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				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 20, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
consider that someone may not be working, such as retired, and wants to save money by moving somewhere cheap. expat communities are a thing


yeah, if you making solid 6 figures in Bay Area tech, then it's worth it to stay put.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 20, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
consider the possibility that an opinion doesn't have to apply to everyone or all circumstances


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 20, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Will he give hit bitcoin and 'tech people' what they want?


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 20, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I always ask people: if not the United States, where would you go? And where would you invest?




Unless you tethered by your job, live elsewhere where it's cheap but always invest in  'Big Tech'. Nothing beats tech as far as returns are concerned or Bay Area real estate.  But otherwise, America is too expensive and you can save tons of money living aboard and than using the saved $ to invest in FAAMNG.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 20, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
he's a professional public speaker and rehearsed it


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Military spending acts as a deterrent and to enforce American interests abroad,  so it's worthwhile even if unused .


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
no one cares. it's evident that when even celebrities can launch coins that crash and burn and not face the consequence that the threat of the law is a paper tiger. The worst worst thing that can happen is it's a civil matter and he pays a fine. afik no one has been prosecuted for promoting or launching a coin.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
crazy how much this shit has gone up--even now $trump is higher than it was yesterday at this time.


Smart move by him. Anyone who is even internet-famous should launch their own coin like this. Free $ pretty much .


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
After Jan. 6th and other incidents, no one taking any chances.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
agree. trump saw, correctly, there would be huge demand for this. he's not making any promises. The disclaimer  on this thing is huge, which 99.999 percent of ppl who buy this will never see, let alone read in entirety. his bases are covered.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
If the plates cost $1000 and you can eat from them that is like $5 of utility vs. a $995 loss.  The vast majority of collectibles have no utility, because to remain valuable they cannot  be used. many cannot even be displayed for fear of being stolen or breaking. MTG cards again being a notable  exception to this which offer gameplay utility.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
the price keeps going up. the performance is better than 99% of 'legit' coins . sure it can crash, but this is true again of legit coins. Trump is savvy enough to play into this demand. he stuck to his pledge in 2024 of not selling DJT stock.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
put a small amount $ in. this way if it crashes you will feel good about not having put more, but if it goes up, all good.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Wellness Wednesday for January 15, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
It is safe if  you don't mind looking like Shrek from overuse . I think some increased risk of cancer.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
except for MTG cards, collectibles are probably worse due to carry costs. Crypto has no carry. But they both tend to be bad. There tons of stories of people who drudge up their collectibles only to learn they are appraised for nothing or are unable to sell them. With crypto  at least there is a market where everyone gets the same price, and much better liquidity. That  urn may have been appraised for $1000, but no one will buy it or you may only get $800 after fees. Many items at auction houses go unsold due to reserve not being met or no bidders.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
crypto is $4 trillion total market cap. $5 billion market cap for $trump  is still tiny. Rather than saturation, it's more like $ from other coins shifting into $Trump. You can see this by how altcoins have all fallen except $SOL and $Trump.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
I dunno why people say he's so verbose. He's really not except for a few of his essays. The amount of writing he does is  less than required of a typical humanities undergrad ; same for the amount of effort to read him compared to college assigned reading. The verbosity of the prose itself is not that much different from other writing in an academic setting or even many op-eds, such as from the New Yorker. I think so many people's attention spans are fried.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
At least investments, even shitty crypto ones, can go up. Better than 'all or nothing' things like sports betting.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Political problems and division arises  from  insufficient  concentration of political  power, not too much of it.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
it makes him look worse to those who already didn't like him--so it's bad in that sense.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
no, too risky and missed the train. Crypto has  very high beta with the stock market, no alpha anymore.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
To toot my horn, it looks like my thesis from 2 months age was correct https://www.themotte.org/post/1215/culture-war-roundup-for-the-week/260850?context=8#context


DJT stock stock being worth $4-7 billion despite meager earnings was not wholly irrational, as I had pointed out, due to the ability of Trump to leverage his branding in ways that short-sellers and other skeptics were overlooking, at virtually no cost to DJT. And now in the span of 4 hours Trump created $5+ billion out of thin air--just with a tweet (and a post on Truth Social) promoting his new coin. No $ spent on advertising.


Presumably, some of this $ will go to Trump Media. So in hindsight, DJT stock was not so overvalued. Trump can print money at will. His brand today is way bigger compared to in the '90s-2000s, when his companies regularly went bankrupt and his  failures made for late night fodder. The assumption was DJT would be a repeat of that. You're not smarter than the market. Or at least to be smarter than the market, it cannot be obvious. A year ago it seemed so obvious that DJT was worthless or would be soon, and now this. If a narrative seems too obvious or easy, there is likely something you're missing. Wall St. does not like to give money away.


Moreover, this is why you should never bet against Trump the person. Like DJT stock, $Trump has defied the typical 'pump and dump' trajectory seen in other meme coins, like Hawk Tuah's coin, which imploded to zero right from the gate. But $Trump went up 1000x steadily after it began trading--the opposite trajectory. Trump, like Elon, is truly the master of defying what is possible, or doing the impossible. The usual rules do not apply to them. Throw out your preconceived notions. No pump and dump when it comes to $Trump--the gains hold.


However, I predict his presidency will fall short of the expectations of some of his supporters, similar to his first term , such as no crypto reserve legislation, and being stonewalled by legal  problems and Congress. So I am bearish on the Trump presidency, but bullish on Trump as a brand, the political ambitions of his children, and Trumpism as a force of politics even if it does not change society that much.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					


I think it's going to be tough to get that constituency to play ball again, as they did so readily in 2020.




If there is any upside to hustle culture is that it gives men alternatives


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 13, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
Wokeness seems like a rebranding of the SJW--remember that? Woke-capitalism is a rebranding of 90s PC culture--the stuff satirized by Dilbert and others.  Leftism was weaponized by smartphones and social media, such as for getting people fired, but this predates the use of woke. It thrives because it confers status  without having to actually do anything.  In the past, activists had to actually engage in activism; now they just list pronouns.


				

				

						

							

								
							

						


						
					

				
			


			

	


			
			
				

			
		

	






		

			
			
				Culture War Roundup for the week of January 6, 2025
			
		

	

	

	

		
			

			

				

			

		

			


				

					
With a single day remaining until the next weekly thread, I thought I would squeeze this in:


Trump Won't Announce Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Via Executive Order, Says Analyst: 'He Would Likely Buy BTC In The Background'


Polymarket  is giving 28-30% odds as of 1/12/2025 of Trump implementing the strategic crypto reserve within his first 100 days in office.


I remember a month before the 2024 election , polymarket gave 60% odds of Trump winning. That seemed too high at the time (although in hindsight obviously too low) , but didn't feel that confident  either way. But taking the "No" side at 30%-- or a 30% return for the next 100 days--seems like a no-brainer. Trump dithering and nothing happens seems way more likely than only 70%. Trump has a long history, from what I can see, of falling short of expectations and letting donors down. I remember before his first term people were expecting drastic reforms and basically nothing of that sort happened. I would put the odds closer to 2-5% of the reserve than 30%.


from the above article:




Van Straten added that Trump, who is pro-Bitcoin, would likely buy in the background instead of making a public announcement. “No advantage announcing to the world about a BTC reserve as the price will just run away from him. He will just buy in the background.”




The evidence that Trump is suddenly pro-bitcoin still is not that strong. i cannot see him "buying in the background" either. I don't see him taking that sort of initiative.




The most likely scenario was Trump restricting the sale of the seized Bitcoins held by the U.S. government, Van Straten said.




I don't see this happening either. Bitcoin held in US treasury will continue to be sold despite  Trump being in office. Donors, supporters, and pundits will wonder why he isn't doing anything about it, and i'm like were you asleep during his first term? This is what is expected, which is doing nothing.