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It's the idea that if an idea is good, force and coercion are not required. It's a clearer reframing of libertarianism in that liberty is the default human condition, controlling others is what's abnormal and unnatural. In almost every area of your life, your interactions with others are based on voluntary and mutual consent. But not with government (or their appointed monopolies).

If government services are valuable then force, coercion, and violence are not necessary to serve customers, right?

Government gives itself a monopoly on violence in a geographic region. This violence exists to protect the rights and property of others... by violating their rights. It's all such a downward and destructive spiral. Especially as the state grows in power and continues to extort more from its citizens.

Anyway, #bitcoin fixes this by making governments ask nicely for tax money (inflation / devaluing the currency is no longer an option with a fixed 21 million supply) and respect their citizens. If they don't, Bitcoin allows them to leave with their wealth stored in their head as they travel to greener (more free) pastures.

I'm sure there's more to add, but this might help provide a decent answer to the question.

Pura vida! ✌️🤙 #liberty #libertarian #asknostr

Medici 2y ago

I am not convinced that Bitcoin can apply force to the government to make it do anything. The goodness of an idea lies in the understanding of those who act on that idea, not in the idea itself. The completion among groups with different ideas is not based on the goodness of those ideas, and neither is the success of that completion based on truth, goodness or justice. If we don’t act with the understand that politics is the process by which the authority to wage war, tax and imprison emerges into our world, that doesn’t negate the actions of others.

The war among those with ideas is no less fierce and requires warriors. Just doing my part.

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Joe Li₿ertarian 2y ago

It's definitely a competition of ideas. But Bitcoin removes government's ability to extract wealth at will from the people living there. And if the people can exit because of poor treatment, the actions of the government has direct consequences. Human action is what changes the world. Ideas are what motivates this action, but ideas without action are worthless.

I think we're saying basically the same thing. But government power is very likely to be reduced/limited by the existence and especially by the mass adoption (human action) of it by the populace.

BTW - This is a great video by Larkin Rose... https://youtu.be/hw01fB3hqBM?si=EU5s4DsGTUQta-Ft