Svetski Wake Up Podcast

**Disclaimer**  I'm still working on the flow & quality, so bear with me. Subsequent videos are getting better.  Equality is the WORST outcome for society, unless you want to create a one full of drones, who all think the same (ie; USSR, CCP, Nth Korea).   The very definition of “different”, or “original thinking” is the antithesis of conformity.  If we force individuals to conform, for some short sighted notion of equality, we literally destroy the very essence of what makes life special.   Look at who we’ve aspired to be & been inspired by throughout history.  Everyone from Jesus, to Aleksandar the Great, to Eminem, to William Wallace, to Oprah, to Bonnie & Clyde, Kurt Cobain, Beyonce, Tupac, Kanye, Batman, Orwell, Dostoyevksi, Rothbard, Einstein, Tesla, Newton, Solzhenitzin, Peter Theil, Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Joan of Arc, Terrence McKenna, Maradona, Mandela, Ghandi, The wright brothers, Banksy, Oceans 11, The Matrix, V for Vendetta.   Being different & thinking different is only possible when people are free to do so.  This is fundamentally antithetical to conformity, and as an extension; equality.   Monocultures cannot, by definition breed diversity. They become baron, dry, uni-directional, and grey.   Freedom may be messy, but it’s where all the colour in life is.  This is where real, emotional, personal art comes from. Not the super-predictable, overtly political bullshit we see today, with a bunch of “woke” brands & corporates just parroting the same thing.   There’s nothing unique here. There’s nothing original. It requires no courage to say what the last person said.  It takes courage, strength, passion and bravery to be different - and that’s what we kill as we lead with “equality & conformity” instead of “freedom & individualism”.   What a sad, drab world it would be if we were all the same.  There’s one example I can think of that’s done well at this. They’re efficient, but at what cost to the human spirit?  Yeah - Nth Korea. Much of China is like that too.  That’s not a world worth living in.   Another good visual is the Pixar movie; Wall-E.  That’s unfortunately where we’re headed.   To grow, on an individual level, and as it’s logical extension; the level of the organism (humans), we have to move outside of what’s known. We have to move beyond the comfort zone, but this is only possible with Freedom.  Struggle is where the beauty & colour of life comes from. That’s the very definition of being “alive”.  The more we push for equality, and eliminate the freedom to choose, the freedom to discriminate, the freedom to speak, transact, and think, the more we sterilize the very “life” out of life.    Thanks again for listening.  Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify & follow on Twitter & Medium @AleksSvetski https://youtu.be/fnH5yoyHwSU

Recorded when this new stupid legislation came out enforces non-discrimination in the work place based on sexual orientation, extending from race, nationality and whatever else they have in there. Soon enough it will extend to IQ, intellect, and every other “minority” complaint so as a business you’ll no longer have ANY choice as to who to hire, because you’ll get sued for any number of reasons. So much for freedom of speech and the right to choose. I literally just recorded on this the other day, so I’m going to add a little more in this video. Forcing someone to make a decision based on your notion of morality is violence!!! This new law is a form of violence perpetrated by the state. Let’s use an example to illustrate it’s stupidity: The LGBTQ community has fought for a while (especially the LGBs) to be recognised as a legitimate sub-section fo society. And that’s fine. Especially things like Gay marriage etc. That’s a non-violent act of 2 people eloping. I personally have no interest in it, but if two people of the same se love each other & wanna get it on, go for it. I'm happy for you! I’m glad that they stood up & fought for the right to do that. The very fact that they needed to actually fight for it pisses me off anyway, because it just shows how insane society is. We give up our moral agency to state institutions that supposedly “know better”. So anyway. LGBs in particular, got some well deserved wins. And I’m happy for them. They should also join us in defunding the very clowns they had to ask permission for, so they don’t have to ever be subject to such begging ever again.. But now with this law. Let’s say you’ve got a business full of gay people, and your edge is that you hire gay people only because you guys all share common values, mental models, tastes & styles. It’s a part of your USP. Should you not be allowed to do that? Is it not discrimination now that if you don’t hire some straight guy, who’s nothing like you to come in and work with you? How would you feel if the government turned around tomorrow & said, nope; you have to hire this person "because discrimination laws”. Like seriously. How can you give the state that power. Private property implies you have the right to choose (ie; the very definition of discrimination) what you can & will do with YOU own property (whether it’s you, your stuff or your mind). It's nobody else’s right to force you to do otherwise. By enforcing these laws, you remove personal agency and responsibility. You basically admit that you don’t actually own anything, nor do you own yourself. You’re just a subject of the government; or a “vessel” that fulfils a duty that you’ve neither agreed to or understand. Welcome to the matrix. Congratulations you’re now a drone. No free will. It’s time to Wake Up. __________ Thanks again for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify & follow on Twitter & Medium @AleksSvetski, and https://anchor.fm/wakeuppod

**Disclaimer** This is my first episode since I dissected that Dan Tapiero & Raoul Pal video (yeah, I’ve been busy). It’s rough, but I hope you enjoy the content and can bear with me as I churn these suckers out. I promise they will improve, so thanks for listening and remember to subscribe, etc. ___________________________ Discrimination & Diversity There is a major level of cognitive dissonance going on with people (especially leftists & collectivists) who are ‘against' discrimination, but ‘for' diversity. As usual, because they don’t take a moment to THINK before they speak, their positions are contradictory! In this short video, I’ll break that contradiction down and make the point that discrimination is fundamentally critical in the path to diversity, because to discriminate means to choose, and choice is the basis of differentiation and diversity. The idea of self-ownership and personal property rights, whether that property be your business, your money (and where you choose to spend it), your friends, your body & being, your opinion, or what goes on in your mind, is that YOU can choose to make a decision (ie; discriminate), based on whatever reason you want to. It implies it’s yours to do with as you please. That’s freedom. Now…if you decide to initiate violence upon another, based on some discriminatory reason; well the problem is not discrimination; it’s the fucking violence - irrespective of the reason. The aggressor is the aggressor - and who is being transgressed upon has the right to defend themselves. The very notion of not being able to discriminate means choice does not exist. And you might say “oh it’s not to that extent”. And I say: “oh really? Where is the line drawn? Who gets to decide that? And what happens when the next group starts to demand more?”. Tyranny never starts out blatant. It begins as small transgressions on our freedom. It requires us to ever so slightly violate our values, and continue to do this incrementally, until before you know it - we’re Nazi guards or deranged Karen’s. We need to discuss these things early and cut out their venom before it spreads. __________   Thanks again for listening.   Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify & follow on Twitter & Medium @AleksSvetski

Here we go... Aleks Svetski here (yep, founder At Amber.app). For episode #1 of Wake Up, I'm sharing my take on the real vision interview between Raoul Pal and leading macro-economist Dan Tapiero. I'll be dissecting and reinterpreting the conversation to help people better understand the nature, benefits and philosophy of Bitcoin, whilst attempting to explain the nuances a little deeper. Thanks in advance for listening. Subscribe on YouTube, Anchor, Spotify & follow on Twitter @AleksSvetski More coming soon!