50 sats \ 6 replies \ @based58 10 Feb 2023 \ parent \ on: Becoming A Sovereign Individual bitcoin
you can only become sovereign if you realize that the state is a mafia, an organization of the worst kind of people. They have zero legimaticy in everything they do. ZERO. Please, consider reading one of the following books:
- no treason (lysander spooner)
- the anatomy of the state (murray rothbard)
- the most dangerous superstition (larken rose) this is a much more "stronger/realistic pill" than the "orange pill"
The only (and recommended) protection from state is to move to a friendlier jurisdiction
If everyone did this, we'd have friendlier jurisdictions. Period.
There are plenty of examples of good governments! It depends what you are looking for in that government:
- Freedom & Liberty
- Specific tax structures
- Healthcare / Education
- Infrastructure
- Regulatory environment
Also remember that governments are made up of people. People are not inherently bad. Most are trying to do (or at least, believe they are doing) good.
- The remit of government is to serve the people (social good).
- The remit of corporations is to serve shareholders (financial imperative).
I would proffer that most of the sh!t we see from governments is sourced from private sector.
- Wars fund weapons companies (considerably)
- Pandemics fund pharma (considerably)
- xxx funds XXX
As a result politicians receive significant lobbying and influence from vested interests.
I'm not saying capitalism is bad, and I don't have the answer to all this. We need reform, 100%.
I don't know what such reform would look like... probably not some utopia where there is 100% transparency in every public decision. But it would be nice.
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governments nowadays are for sure not there to serve people, they are a parasitic entity who's primary focus is keeping itself alive. If govs were there to serve people then the world would look significantly different.
Even if there are some individuals that have the inclination to do good the levels of bureaucracy and cargo cult thinking makes them just a cogs in the machine at best.
the incentive structures that exist in modern democracies are so perverted and dysfunctional that there is no way anything remotely useful could come out of government, the least from crumbling empires of the west.
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😯 best thread I’ve read all year boys!
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There's no freedom if you put yourself under ANY jurisdiction.
Being under a jurisdiction is pure SLAVERY
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Then you need to buy a boat and live in international waters, which is do-able, many do it.
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you have no idea what are you talking about. You are clueless into this.
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