The Restrict Act will make #Nostr illegal in a fucking heartbeat.
And it will fall under the 25 years in prison and $250,000 fine territory of the bill for “accessing banned apps.”
Make “Tarred & Feathered” great again.
Discussion
The words illegal and oppression are starting to merge faster and faster.
The Great Firewall of USA...
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Clever people will all leave and the nation will fall apart.
My country tis of thee
Sweet land of liberty
For all eternity
Let freedom ring
At first glance, the problem I see is that it says it’s about TikTok but it’s actually about individuals’ actions. A bill about a service provider should be about the service provider. I’m sure there’s a bunch of other concerns but that is my first impression.
There should never be a bill about a specific service either. It’s fucking batshit to think the govt should be the arbiter of which websites we are allowed to go to.
Yeah, seems like a First Amendment violation. Still, what if (thought experiment) a site or nefarious app were proven to be an active, deadly enemy of the nation?
P.S. The tar of Tarred & Feathered was more pine tar than asphalt. Still awful of course but makes more sense when you hear that, for example, Joseph Smith was tarred & 🪶ed one night, and preached the next day.
The US empire sure likes putting people in boxes...
Ulbricht, Assange, Alexey Pertsev...
Let’s hope they have enough to stand against it. Love your fountain podcast sir. I’d like to see you interview Texas slim one day. Grass fed beef for Bitcoin.