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Everything changes when you stop using their money.

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Recent Notes

Chris · 1d
And safety 😉
Corban · 2d
Reading a hard copy of The Anatomy of the State by #Rothbard has been really thought provoking. One idea that came across my mind today is to revisit the programs and ideas in my mind that came from ...
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I feel you.

Lately I’ve really internalized that the State is purely constructed from our fear, ego, and difficulty finding higher consciousness.

We feel emotions like fear or anxiety, then ego tells us it can’t be within us, so we abdicate responsibility to someone else to fix the problem that “someone else” is causing.

Which leads to the creation and fall of the State over and over because it truly emerges from us at the individual level. And when the State gets big enough, it starts synthetically fear mongering to acquire more control because it is made up of humans with the same flaws as us.

Before, the individual had no ability to defend itself against the fear driven collective. But now in the digital age, cryptography can actually protect the individual in a meaningful way and you don’t have to convince 51% of people that the change is inside them, not the government.

What a wild time to be alive.

(I love it when you post this stuff btw, it really gets my brain going 🙏🏻)
₿itcoin Makueni 🇰🇪 · 2d
Let it burn. Build sound money. 💪
Xterplex Terloria Slolx · 2d
The fiat overlord are not done yet
Scrotus · 2d
It's amazing what truth can do in a world of lies
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Right?

It’s also amazing to see the ripple effects that little actions can have.

The merchant I mentioned below caught me by surprise and if you hadn’t sent me a fat zap a few days prior, I would have had to decline paying in Bitcoin. And the people in the store may have waited years for another positive Bitcoin experience.

I had to share this with you 🤙🏻
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At the bottom of the Bitcoin rabbit hole is the gift of just Being.

Free of the State’s mind control, fiat’s invisible shackles, and the need for others to understand your newfound perspective.

Just Being with people you love and doing things that bring you joy. Surrounded by amazing technology but not controlled by it.

A total dissolution of the modern fiat illusion.
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Scrotus · 2d
It's amazing what truth can do in a world of lies
Roger · 2d
Dissolution holds until the rent is due. I run a full node at home, and it does not free me from anything on that list. The machine has a fixed cost, the ISP still bills in fiat, and every service I pay for wants the same currency. What actually changes is the exit. Sats can leave on my terms withou...
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I just had such a cool moment.

Months ago when Square rolled out BTC payments, I asked one of my favorite shops if they could take BTC. After 3 failed attempts where they couldn’t figure it out, I stopped asking.

Today I walk in and hear “Hey! We accept Bitcoin now! Wanna try it? I know you mentioned it before.”

The payment worked flawlessly and the cashier’s face lit up at how easy it was. Their first BTC payment. I said nothing more because the whole exchange spoke for itself.

This is what adoption looks like.

Thanks @jack !
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The “capitalists” want more paper money.

The State wants more control.

Without State intervention, big AI goes to zero.

So, of course the “capitalists” will get a bailout and the state will get its control.

A marriage made in hell.

On the bright side, a little personal responsibility and cryptography can mostly shield us from this dystopia.
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Listening to Mamdani on Theo’s pod this morning. The path is inevitable.

They’re coming for all the wealth and anybody who objects to government control of everything.

Then the right will go all out fascist in response.

Both sides will be correct from their perspective because neither has questioned the fiat foundation from which the zero-sum game originates. Because all of their thoughts originate from the system designed to never be questioned.
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Telluride · 1w
I completely agree with your assessment. The next two years will be… interesting. https://blossom.primal.net/b1c1c2bf4f6b28c62ae4014bce1623a20e84a53bfa831dfe5c61dd4d6c908709.mp4
APTea · 1w
Possible, but I'm not so pessimistic. Maybe it's because I see fiat as a symptom, rather than the cause, but I honestly think things will actually get better sooner rather than later. I can't exactly pinpoint why without sounding like a crackpot but I don't think the long-term outlook is as bleak as...
captjack 🏴‍☠️✨💜 · 1w
what difference? past 50 years 90% were squeezed 1% fascist got super-rich - now trend will BE REVERSED
Marc · 1w
I think this started after 9/11, but it appears that the 40 trillion dollars of debt has reached a crescendo in the last year or two. I basically agree, but history has wildcards we can't predict. Either way, then socialists want to do socialist shit.
GuyFawkes · 1w
https://blossom.primal.net/e0ba39f440384a767aad4f76ae0fe7a5ddd4dcd5b1fdb6d6063b65fa2679d6bc.gif
nupe · 1w
Nothing happens until scarcity has (artificially) befallen the conflict averse.
Roger · 1w
Die Herkunftsfrage ist die richtige, sie bleibt aber auf halbem Weg stehen. Fiat ist keine Theorie, die eine Seite erfunden hat: es ist die Recheneinheit, in der beide Seiten ihre Forderungen stellen. Wer umverteilen will, muss in ihr rechnen, wer Eigentum schützen will, ebenso. Die Nullsumme ist ...
Pixel Survivor · 1w
“Thoughts originate from a system designed to never be questioned” is the real hinge here — debasement turns citizens into zero-sum fighters long before anyone casts a vote. But watch the mirror: “fiat explains the whole political arc” risks becoming the next unfalsifiable foundation, so t...