America has fleets of driverless cars now.
(That look way cooler than those dumb waymos)
America knows the only way to prosper is to innovate.
Australia thinks it can tax its way to prosperity.
That's not how it works.
That's why there's no Australian SpaceX, Tesla, or Apple.
There's only CommBank and Woolworths and the ATO.
The State runs the economy. And the State is retarded.
Health care has been a non issue for me so far
Medicare is shit and expensive
Much better to pay no tax and get your own private health insurance
HOW TO LEAVE AUSTRALIA
This is how I left the country.
Your situation will be different to mine, so you'll have to do it differently. But for those asking, this is what happened.
As always, DYOR.
First, I looked up all the places that I could go. Meaning, all the possible countries in which I could get a job/work permit/residence.
Then, I narrowed it down based on my preferences.
- Did I want to live in the desert? No. Ok, Dubai is out.
- Do I want to live in a third world shit hole? No, Ok, London is out.
- Do I want to live by the beach and close to America? Yes. Ok, Cayman is in.
Next, I visited the Cayman Islands to see if I liked it.
I loved it.
Then, I applied for jobs. I didn't want to move without a job for obvious reasons.
I got a job quickly. It paid well and I liked the people I met with (I think that's important). My employer sorted out all of the visa stuff and paid for me to move, which was a major benefit.
And then I left.
It's really that simple.
The kind of tricky part is sorting out all the tax stuff. You have to get tax advice, and implement it, if you want to leave the Australian tax net.
If you're moving a business and a family, it will be a bit more complicated (I just have a wife who is currently unemployed in the Caribbean and loving life). But it's doable, I know many people on X (and in life) who have done it.
But really, it's incredibly straightforward.
Just watch YouTube videos of all the places you could possibly move (there's thousands - I like Nomad Capitalist), learn everything you can, then execute.
Life is short. Take action. Don't think too much.
PS: I have received a lot of messages with questions about my move. I'm sorry that I won't respond to most of them. The more time you spend on this app, the more cautious you are talking to strangers!
All the best, comrades.
WHY I LEFT AUSTRALIA
(VIEWS FROM BEYOND THE IRON COASTLINE)
It's been 4 months since I moved overseas.
I uprooted my entire life, moved out of a newly renovated house, away from friends and family, away from the country I grew up in.
But it was necessary.
Because there's no other way to put it - they've fucked Australia. Like, really fucked it.
I'm a hard worker. I worked long days, weekends. In a stressful, high pressure job. I took it seriously (which is rare, most people only half do things).
In my spare time, I would spend hours (many hours) writing books and creating content online to make some extra money.
But at the end of each month I was left with basically nothing.
The government took most of it. Either straight away through income tax, or more insidiously through hidden taxes, inflation, and crazy regulatory requirements.
And that money they stole from me wasn't taken to improve the country (I could probably live with that).
The deranged communists in charge viewed themselves as gods. And they were redistributing my wealth in accordance with some structure of 'morality' that I didn't adhere to.
The taxes imposed on me were considered just, because (under their morality) I did not deserve as much as I had, there were others more deserving.
But I didn't agree with my money being stolen to build houses in the middle of nowhere, just for aboriginal welfare recipients who would ultimately tear them apart.
I didn't agree with my money being stolen so that African migrants could fraudulently receive it via the NDIS.
I didn't agree with my money being stolen so that Indian 'students' could move their families here through the student visa backdoor.
And I didn't agree with my money being stolen to fund Chinese corporations building wind farms on all the farm land between Melbourne and Adelaide.
I can't describe the feeling of hopelessness that comes with watching your labour fund the future of others.
I went to a dark place when I realised that the work and stress I put myself through didn't help me or my family. It all felt... so futile.
I was a tax slave being bled dry.
And so I left.
I moved somewhere where I keep my money. All of it.
I've made 2 years of financial progress in the 4 months I've been out of the country (thanks to 0% tax, as well as the healthy salary increase that came with moving to a country with a real economy).
And now looking back at Australia from the outside, I know I made the right move.
It's a literal circus.
The media is all propaganda. The government is communist. The people are trapped, prisoners.
I knew this when I lived there. At least I was pretty sure I did.
But seeing it from the outside solidified every hunch I had while living behind the Iron Coastline.
The future of Australia is bleak. Citizens won't build wealth. No companies will invest there. And the Nanny State will need to keep increasing taxes on the small portion of the population that actually creates value to fuel their spending frenzy.
And that can only go on for so long before it collapses.
Good luck to everyone back home. I'm thinking of you.
But all I can say is that there a countries out there that don't view wealth building as immoral, that understand how businesses work, and want the country to actually BECOME something.
You should go there, probably.
John Goddard retweeted
Re: Cold Card Hack
Hello fellow Bitcoiners,
It’s been nearly one week since my wallet was drained.
I lost my entire bitcoin stack, presumably the most in the entire attack - an amount I’m more than embarrassed and ashamed to even admit publicly. This was not only my life savings but my time, energy, hardcore conviction and identity after 13 years in this space.
I am posting pseudonymously as I’ve always preferred to stay out of the spotlight - and privacy (inspired by Satoshi) is something I value. I debated whether or not I should say anything at all, but after much deliberation I decided it may be beneficial for other victims who are struggling.
While this incident certainly forced upon me the darkest days of my life so far - I have now accepted it and will slowly put together my life again. I came from nothing and did everything right (except rolling the damn dice apparently 😅). I stayed away from trading, exchanges, shitcoins, ICOs, NFTs, false prophets, etc and quietly and consistently built up over the years through all the ups and downs - never spending frivolously on material goods but instead using bitcoin as my sense of freedom and security - with the hopes to pass it on to my future children.
Even though that peace, freedom and security is now gone - I am beyond grateful for the journey and life that bitcoin enabled me to have.
To all the other victims, as cliche as it is to say “it’s only money” - true wealth, as I’ve learned over and over again is in health, family, and friendships. I’d be lying if I told you I’m not afraid of the uncertainty ahead, but I know by taking one step at a time it will be possible to rebuild. Trust me if I can come to these realizations, you can too! The hardest challenges in life make us stronger and turn us into the best versions of ourselves - don’t give in to the hopelessness. By being in this community you are apart of something special that the majority of the world still hasn’t realized yet. It’s still early!
Thanks to all the wonderful people in the community I’ve been DMing over the past week - your kind words of support mean the world to me and helped me start to believe in myself again.
To the hacker: you still can do the right thing here and come clean - you have prompted a serious wake-up call that has brought the community together which will bring more resilience for the future. Doing the noble thing now will prevent a lifelong hunt.
To all the amazing bitcoiners who have jumped to action from the very beginning to support each other and mitigate further damage - it’s been a beautiful thing to watch.
To the @blocks team and especially @intangiblecoins, your efforts are inspiring and provide me with hope. Believe me when I say that IF I ever get my coins back you will all be taken care of very well, along with massive donations to the open source community.
For now I will withhold any judgement towards @nvk and the @Coinkite team - while I’m still processing this loss and dealing with the gravity of building my life up from the ruins - I have 0 anger or resentment. Bitcoin security is a tough job, mistakes are made, and lessons are learned by all. I made mistakes by trusting and not verifying as well as not having a more robust security solution so the responsibility must be shared, hindsight is 20/20 and even though it’s tough: I’m okay admitting that. Bitcoin humbles all.
Having said all that… I’M NOT FUCKING LEAVING!!! I will start building a new stack from the ground up like all the other plebs as my conviction in Bitcoin is even stronger today then when I got my first coins in 2013.
This was never about the money - it was always about the revolution, and that can’t be stopped. We will win.
Let’s keep our heads high.
The march continues.
It’s time to rebuild.
PS: Thanks for everything Satoshi ❤️
-M
John Goddard retweeted
Went to bed last night 2am doing Bitcoin admin listening to @w_s_bitcoin
@MrHodl
And many more.
Wake up 5 hours later and they are still live in this space helping Bitcoiners.
Unbelievably grateful to see this guys. Multi- day support live on spaces.
Wicket is a marvel.
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John Goddard retweeted
The primary reason people don't achieve big goals is because they don't realize that the only source of truth is making mistakes. They soak up advice and theory, expecting it to be an exact match to their mind, experience, and situation just to fail once and give up completely.
Australia is more Soviet than people realise.
Everyone back home is asking me how they get their money out.
Then they repeat whatever the propaganda outlets fed them that morning.
And still, somehow, they think they live in a free country?
Hard to watch.
John Goddard retweeted
If you even slightly entertain the thought of failure, you give your mind a chance to start noticing reasons to fail. But if the only option on your mind is to win, then the world seems to conspire in your favor, because your mind will notice opportunities it wouldn't have before. Become delusionally optimistic, not because it's realistic, but because it's effective. It drastically increases your chances of success.
John Goddard retweeted
'Nightcall' was & still is the most iconic synthwave song bar none, with no better showcase of it than the intro to 'Drive'. Often you can forget the impact of such special songs once they become so ubiquitous with respect to their genres, but this one never fades.
RIP Kavinsky
Leaving Australia vindicated every theory I've written about here for 4 years.
That country is a propaganda prison.
Tall poppy syndrome runs through every citizen's veins.
The mental toll of being assaulted by the media and politicians every day is enormous.
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The ruling class squeezes individuals and small businesses through infinite red tape.
You don't keep what you earn.
You have no privacy.
You're told you live on stolen land.
Then robbed to pay for more immigrants to replace you.
Your money is not safe in Australia.
It makes you a target.
The government needs your wealth to fund the overspending.
They'll use the politics of envy as the excuse to steal it from you.
The lobotomised masses will cheer them on.
