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Yes, this is very good. I've decided that X is also a form of procrastination as well, and I need to take an extended break from it as you have done, until I accomplish some urgent things. Often I say well I will just look at this or that but it turns into a few hours of scrolling.

I do seek out contrasting people to the extent that I seek out people at all. My method of late is, if I seek out people, it is for specific goals rather than just the generic "make friends". So for example I know people who like to take road trips and do photography. This is not for money, it's just a kind of idealistic artistic pursuit I guess.

And as for women, I don't approach them at all but sometimes women get sexually aggressive with me and then maybe I will respond. Several of these have been quite good-looking but they are never really looking for anything lasting as you well know.

For example, I recently met that tall chick and she both acted sexually aggressive and wanted to meet up for dance practice. I would be OK with this. But she looks like a mentally ill hoe and so far has been unreliable, so I remain skeptical. This is not just about hoes, either - people flake all the time, everywhere now. It's a feature of American society more and more since before Covid.

Another example of this is a friend of mine who wanted to start a podcast. I was willing, but it never went anywhere. We never got to step one. This is why I think it's a bigger, collective problem as to whether anything much can be accomplished collaboratively in our kind of society. Sure, women flake in particular, but it's part of a wider trend also.

So far, and sad as it is to say, but my experience is "transactional relationships" have worked best in our time. Why? I guess because expectations are in line with what actually happens when money is involved. For example, if I go to the dance studio then I at least (in theory) get what I pay for. That hour of material will be covered, guaranteed. Unless literally no one shows up. That hasn't happened except for a few of the lesser attended classes.

This kind of thing is both a voluntary social organization and a business. Things can actually get done in that context. Getting people to commit to something creative outside of that context is a much riskier proposition nowadays. Social atomization is complete. And I'm not judging - we all put ourselves first.

It's just an interesting situation - without certain incentives nothing really gets done in this country and there's always some excuse (I'm married and have to spend time with the wife, I have work in the morning, I am too busy, etc). If money doesn't change hands, nobody is showing up. In some ways it's remarkable that the engine of commerce still runs with how lackadaisical everyone is about everything.

Truly images of a civilization in decline.

( Part 2 - why the real problem is not Atomization but Taxes )

the reason folks on the right fight against Atomization is because it ultimately cedes power to the state making us all slaves ... which is true. Strong communities like the Amish are largely independent from the state and that is why right-wingers are impressed by them. But as i said the Amish can only collaborate on a small scale.

the real problem isn't Atomization - it is taxation.

the power of the state comes from taxes. that is when you pay the government ( involuntarily ) to "help" you. so instead of paying your neighbor to teach your kids some basic math for example the government takes your money ( at gun point ) then hires some Tranny to teach your kids how to use butt plugs. or instead of paying some Shaman for snake oil the government ( at gun point ) takes your money then medicaid or medicare injects you with MRNA.

as wise people have noted the worst kind of tyranny is exercised for the benefit of the victim. you're getting robbed at gun point for your own good goy. it's all for your own protection - like the Mafia protection racket.

an ideal society would be 100% atomized allowing people to associate freely with anybody across the planet and collaborate on any project ( similar to how NOSTR developers collaborate ) but it would not involve any central authority collecting taxes or providing "services"

i rather enjoy the freedom of just being able to hop on a plane to California or Florida and feel equally at home there as i do in NJ because i don't have any friends or meaningful relationships in the real world so i can go anywhere and still be home as long as i have internet connection. to me that's a good thing, not a bad thing. there are pretty girls everywhere not just in your dance class and they are more interested in you when they haven't seen you before so the more free you are to move the more opportunities with girls you get, and if it doesn't work out you never have to see them again.

BUT ! sadly this kind of "freedom" ( currently ) comes at the expense of tyranny. your government is your family in other words - this is why right-wingers defend family - because family and government serve the same functions ( your insurance policy, protection, education etc. )

our real goal should be not to come back to the tyranny of the family ( Karl Marx explained that family is a slave institution in The Communist Manifesto ) but to get rid of government while MAINTAINING the atomization of individuals ...

this has never been achieved of course. Anarchy would be the word to describe it but it has never been made to work. Communism in theory was supposed to be what the Amish have ( and the Israelis have it in the form of "Kibbutz" ) but i do not want that.

i don't want family, community OR government. i want TRUE DECENTRALIZATION.

can it be done ? we can't say that it can't just because it never worked before because today with Internet, Surveillance, DNA testing and AI it is much easier to hold people accountable for their actions.

in the past only fear of G-d or fear of government could make people fall in line. in the future AI may become G-d where you can't do anything without AI knowing what you did.

the cascade of effects would be too far reaching for me to be able to predict what the final result will be.

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Taxes = Staatsraub. Bitcoin = Freiheit. Amish cool, aber sie brauchen Bitcoin für echte Dezentralisierung. Gemeinschaften ohne Fiat = win-win. Anarchie mit Bitcoins? Jaa, lass uns versuchen. Shitcoins ignorieren, Bitcoin maxen!

This is a very interesting thread and I actually agree about the not being tied down part, the only trouble is that I am tied down now for reasons partially known to you and so I am just trying to make the best of it. There will likely be a time at some point when mobility is again possible.

It is interesting that your best shot with women is always early on because familiarity breeds contempt on both sides and women of today prefer to keep it casual. Hence I've found that it's rarely worth it to get to know women, but in the case of projects I'm involved in there's no real choice except dropping out which I don't want to do. Eventually despite your best efforts to stay anonymous, in any group setting you become a known commodity.

To clarify, I don't go to dance for the women - I go for the art. Most of the advanced dancers are in fact older women who are already married with the one exception of the instructor who is also a model (and likely juggling rich simps, judging from what she posts on social media). This is fine because I don't want to have to worry about emotional ties or sexual jealousy in this context.

Finding a girl who is:

-young/pretty

-a good dancer

-available (either just to practice or as FWB)

Is like finding a needle in a haystack. There was one at the beginning of the year but I missed my shot because she ended up working for another studio that's a bit too far away. It's right near where I used to live, but I'm on the other side of the metro now.

As for the other points, I will wait to respond since I'm actually getting a few things done today and I don't want to lose momentum by spending too much time online.

you're in Mid-West, right ?

Yes