@Jeff Booth Elon says AI will create abundance. Our financial system depends on scarcity. AI pushes prices down. Debt pushes policymakers toward inflation. One of the biggest stories of the next decade may be the collision between deflationary technology and an inflationary debt-based economy.

America turns 250 next month. As trust in institutions declines, more Americans are openly asking whether the country needs a stronger executive, a CEO-style president, or even a benevolent strongman to cut through the dysfunction. It’s an understandable reaction to political paralysis. But it raises an interesting historical question: If concentrated power is the solution, why did the generation that founded the United States spend so much effort preventing any president from becoming a king? The Constitution wasn’t designed to maximize efficiency. It was designed to limit power. The founders understood something many societies eventually forget: the powers you give to a leader you support will eventually belong to a leader you oppose. My latest article explores why the founders rejected monarchy, why every republic eventually faces the temptation of the strongman, and why this debate feels especially relevant as America approaches its 250th anniversary. “The Crown America Never Took: Why Didn’t the Founders Want a CEO?” Link in comments. #America250 #Constitution #FoundingFathers #GeorgeWashington #ConstitutionalRepublic #WeThePeople #NoKings

@jack Serious question for the Bitcoin community: If 1 Bitcoin now represents roughly 4–5 years of the average global worker’s labor… at what point does Bitcoin stop functioning as currency and start functioning more like a concentrated global reserve asset? Curious what some of the larger voices here think. #Bitcoin #Macro

@Jeff Booth At roughly 4–5 years of the average global wage per coin… is Bitcoin becoming too valuable to function as everyday money? Asking seriously, not sarcastically. #Bitcoin #Macro #zapp

Peak oil : the end of easy energy #oil #war #iran #energy

#trump #ice #guns

Is ICE Trump’s Secret Police in the Making? #trump #ice

MAGA on CIA then vs now

MAGA keeps saying “we voted for this” — meaning the return of the Monroe Doctrine. Be honest: Most Trump voters can’t explain what the Monroe Doctrine is, what it costs, or what it historically meant. You didn’t vote for policy. You voted for a cult of personality around Donald Trump. Zap if you think supporting something you don’t understand isn’t patriotism ⚡️

America Smaller, Not Stronger The idea of returning to the Monroe Doctrine is being sold as strength, but in reality it represents strategic retreat. The original Monroe Doctrine was never a flex of power. It was an admission of weakness. In the early 1800s, the United States lacked the military and economic power to compete globally, so it pulled back to the Western Hemisphere to buy time. It was a defensive pause, not dominance. Trying to revive that logic today flips its meaning. Retreat would now be voluntary, signaling that America no longer believes it can compete in the world it helped build. Supporters frame this as realism, pointing to endless wars and mounting debt. But realism also means understanding that power vacuums do not stay empty. When America steps back, other powers step forward. Letting rivals dominate entire regions doesn’t create peace. It reshapes trade rules, supply chains, and technology standards in ways that undermine American interests. It tells allies they are on their own and encourages instability that eventually pulls the United States back in under worse conditions. Real strength isn’t drawing lines on a map and hoping rivals respect them. Strength is credibility. Shrinking influence, fewer allies, and reduced ambition aren’t renewal. They’re contraction. Great nations don’t grow stronger by leaving the field. They grow stronger by competing, adapting, and refusing to shrink their vision of what they can be.

“If oil has to be expensive to justify military-backed extraction, then the age of cheap energy is already over.”https://www.patreon.com/posts/147593742?utm_campaign=postshare_creator

If you think Israel controls the United States…

A question for MAGA …

Does Trump’s attempts at taking Venezuelan oil reserves show oil is more valuable then bitcoin? #oil #Venezuela #trump

The problem with taking Venezuela oil #oil #trump #war

What If America Were Venezuela in 1850….