Awesome. I'm feeling the same way.

Did you end up going with XBT?

Yeah, your teacher's name would be great

My wife is starting to get into this and I'm getting ever more curious. Do you do tarot cards? She bought a deck and I find it interesting. I've also been recommended hearing Paul Chek's podcast, Spirit Gym, there are a lot of ideas that make me feel weird, which makes me more curious.

Probably something like the wild west or the USA during it's first decades after independence.

Also, over 99% of Americans aren't legally required to pay income tax, they just have to stop signing 1040 confession forms every year. This is more straightforward for contractors too. Ofc don't take my word for it and DYOR.

His brother

I agree to a certain level, but I don't think that would scale in the current world we live in (I don't think governments are going anywhere soon). Some level of trust is always required to live in civilization, for better or for worse.

I have to to use fridges, cars, laptops, etc and I don't know exactly how they work or if they were tempered with by the state. I can maybe use older models to reduce that attack surface, but to break apart or build up every modern piece of equipment I use would be greatly counterproductive.

I totally agree with your statement when applying it to the most important stuff, such as money and private communication. This is where my ignorance in tech shows up, I used Bolz over a tor browser and since it was non kyc, I just assumed that was enough for decent privacy. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Damn crazy times. You'd have to live under a rock not to get suspicious.