Somehow we have gone from a world where governments fear their citizens to a world where citizens fear their governments. Governments now have control of citizens and that power and control is growing every day across the globe. Too many people are ok with this as they don't have the emotional energy (or intelligence) to realize the implications and resist. Sadly a critical mass of people would rather live off the handouts of the government than work hard and be free and independent.

“Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility.”

― Sigmund Freud, Civilization and Its Discontents

While this makes me sad to think about the world my children are growing up in, Nostr and bitcoin (and the plebs supporting them and evangelizing them) give me hope for a better world. Fingers crossed that enough of the rest of the world takes notice, cares and gets involved before it is too late and we all succumb to the greed and corruption of the ruling class.