

Svetski Wake Up Podcast
Aleks Svetski
The world is largely asleep.
We're living in a time where our freedoms are slowly being encroached upon, but because we're addicted to mediocre bullshit, we ignore it.
Our money no longer represents our work, time or effort, the freedom to speak out is obstructed under the guise of "diversity, inclusion and safety", privacy is no longer respected and surveillance has become mainstream "for our protection".
Wake up is dedicated to helping ensure V for Vendetta and 1984 remain works of fiction.
Topics will include Bitcoin, Money, Freedom, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Ethics & more
We're living in a time where our freedoms are slowly being encroached upon, but because we're addicted to mediocre bullshit, we ignore it.
Our money no longer represents our work, time or effort, the freedom to speak out is obstructed under the guise of "diversity, inclusion and safety", privacy is no longer respected and surveillance has become mainstream "for our protection".
Wake up is dedicated to helping ensure V for Vendetta and 1984 remain works of fiction.
Topics will include Bitcoin, Money, Freedom, Philosophy, Psychology, Science, Ethics & more
Episodes
Mentioned books

Jun 8, 2022 • 43min
Wake Up Read #2: The Remnant, the parasite and the masses
Wake Up Read #2 covers part two The Remnant series.
The Remnant, the parasite and the masses
You can find the link to the original piece here:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/remnant-bitcoiners-vs-parasites-and-masses
And here:
https://svetski.medium.com/the-remnant-the-parasite-the-masses-15ca8b758127
If you liked what we're doing here with the reads, send us a comment via a "boost" on Fountain or any value-for-value app.
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Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
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And the boys who help me put this podcast together:
@gegelsmr2
@plebmusic
More coming soon!

Jun 5, 2022 • 54min
Ep 72: Theology & Mythology. Money Messiah Pt 3 with John Vallis
"Money is to Markets, as God / Value is to Consciousness"
This marathon of a podcast was too long, so we've split it up into be a multi-part series exploring John's incredible "Money Messiah" article from earlier this year.
If you've not yet listened to part 1 and 2, go back and listen to that first for fuller context.
Episode #70, and #71.
Part Three:
A discussion on Mythology & Theology.
Myths emerged as narratives as a means to teach us a meta.
Modes of being / operation.
Pagan, multi-variant gods as a map for multiple personalities for multiple contexts.
Mono-theistic god as the highest truth, the greatest good.
We ask a few thorny questions about Christianity and its expansion.
We talk about Nietzsche and "The Will to Power"
Who ask; "who defines good"?
And...Is there a thing such as a “greater good” ?
Is God:
The thing of highest value?
The thing of greatest truth?
The highest good?
The good is seeing / acting with a more truthful orientation?
Hence morality?
Hierarchies as an aggregate of values
The market as an aggregate of hierarchies
All of this, and a whole lot more.
Stay tuned for Part 4 and 5 of this mini-series!
Check out the full article at:
https://medium.com/@johnkvallis/money-messiah-god-bitcoin-and-the-evolution-of-consciousness-b95be58054f4
And of course, follow John's work on twitter @JohnKVallis
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Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
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Jun 1, 2022 • 36min
Wake Up Reads #1: Bitcoiners are the Remnant.
Wake Up Reads Episode #1 covers my first article of The Remnant series.
Bitcoiners are the Remnant. The masses don't matter.
You can find the link to the original piece here:
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/bitcoiners-are-the-remnant
And here:
https://svetski.medium.com/bitcoiners-are-the-remnant-4a6416f48118
And of course, Isaiah's Job here:
https://mises.org/library/isaiahs-job
If you liked what we're doing here with the reads, let us know on twatter, and stream us some sats on either Fountain, Breez, Zion or similar apps.
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Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
You can follow my work at:
- Linktree.com/Svetski
- Twitter @GhostOfSvetski
- IG @AleksSvetski
- https://svetski.medium.com
- https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aleksandarsvetski
And to @gegelsmr2 who help me put this podcast together
More coming soon!

May 29, 2022 • 47min
Ep 71: Money Messiah Pt 2 with John Vallis
"The highest value becomes our god; the point where comparative values dissolve"
This marathon of a podcast was too long, so we've split it up into be a multi-part series exploring John's incredible "Money Messiah" article from earlier this year.
If you've not yet listened to part 1, go back and listen to that first for fuller context. It's Episode #70.
Part two begins pulling apart the article itself starting with the big question:
What is value & where does it come from?
Key words that we use to help understand value are:
- Limitation
- Sacrifice
- Exclusion
- Selection
- Focus
- Prioritisation
All of course related to the concept of Hierarchies.
Another incredibly important idea that Jordan Peterson has popularised.
We then dive a little into:
- East VS West
- And how one is perhaps more liberation oriented, while the other more responsibility centric.
We talk about Nirvana and Satori.
Reaching a point where comparative values dissolve.
Is this state the "Apex state" and the goal we're aiming for, or just a way / direction?
We come up with the idea of "the interstitial nature of satori and value".
Then we related it to Spiral Dynamics.
This was a fascinating section.
We talk about "The highest value becomes our god"
We compare or relate everything against that primary value.
And a whole lot more.
Stay tuned for Part 3 of this mini-series!
Check out the full article at:
https://medium.com/@johnkvallis/money-messiah-god-bitcoin-and-the-evolution-of-consciousness-b95be58054f4
And of course, follow John's work on twitter @JohnKVallis
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You can follow my work at:
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- https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aleksandarsvetski
Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
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May 22, 2022 • 1h 13min
Ep 70: Money Messiah Pt 1 with John Vallis
We're now on Fountain!
https://fountain.fm/show/KGEglVpdWo4zXQWR3X7G
This marathon of a podcast was too long, so we've split it up into be a multi-part series exploring John's incredible "Money Messiah" article from earlier this year.
We of course dive into more than just the article, of note; we casually discover the meaning of life...seriously...well sort of
Listen up and you'll understand what I mean.
Part one covers:
- The process of writing
- Ordering & formatting information, from the chaos of 'the subconscious void'
- How insights emerge
- Evolution as the process of discovering greater Fidelity, precision, accuracy.
- We explore the Metaphysics of Quality (Persia's work)
- We discuss Consciousness, and touch on Eric Neumann book
- Matter VS What matters (one of my favourite topics)
And a whole lot more.
Stay tuned for Part 2 of this mini-series!
Check out the full article at:
https://medium.com/@johnkvallis/money-messiah-god-bitcoin-and-the-evolution-of-consciousness-b95be58054f4
And of course, follow John's work on twitter @JohnKVallis
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Thanks again for listening.
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You can follow my work at:
- Linktree.com/Svetski
Or
- Twitter @GhostOfSvetski
- IG @AleksSvetski
- https://svetski.medium.com
- https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aleksandarsvetski
Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
More coming soon!

May 8, 2022 • 2h 1min
Ep. 69. One Million Bitcoin Supply Cap w/ Knut Svanholm
This episode was going to be called the The Logan & Thor show.
Listen up to hear why.
In it, we dive into this idea of “The Sat Squeeze”
We discuss why 1 million Bitcoin (or less) will actually be available in the long run.
The rest will be lost, frozen or inaccessible.
We explore The numerator VS the denominator in Knut’s now-famous “everything divided by
21m”
We ask:
- Does infinity or 1m come first?
- How do we know what’s lost / inaccessible?
- Why is bitcoin still $40k?
- What happens at Sat - cent parity.
We explore the idea of “knowing is owning”.
“When knowing is owning, the nature of institutions changes”
Knut calls us “The trial generation of Bitcoin”
Which is true. We are the very beginning.
We discuss the idea of an “Informational element”
- Alchemists should’ve been looking to replicate the properties of gold
- Non-physical element
- Information is not just metaphorically valuable, but literally.
Knut’s New Book: Everything divided by 21 million available now:
https://konsensus.network/product/bitcoin-everything-divided-by-21-million/
Follow Knut’s work on twitter @KnutSvanholm
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You can follow my work at:
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- https://bitcoinmagazine.com/authors/aleksandarsvetski
Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
More coming soon!

May 1, 2022 • 1h 31min
Ep 68: Marxism, Chinada, Truckers & Politics w/ Benjamin Dichter
I'm joined by Benjamin Dichter, Freedom Convoy Canada, Spokesperson & Co Organiser.
We explore:
His Early history
Politics vs Economics
Marxism as a social poison
The simple lizards & red curtain argument reminds me of the marxists attempt to fix everything via the removal of privation.
Everyone is conspiring.
The best one wins.
Truckers. The real inside story
What happening now?
HonkingForFreedom.com
HonkingForFreedom.org
Crypto as an attack on Bitcoin
The Politics of Demolition Man
https://youtu.be/DrUNIX2Iv04
Follow BJ here:
https://twitter.com/BJDichter
PossiblyCorrect.com
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Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
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Apr 18, 2022 • 2h
Ep 67: Metaphors & Change, with Tomer Strolight
FINAL WEEK to get The UnCommunist Manifesto at a discount on KickStarter:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/uncommunist/uncommunist-manifesto-fixing-what-the-original-got-wrong
In this episode, we dive into
- Anarchy
- Ayn Rand
- Her ability to articulate personas
- Society being a culmination of Fuck up after fuck up
- An orgy of deception
- Government means that the criminals go there
- Somalia, and why it exists
- How to deal with "the flawed man"
- Stupidity, and calling it out
Building strong people.
The state weakens people.
We need thicker skin.
We must also know how to defend ourselves from the few "flawed men"
Leadership:
- A leader is he who places the right people in charge of the right things.
- Leadership confused with charge.
And we closed out with a discussion on the short story he wrote for The Bitcoin Times, entitled;
"The being that changed everything"
You can find that here:
https://medium.com/the-bitcoin-times/the-being-that-changed-everything-a3a22a97af3b
Finally we also touched on two other works of Art by Tomer:
Bitcoin is generational wealth: https://youtu.be/3Rnqst5qCgA
Tomer's new book: Why Bitcoin: https://whybitcoinbook.com
Follow Tomer here:
https://twitter.com/TomerStrolight
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You can follow my work at:
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Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
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Mar 28, 2022 • 2h 20min
Ep 66. Technology & Tournament Males (Meta Series Pt 2)
Ep 66: Technology & Tournament Males (Meta Series Pt 2)
Trav, aka Parabolic Trav, aka Meta Trav joins me again for Part 2 of the Meta Series.
In episode 2, we dive into:
- Technology
- Tournament Males (what they are, how they arose)
- The Code of Man
- Frame
- Chivalry
- Polygamy
- Hypergamy
- Evolution
- Religion
- Morality
- Feminism
- Adaptation & Fitness
This episode (in fact, this entire Series) is one to be listened to over again.
Some highlights:
"Evolution is like a difficulty adjustment"
"We transcend the environment, and then warp/change it, so we're then un-adapated, and have to adapt once again."
"The transition process is a crisis"
"The full manifestation of frame is sovereignty."
"Morality is a constraint"
"Feminine is unconstrained instinctual, and hence immoral"
"Polygamy is unstable, and destabilises the era of the tournament male"
"Religion comes along with monogamy to correct the instability"
Evolutionary Pressure on humans occurs quicker than what we're told, eg:
- Modern Hysterics (Homo Hystericus)
- Homo Bitcoinicus
What it means to be a Tournament male:
The tournament male trains to master the exponential technology of the day that can transform effort into disproportionate returns
Size difference over the women. They need to be physically imposing, physically dangerous. You need to work out. Be strong. Know how to fight. Be healthy.
You need to be smart.
You have to combine the cerebral and physical
Courage. Must be willing to stomach risk.
Must have options, and the attitude that comes with that.
Highly Generous. Always sharing with the tribe, and the lower classes.
Care about their bloodline. You become a higher status and you want to instantiate that in your offspring. They optimise "pure blood".
They're immune to guilt and propaganda.
They understand brotherhood. Tournament males in a group are exponentially more powerful than singular, competitive males. The pair bonder may be jealous and more inclined to betray bro's for hoes.
They do what they want to do. They're not
They care about how they look. Best dressed in the cultures.
TM's are always king head first into entropy
Ability to find a balance between courage and stupidity.
You're willing to bear the consequences of the frame you've chosen to project.
Responsibility and the age of responsibility.
Bitcoin is perfect frame.
Frame is responsibility
- Standards
- Interests
- Habits
Reconciling religious guilt VS not having guilt as a framed man.
- Guilt is when you deviate or break frame.
- Our goal as men is to unite with the ultimate frame of the divine.
How do you build this frame?
- Together. Brotherhood.
There is so much more.
Just get your ass in there and listen
Oh...and a resource:
r/K selection theory (Stefan Molyneoux) (Gene wars)
K selected species
Follow Trav here:
https://twitter.com/Meta_Trav
https://twitter.com/ParabolicTrav
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Check out the new book:
UnCommunist.com
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Mar 20, 2022 • 2h 3min
Ep. 65 The Bushido of Bitcoin with Erik Cason
>>>>>
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>>>>>
Eric Cason joins me…AGAIN to talk about something we as Bitcoiners need to think about.
--> A moral code.
--> A list of virtues.
How we must conduct ourselves, for it is WE, The True Bitcoiners, who shall inherit the earth.
In this episode, we explore:
Why is conditioning so effective.
Nature VS Nurture.
Masters & Slaves
UBI - good / bad / dumb / accelerant?
Honesty & Privacy ?
Privacy = Selective Honesty.
What is Bushido?
--> Japanese word that literally means "warrior way".
Bushi: "warrior" = literally 'military + man'.
Do: road, or way
Bushido is also used as an overarching term for all the codes, practices, philosophies and principles of samurai culture.
Bushido formalized earlier samurai moral values and ethical code, most commonly stressing a combination of sincerity, frugality, loyalty, martial arts mastery and honour until death
It allowed the violent existence of the samurai to be tempered by wisdom, patience and serenity
A code often unuttered to unwritten.
Requires a rite of passage, and in order to become a Samurai, one must master this code.
Variations by clan, by tribe and by territory.
(Localism in action)
Similarities to the European concept of chivalry?
Differences to Chivalry?
Eight virtues of Bushidō (as defined by Nitobe Inazō):
Righteousness (義, gi)
Heroic Courage (勇, yū)
Benevolence, Compassion (仁, jin)
Respect (礼, rei)
Honesty (誠, makoto)
Honour (名誉, meiyo)
Duty and Loyalty (忠義, chūgi)
Self-Control (自制, jisei)
The Bushido of Bitcoin??
Courage
Responsibility
Truth
Respect
Honour
Honesty & Integrity
Temperance / Low time preference
Self Defence
This episode's resources from Erik:
>The book of tea: given to Heideger.
Follow Erik's work:
@ErikCason on Twitter
http://cryptosovereignty.org
https://medium.com/@erikcason
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Thankyou to @PlebMusic @ @GegelsMr2 for all the work you do in putting these together.
If you're coming to Miami, there's a few tickets available for The Remnant Dinner.
This will be one of the more powerful satellite events of the week and an opportunity for you to connect with and build meaningful relationships with other Remnants as we navigate the clown world.
https://RemnantDinner.com
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