21 sats \ 2 replies \ @jonatack 10 Nov 2023 \ on: Does Bitcoin have a hostage situation of its own? bitcoin
My humble opinion is that if you're in the west and value your freedom, consider getting out while it's easier to do so, or still possible. Or at least develop an option or two away from the US/UK/EU/AUS/NZ.
Particularly since 2020, the writing has been on the wall.
In countries in the global south (El Salvador, for example, for bitcoiners), a common denominator among all the foreigners moving there is that it is an exodus from the decline.
An escape, an opting out, from a home country/system/empire where things are heading in the wrong direction, to a less-developed, often smaller country where things aren't perfect, but are going in a more positive direction, and where these emigrants from the west have more freedom, particularly soft freedom. And this makes all the difference.
Indeed, everyone should have a plan B. I'm just thinking about the 99% who haven't yet gone down the Bitcoin rabbit hole. Most people aren't going to realize they should hop the fence until they're already trapped and caged.
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Yes, and the same seems true for many bitcoiners as well.
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