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Socialism dies the moment you understand basic economics. Every socialist experiment—from the Soviet Union's 66 million deaths to Venezuela's 2,000% inflation—fails because central planners cannot calculate prices without markets. Ludwig von Mises proved this in 1920: without private property and voluntary exchange, rational economic calculation becomes impossible. You cannot allocate scarce resources efficiently when bureaucrats replace market signals. Cuba's average monthly wage remains $30 while North Koreans starve. Meanwhile, Hong Kong transformed from fishing village to financial powerhouse through free markets. Property rights create prosperity. Central planning creates poverty. The choice stays yours.

Sola Scriptura Geniuses are celebrating Easter this Sunday. Easter's date, however, isn’t in the Bible. The date was set by a Church at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 AD. Easter will be celebrated this Sunday because of Catholic Tradition. You’re welcome, Protestants.

Roman Catholic penitents during the Holy Week.

To understand the Christian faith, we can go with the former gym front-desk worker turned blogger, or we can go with the Successor of St. Peter.

✍️ New article: Battery costs have declined by 99% in the last three decades, making electrified transport a reality— Over 20 million electric cars were sold globally in 2025 — some for as little as $10,000. Even just two decades ago, that would have been impossible. The reason it's possible now? Batteries have gotten *much* cheaper. In 1991, lithium-ion battery cells cost around $9,200 per kilowatt-hour. By 2024, that had fallen to just $78 — a decline of more than 99%. You can see this in the chart. To put that in perspective: the battery cells in a standard electric car today cost around $5,000. In 1991, those same cells would have cost nearly $600,000. There was no single breakthrough behind this. Batteries follow a “learning curve”: as cumulative production grows, thousands of small improvements in chemistry, manufacturing, and supply chains drive prices down. Since 1998, every time global cumulative battery production doubled, the price dropped by roughly 19%. Early progress was driven by consumer electronics — phones and laptops — before the technology became viable for cars, buses, and larger energy storage. Energy density has also more than tripled since the 1990s, meaning batteries can now store far more energy for their volume. The half-a-million-dollar battery was never going to transform transport. The $5,000 battery is.

JUST IN: 🇺🇸 Fed Chair Jerome Powell warns US national debt is growing "substantially" faster than the economy and says it's not sustainable. "It will not end well if we don't do something fairly soon."

🚨 U.S. 🇺🇸 counties with more DEATHS than BIRTHS: 2010: 34% 2015: 43% 2020: 60% 2025: 65% 2030: Likely many more We need to change this. America 🇺🇸 needs to live. And to live it needs LIFE, children, and babies. 🚨

Who else?

🇺🇸 ✈️ United: Jet fuel prices have more than doubled in three weeks, if continues, annual fuel bill would exceed $11 billion (more than double its best-ever annual profit) New York–London fares up 177% (week-on-week) 📈 🇺🇸✈️ Delta: $400 million hit due to rising fuel prices

Roman Catholic penitents during the Holy Week.

🇺🇸 The Tesla Semi is an 80,000-lb electric truck that runs almost silently and costs much less to operate than diesel rigs. Same heavy loads, but without the diesel bill… It's the future of trucking.