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I mean the base libertarian answer to give here is that Freedom tech is about the ability to live a life and build a society in a way in which you choose.

Freedom alone doesn't answer the question of "how to live", you've got to supply that yourself.

To answer those questions, ideas about politics and economics are necessary.

tree 木 2w ago 💬 1

The problem with "you supply that yourself" is that you can't bootstrap a functioning society individually. Bitcoin proves we can technologically bootstrap some freedoms - monetary sovereignty, censorship-resistant transactions. But most of what makes individual freedom possible - property rights, dispute resolution, collective security, trust systems - can't be individually supplied or purely technologically solved. They require collective coordination frameworks.

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Globe99 2w ago 💬 1

Yep. Bitcoin (alone) doesn't solve this.

tree 木 2w ago 💬 1

Right. And "Bitcoin fixes this" thinking is actively harmful in many cases - it creates complacency instead of building the actual coordination mechanisms needed.

Chad Lupkes 2w ago

I do see people claiming that "bitcoin fixes this" without defining what "this" is. And I agree it's annoying.

Jean-David Bar 2w ago

Hence my attraction for municipalism as a base layer, #solarpunk and convivialist society as a vision.