Middle path might be to build a citadel, hidden in plain sight, while telling a better story, setting a better example. No need to let anyone outside the citadel know it’s a citadel until they’re ready. One day, without anyone noticing, the zeitgeist has shifted, and everyone sees it as obvious.
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I have thought about this. The mining infrastructure is actually *the* citadel and is designed as such.
This is a good analogy, but we still need to source energy to support the “citadel”. If we do not have the majority of people in our camp, it would be very easy for our opposition to restrict our access and restrict our mobility to seek other forms/place for our energy.
I don’t see any other path forward other than winning in the world of ideas, not in the world of force and conflict. We have to be able to make it politically necessary for candidates to back bitcoin, and we do that by convincing the majority of “regular” people that bitcoin is the path forward. We do this by telling a story that resonates with people, not by hiding, going to space, or by buying land/island separate from the people.
This is great.
I’d just as the fact that a world class military is less needed as it’s much harder for people to invade and take our money.
It needs to be open and transparent. There is no hiding the citadel. Hiding makes it easier for the opposition to frame it as “bad” and “nefarious” activity.