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510 sats \ 12 replies \ @Natalia 23 Mar \ on: Stacker Saloon
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If that were true then why the Greeks and Turks battle over yogurt.
These nations and boarders developed because humans are not a monolith. Due to free will and reason we will always have differences and not all of us will always agree on we should tackle today's problems.
Borders and nations are good if humans acted more in a hive mind mentality then this would make sense but it goes against our very nature.
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why the Greeks and Turks battle over yogurt.
Because were dumb followers of kings and tyrants telling them to "fight for your country"... And they go to die for nothing.
Country, nation are concepts that have no meaning nowadays.
People should evolve from that "herd mentality" to sovereign individual mentality.
YOU, yourself could be your own country, because only like that you can defend it right.
I will not go to fight in a war for you. But I will defend my own body as much as I can. Because is my "own country".
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Country, nation are concepts that have no meaning nowadays.
too much propaganda and confusion with words, and I heard quite some Turkish people say they would die for their country, but I think what they really meant is they would die for this beautiful land.
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It’s easy to say this in a state that works. It’s easy to be a nomad and be self sovereign in a state that works. Go try this in a failed state. Go to Haiti right now and preach this same rhetoric. You ever think about the people who were free and got together to push evil out. This is what bitcoin is. It’s not about the software it’s about the people
All this anti state stuff is just odd coming from bitcoiners who also shit on shitcoiners. Especially when bitcoin exists because of the state
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Greeks and Turks are different from Greece and Turkey tho, and there are many geeks still living in Anatolia. 👀
And all I'm saying is if you really want to be free, see yourself separate from "your country" - you are a living and breaking human, and free to live your life instead of doing what you are told to.
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I don't know who originally said it, but the sentiment of "I am a citizen of the world" resonates deeply with me.
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Socrates or Diogenes ?
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I'm not sure if any one stoic used the exact wording but from what I've read it seems the general concept of cosmopolitism was a big part of the philosophy. This is often described as being a "citizen of the world". To me it means rejecting the arbitrary tribalism of identity politics and embracing the value of each individual qua individual.
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