The ghost of Covid. Even if you didn't do the vaccine card, mask wearing, and didn't heed the laws that said your kids can't play at outdoor playgrounds, the fact that there was no effective resistance to the Covid tyranny is going to haunt us for a very long time.
the fact that there was no effective resistance to the Covid tyranny is going to haunt us for a very long time.
I'm not sure about the haunting.
Nearly everyone got taken by surprise, even most of us that already weren't a fan of the state. I'd like to pose that it was early days. I have this gut feeling - grounded in smaller scale observations - that post-2020, there are now millions of people that feel Nic Dorier's famous line, but to their governments: "My trust in you is broken". Unfortunately, I also suspect that the majority of those people is now voting for populist liars, but I guess that is a great way for trust to ultimately be fully broken. After all, the biggest sociopaths fall the hardest (they're just great at recovery too.)
The question I'd ask: what are you going to do next time? To me, the greatest loss was mobility. I lost a good gig due to travel bans, some of my expense went up 10x... the way this was executed could have been ruinous. Maybe I am not being a good proactive human and I should be focusing on how to take freedom of movement, but I guess that would make the same overlords immediately label me a human trafficker. Choices, choices.
And all of this is a massive wake-up call for people to see the reality that they are slaves in a system led by a ruling class. I highly doubt this will push people toward personal questioning about how wrong this is, or toward a questioning that leads them to seek anarchy. We've already had many, and I myself spent my life hearing but not listening.
PS: You should post here with cross post in nostr.
I feel so conflicted about this whole thing. Non kyc bitcoin is great... But there are relatively few places where you can go and spend it on the goods and services you need to live. Maybe square's integration will change that... Maybe it won't.
For example I know I could live on steak n shake fries however... Its terrible for my cholesterol so that's probably not a 'long term' plan.
Then there's non kyc purchasing itself... For any substantial amounts of money there is a paper trial, its almost impossible to be completely anonymous, and dealing in cash defeats the purpose as the purpose is to use bitcoin not fiat anyway.
Then when one considers the broader privacy considerations... Being 'really private' is a bitch. Your phone, your financial records, your credit card usage, even your personal vehicle comes with a certain amount of tracking built in... Which the vast majority of people just accept/don't think about.
The way I look at bitcoin is relatable to firearm's ownership in the united states... It will never be completely private, it can't be. Show up at a shooting range, or buy guns at a shop and there will be a record somewhere for someone. And any serious use of a firearm for defensive purposes (like for home defense) is a big deal and you will want ALL documentation possible that you did everything right, seriously.
So the goal isn't perfect anonymity but having guns (or bitcoin) in the hands of as many people as possile, teaching financial education, and teaching people about their rights and the role + dignity of the taxpayer.
Citizens are most free when they are well educated, well employed and heavily armed... That Europe not only has taken the guns but is so hell bent on financial censorship and censorship of speech... Is just sad.
One day people will wake up and the financial censorship, the 'age verification' which requires the upload of ID documents... Will be all over them and they will say "why what happened?"
Soon enough you'll have your ID number/creditcard/companyID tattoo'd on your forehead. Oh wait, that's the number of the beast. Oops, wrong apocalypse.
The ghost of Covid. Even if you didn't do the vaccine card, mask wearing, and didn't heed the laws that said your kids can't play at outdoor playgrounds, the fact that there was no effective resistance to the Covid tyranny is going to haunt us for a very long time.
All these types of digital and legal controls show that Covid was a rehearsal for mass control.
I'm not sure about the haunting.
Nearly everyone got taken by surprise, even most of us that already weren't a fan of the state. I'd like to pose that it was early days. I have this gut feeling - grounded in smaller scale observations - that post-2020, there are now millions of people that feel Nic Dorier's famous line, but to their governments: "My trust in you is broken". Unfortunately, I also suspect that the majority of those people is now voting for populist liars, but I guess that is a great way for trust to ultimately be fully broken. After all, the biggest sociopaths fall the hardest (they're just great at recovery too.)
The question I'd ask: what are you going to do next time? To me, the greatest loss was mobility. I lost a good gig due to travel bans, some of my expense went up 10x... the way this was executed could have been ruinous. Maybe I am not being a good proactive human and I should be focusing on how to take freedom of movement, but I guess that would make the same overlords immediately label me a human trafficker. Choices, choices.
Here a similar article about this topic, (I don't need to tell you to ignore all that shitcoin nonsense and focus on the approach.)
And all of this is a massive wake-up call for people to see the reality that they are slaves in a system led by a ruling class. I highly doubt this will push people toward personal questioning about how wrong this is, or toward a questioning that leads them to seek anarchy. We've already had many, and I myself spent my life hearing but not listening.
PS: You should post here with cross post in nostr.
I feel so conflicted about this whole thing. Non kyc bitcoin is great... But there are relatively few places where you can go and spend it on the goods and services you need to live. Maybe square's integration will change that... Maybe it won't.
For example I know I could live on steak n shake fries however... Its terrible for my cholesterol so that's probably not a 'long term' plan.
Then there's non kyc purchasing itself... For any substantial amounts of money there is a paper trial, its almost impossible to be completely anonymous, and dealing in cash defeats the purpose as the purpose is to use bitcoin not fiat anyway.
Then when one considers the broader privacy considerations... Being 'really private' is a bitch. Your phone, your financial records, your credit card usage, even your personal vehicle comes with a certain amount of tracking built in... Which the vast majority of people just accept/don't think about.
The way I look at bitcoin is relatable to firearm's ownership in the united states... It will never be completely private, it can't be. Show up at a shooting range, or buy guns at a shop and there will be a record somewhere for someone. And any serious use of a firearm for defensive purposes (like for home defense) is a big deal and you will want ALL documentation possible that you did everything right, seriously.
So the goal isn't perfect anonymity but having guns (or bitcoin) in the hands of as many people as possile, teaching financial education, and teaching people about their rights and the role + dignity of the taxpayer.
Citizens are most free when they are well educated, well employed and heavily armed... That Europe not only has taken the guns but is so hell bent on financial censorship and censorship of speech... Is just sad.
One day people will wake up and the financial censorship, the 'age verification' which requires the upload of ID documents... Will be all over them and they will say "why what happened?"
Isn't that a super awesome thing?!? Now you can be free of the government easily! Just boycott Goog! You should have anyway done that.
Soon enough you'll have your ID number/creditcard/companyID tattoo'd on your forehead. Oh wait, that's the number of the beast. Oops, wrong apocalypse.
Not so slow, is it