free, home of the brave.” Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights… only a fool would deny the importance of those.

And yet… many do. Especially in 2020 and 2021.

It’s absolutely insane that it took a “third world” underdog like Bukele to show what’s possible. All it took was a leader to inspire people… to show them that they can finally start rejecting the status quo of unnecessary misery, by simply choosing to opt out, and then actually following through on the attainable positive change.

It’s stupid — STUPID — to stay polite with the Fiat Ruling Class… they never EARNED that respect. They are the OPPOSITE of Proof Of Work.

To be clear, I’m NOT — and never will be — calling for violent revolution. Neither was/is Bukele. The actual point is just Common Sense…

“In El Salvador, we don’t weaponize our judicial system to persecute political opponents.”

Which country is THAT happening in now?
Which country is deteriorating?
In so many obvious ways?
WHICH COUNTRY HAS THE FEDERAL RESERVE?

Hint:
It’s NOT the one with the “dictator” Presidente.

I had to lead with that.
And one more picture from it:

Bukele doesn’t pay me, for the record.
I also don’t agree with him on everything.

I just couldn’t help but notice this.
President of my new home.
In my old home.
Speaking truth… risky truth.
Unlike 99% of politicians in DC.

I hate to shill… but credit where it’s due.
I respect bravery. And integrity. Period.

Back to grassroots updates:

Things have actually been unbelievable this past week.

So many updates in my actual life.
Let’s hit the rest quickly:

Bitcoin Berlín Community Center opening
New Ioni Appelberg video that we’re in!
Isla Pirraya visit (Tuesday)
Bitcoin Week
Economía BTC

The new Community Center officially opened this Wednesday. There was a ceremony at the end involving speeches and custom certificates for some of the most involved locals… it was incredibly special. There were some tears.

I don’t have pictures, but a Documentary crew (funded by the Winklevoss twins) recorded a lot of it, so stay tuned for that I guess.

Words won’t do it justice anyway. You had to be there.

But, as far as I’m concerned, much cooler than the Winklevi shitcoiners’ camera crew…

Ioni Appelberg is a real Bitcoiner. He even made the best educational video on how Bitcoin actually works that I’ve ever seen.

I told him as much when he visited El Salvador for the Adopting Bitcoin conference in November, and we had the chance to meet.

It’s insanely surreal that I’m now personally in his new video, released today, about a minute or so from the end: