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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 2 Mar \ parent \ on: The Silent Guard: A Manifesto for Privacy and Anonymity bitcoin_beginners
With all of the surveillance surrounding us in the physical world there is not much divide between the physical and the digital realms, think ULEZ and license plate cameras, let alone geofencing. Not much privacy anywhere you go. Maybe just standing up and saying, “OK, I don’t give a damn about what you are going to do to me!” Do you think that would do better, to just outright deny the illegitimates.
Uff this good question is one of those questions that you don't know exactly how to answer unless you're imprisoned for confession. Well, the only way governments have to govern us is through the use of force.
I would start by analyzing what is illegitimate, what is right or wrong.
Clearly everything unlawful is everything that is forbidden by the law of a government, but what if I tell you that in Singapore, it is forbidden to chew gum? Mmm... that law is questionable... In most countries, if not almost all, what is not forbidden - I understand this law is to keep the city clean among other things - but is this the right way to determine if something is legal or not?
Obviously I don't hate the law, it's something necessary because there must be order; for example, killing, stealing and all things that are coherently bad should be punished.
As I write this, I realize that perhaps the answer is simple... and well, it also depends on each person's situation, but assuming a generic scenario where you're being pursued for having bought BTC P2P without KYC, and your goal is to provide for your family, I think more than one person would consider your statement "OK, I don't give a damn what you're going to do to me," but on the other hand, it could also happen that you sell out all your acquaintances, losing your fortune along the way because you want to be free from the law, because you want to be with your family, which is also a more than valid option.
"Do you think it would be better to flatly refuse the illegitimate ones?" Well... I think nobody should do it, and I include governments, because all illegitimate actions existed and will exist before or after BTC or CBD, and of course, they have their ways of making them legal. That's why I don't like the term of whether something is legal or not. I think there should be more freedom but always with responsibility and human coherence.
So, answering the question simply, it's likely that I don't have that answer unless I'm locked up, and we all know that for our loved ones, we would endure hell to see them happy or would sell out the entire world just to be with them.
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There is a place for red lines in life. THEY can try and tell you all sorts of things, however, you are the one that has to accept or deny the requests orders and the consequences of either. It is your discernment and judgement that guides your decisions, nobody else’s, so you also have to consider consequences. Some people are more able to take the consequences than others and they will be the ones to tell THEM to go to hell. Your decision, your responsibility and your consequences are all there to consider. It is always easier to kneel with the crowd than stand alone, isn’t it?
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You're absolutely right... The majority will kneel, nobody wants to be alone, but it's likely that those who are maximalists and faithful to their ideals of freedom will remain and perhaps become martyrs and the light and voice of the resistance.
Personally, I hope the world doesn't reach such an extremist point between one side or the other, although if the situation continues like this in all the major countries, it's probable that this future will come true in the medium term.
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If it continues like this, which side would you take?
Kneel or fight for your own freedom or that of others?
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Personally, my answer is that I won't say anything to anyone until they catch you red-handed with evidence, and then decide whether to do one thing or another. But that answer will be influenced by my loved ones and my ideals of freedom are 40/60, with 60 being the ideals of freedom, but we all have our Achilles' heels.
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Knowing THEM, your family and all relatives may be the stake. THEY have been doing this very same thing for a loooong, loooooooooong time, now and have gained the experience at who to kill and who to leave in the herd. The twentieth century may just have been a warm-up for those motherWEFers. Now they have in the crosshairs more than 8billion. Many of them are queued up at this very moment and ready at the alter for being sacrificed. As Be-ill Gates says, “the next plandemic will make them notice.”
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