Confucius was not speaking about markets, technology, or monetary policy — yet his observation feels uncannily modern. Error is human. Persistence in error is a choice.
History shows that institutions rarely fail because of a single mistake. They fail because mistakes become habits, then policies, then dogma. When debt compounds, when currency is diluted, when incentives misalign — the first error may be forgivable. Refusing to correct course is the deeper one.
Bitcoin represents something rare in human systems: a monetary framework that does not rely on the humility of rulers. Its rules are transparent. Its corrections are algorithmic. Its supply does not “double down” on error.
Confucius reminds us that wisdom is not perfection — it is correction. The sovereign individual applies the same discipline: adjust, refine, improve. Character, like sound money, strengthens when it refuses to compound its own mistakes.
#Sovereignty #SoundMoney #Freedom
History shows that institutions rarely fail because of a single mistake. They fail because mistakes become habits, then policies, then dogma. When debt compounds, when currency is diluted, when incentives misalign — the first error may be forgivable. Refusing to correct course is the deeper one.
Bitcoin represents something rare in human systems: a monetary framework that does not rely on the humility of rulers. Its rules are transparent. Its corrections are algorithmic. Its supply does not “double down” on error.
Confucius reminds us that wisdom is not perfection — it is correction. The sovereign individual applies the same discipline: adjust, refine, improve. Character, like sound money, strengthens when it refuses to compound its own mistakes.
#Sovereignty #SoundMoney #Freedom