Bitcoin, The Peaceful Third Path

Marty's Bent

If you've been on the internet today I'm sure you've taken in the deluge of exuberance emanating from those who identify as left-leaning and a combination of despair and frustration from those who consider themselves right-leaning. If you've been reading this rag long enough, you'll probably understand that I certainly consider myself right-leaning. I am a God fearing Catholic who believes in conservative values, the rule of law, free markets, Liberty and Justice for all.

With that being said, it is objectively clear to me that the United States has been completely corrupted and hollowed out over the last five decades from both sides of the aisle. The uni-party working under the guise of a two-party system has done its best to sell out the American people in favor of cronyism. The cronyism comes in different flavors depending on which party is in power at any given point in time, but the end result is the same; insiders and cronies benefit at the detriment of the Common Man.

As it stands today, the United States is more politically divided than any time I can recall since I've been cognizant of politics. The state of the quality of life and the ability to live a life of dignity and financial security in the United States is such that people are being driven to the poles of the political spectrum.

The far left looks at the bailouts of the banks, the insane run the stock market has been on, the widening chasm between the rich and the poor, and any attempt to reign in fiscal insanity and sees an enemy in anyone who is believed to be a "Capitalist".

The far right looks at the degradation of the education system, which has turned into an indoctrination program, government handouts, mass immigration, and the dissolution of the rule of law and sees an insane enemy to the left.

It is becoming clearer by the day that the two options moving forward that are being framed, predominately outside of the mainstream media and instead within social media in its many forms, are strong man socialism or strong man fascism. The means of production need to be taken by force and capital redistributed evenly amongst the working class or the would-be socialists need to be forcefully put in their place before they attempt to repeat atrocities that are guaranteed to come along with socialism.

Again, I certainly agree more with those on the right side of the spectrum. However, I do not agree with this frame and believe that there is a third path that can defuse the bomb and produce an incentive structure that eases tensions and drives people away from the polar ends of the political spectrum and back toward the center. That solution is bitcoin.

It may seem too simplistic or even idealistic, and that may turn out to be the case, but I believe this viscerally.

The left is pissed off because they think the evil capitalist are raping the working class by taking the wealth the working class creates and keeping it for themselves. The mistake they make is believing we actually live in a capitalist society. Nothing could be further from the truth. Our system is overtly socialist at this point. This is evident by the bank bailouts, the insane amount of government handouts that exists and the centralized control that is inescapable in today's world. The United States has been a socialist country LARPing as a capitalist republic for many decades now. You can't have a truly capitalist society if the lifeblood of your economy is centrally planned. And our money is more centrally planned than any reserve currency system that has come before it. The evil capitalists aren't raping the working class, centralized control of money is. And there is nothing capitalistic about centrally planned monetary systems.

The right is (rightfully) pissed off because the subsidization of universities and social programs, mass immigration and an emergent degenerate culture seems all encompassing. In the United States success should be determined by merit, your net worth should be determined by your ability to accumulate wealth by providing valuable goods and services to the market. You shouldn't be forced to subsidize slackers, deal with an onslaught of illegal immigrants looking for "a better life", and be subjected to lawlessness in the name of "equity". However, the right fails to recognize that the centrally planned fiat reserve currency that runs the world enables all of these terrible things. Not only do they fail to realize it, they try to leverage it to their advantage only to see their attempted leveraging of the system backfire.

University subsidies via student loans, wasteful social programs, and the rush of immigrants are products of the fiat monetary system.

Universities can continue to indoctrinate because they have an endless supply of money to staff their halls from student loans and grants.

Social programs are funded by expanding the national debt by issuing treasuries.

Immigrants are rushing in because companies are desperate for cheap labor willing to stomach a lower quality of life because the manipulation of our money has completely distorted markets and forced business owners to cut costs wherever possible. On top of this, they know they'll benefit from the fiat fueled social programs that exist here.

If we don't diagnose and treat the core of the problem, people are only going to continue moving closer to the polar ends of the political spectrum.

Bitcoin is truly the middle path that can lead us to a more peaceful and cooperative future in the United States. The working class can save the fruits of their labor in a money that can't be debased. Bailouts won't be as easy of an option and companies will have to manage risk appropriately. On top of that, business owners will have to compete for labor by paying fair wages. There won't be a need to flood the country with immigrants. The university system will be slowly defunded and students won't have the luxury of getting a gender studies degree that has not practical use in the real world.

The high-velocity trash economy will be forced to reckon with true opportunity cost and, as a result, produce better conditions that make everyone happier.

Fix the money, fix the world. If this isn't your frame, you are asking for literal violent atrocities.

China's Rare Earth Monopoly Is Strategic Weaponization, Not Coincidence

Gary Brode delivered a stark warning about America's dangerous dependence on Chinese rare earth materials. He explained that China's near-monopoly on these critical resources, which are essential for technology, auto manufacturing, EVs, and advanced weapons systems, isn't coincidental. It's strategic. Gary emphasized that China intentionally built this dominance and will even lose money by dropping prices to crush any emerging competitors and maintain market share. He pointed out that China can effectively take entire U.S. industries offline simply by restricting access, which they've already threatened to do.

"China views what's happening here as temporary while they continue to build strength in areas where we're going to need them." - Gary Brode

The most troubling part? Gary warned that China views any trade agreement as merely temporary... a pause while they continue strengthening their position in critical industries. His message was clear: the United States must urgently rebuild its own capacity in rare earths, pharmaceuticals, and semiconductors. Without domestic production capabilities, we're negotiating from a position of perpetual weakness. The question isn't if China will leverage this advantage again, but when.

Check out the full podcast here for more on tariff impacts, dollar weaponization, and Bitcoin's path to $1 million.

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