Gm & Pv #nostr

I started writing my nostr article this morning, here’s a bit of the abstract:

“The Dangerous Politicization of Freedom, Privacy, and Censorship-resistant technologies: How Nostr can pave the way for apolitical global unity on the importance of these inalienable rights”

A dangerous trend has emerged in the United States where terms like free speech, censorship-resistant, privacy, and more have been co-opted by those on the political right, and argued or fought against by those on the political left. The truth is freedom, privacy, and censorship resistant technologies are important for everyone regardless of political leanings and should not be politicized, lest we head down the road toward a dystopian future with no privacy or free speech, and only centralized institutions controlled by people with the ability to censor, revoke and remove important guarantees of freedom promoted in the spirit and language of the constitution. Just as bitcoin has unfortunately become politicized as a more right wing/libertarian community, or tool for criminals and those who disregard the dangers of climate change with no value, which is simply not true, open and decentralized protocols like nostr could enter the same cycle and become politicized or fought against unless we share more reasons why this is important for humanity and is not a political position to take. The fate of our ability to freely and openly communicate and have guarantees of privacy and property may rest with citizens of the world understanding the importance of open, censorship resistance protocols, and private end-to-end encrypted communication tools