A little over a week ago, he tore down a monument and melted it down to make a manhole cover.
The hype is as if El Salvador had turned into Switzerland.
And yes, the level of boot-licking toward the government by Bitcoiners is simply fantastic.
"Governments are funded by force"...
I’m starting to doubt this more and more.
Why?
You can ask 10 "normies" around you what they think about fiat currency, taxes and regulations, surveillance from the state, and see that people actually support these things _voluntarily_.
Yes, if they openly say they won’t pay, they’ll face aggression from the state.
But they don’t even try to resist, not because they’re afraid of aggression from the state, but because they’re convinced that the state is a necessary evil for society to function.
But aggression comes at a price. Aggression is more expensive and less effective than brainwashing.
Right now, there are enough tools in the world for everyone to live free from government surveillance. So? So nothing.
Without a political backbone, all FOSS and all cryptocurrencies are useless.
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> All good. 🐤 🙂
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I never understood the concept of patriotism.
I’ve never gotten a boner for a state flag. I’ve never gotten a boner for state songs either (including the national anthem, military marches, and so on).
Even as a child, when a person’s brain is most vulnerable to state + religious propaganda (they often work together — it’s much more effective at flashing the firmware), I still couldn’t understand why people voluntarily give away their life energy and literally worship those who rob them at every step.
To my great disappointment, normies around the world are more or less the same. For the majority, the low-level firmware runs on full patriotism mode.
The most adequate people I’ve met in my life — the ones I would always try to help if they asked me — after we briefly discussed politics and what was happening in the world, always told me:
"Fuck country X. Fuck all politicians."
When the low-level firmware says "I love the country, but I hate the state", it’s more or less the same level of patriotism. Why?
Love for an abstract "country" is a form of collectivist thinking.
It’s replacing real, individual relationships (with family, friends, neighbors, etc.) with an emotional attachment to an imaginary collective living inside an abstract country — a country where the individual personally knows only a tiny-tiny % of the people.
I love my family and my friends, but I have never felt (and never will feel) any emotional attachment to an abstract geographical entity and its symbols (coats of arms, currencies, songs, etc.).
When someone says "I love my country", they are giving the state a blank check. The state then says: "If you love the country, you must pay taxes, defend the borders, and obey the laws of this country". And that’s exactly what most people do — consciously or not.
"Love for a country" is one of the main fuels that powers the state.
Private property
I don’t think it truly exists beyond small things like the food you bought/produced, small electronics, furniture or clothes.
Under the current political world order, "your land" or "your car" is about as much yours as "your" "money" in the national currency. [ hint: the quotation marks are placed exactly where the state is fucking you over completely — it’ll be funny if you notice exactly where ]
As long as you pay land tax and/or car tax, you are not the owner — at best, you’re a tenant of the real owner, the fraudulent state.
The state can take any land "for public benefit" — and this is "legal" in every country.
And "legality" literally means a few pieces of paper, a couple of signatures, and a couple of stamps (often featuring the symbols of the country you love).
Yes, you can then file a democratic claim in a democratic court — while living in a tent in a forest (if the state allows it and you don’t break a law that prohibits living in a tent, which can also land you in prison), or living on the street (if you’re an urban goy).
If someone can take your property without your consent — it’s not your property.
Real property is something you can defend yourself or through voluntary agreements with other adequate people. And this is probably one of the main reasons why, in early 2015, I came to Bitcoin, and later to Monero.
With the proper use of proper FOSS, I can protect my XMR from all the states in the world. Even more — after my death, I can consciously "take" my XMR with me by simply keeping the private keys in an encrypted form, with the password known only to me. [I’m not saying this is right or logical — just that this possibility exists.]
Just a stream of thoughts before Sunday, which for me is a completely offline day.
I hope you have an enjoyable weekend. 🌲⛰️🌳
