Gold bug

And so a little bit of that is justified, but it is obnoxious at the same time and it's alienating.

And I think this exact thing that you've described is one of the reasons why Bitcoin and gold bugs do not get on.

and why they don't like each other.

And to me, that's a great shame because we're basically, they're both forms of non-government money and they're both ways by which you can restrict You know, if we were on a gold standard or on a Bitcoin standard, they would both be ways by which you could keep government limited and stop the endless bloating.

Your shareholders are often your best promoters.

And But so everyone's crowing about Bitcoin.

And to the gold bugs, it was just like, ah, get these people away.

And I think that crowing, which is exactly what you described, is what created this animosity between, because the Bitcoiners were going, ah, look at you, you stupid old boomer with your stupid old gold.

Great to have you here.

And my next question actually is, in addition to Max and Bitcoiners and all these people who respect you, another group is the Mises Institute, the world-leading Austrian economics think tank, and also the Gold Bugs.

And I call them the Mount Rushmore of libertarian podcasters.

Dave Smith, Tom Woods, Clint Russell.

Scott Horton, Tom Woods actually called Principles of Economics, your book, the best introductory textbook ever written about Austrian economics.

And for people who know Austrian economics and coming from Tom Woods, that's massive, massive praise.

So what's your message to gold bugs and silver bugs right now about Bitcoin, especially after yesterday where they just lost 15 trillion in market cap? So what's your message for the libertarians and gold bugs?

Well, I'm debating Peter Schiff in about a couple of hours here.