For people interested in individual sovereignty, people don't seem to like taking responsibility for the state of their government.
I'm not saying corruption isn't real, but it's up to the people to correct a government when it's no longer representative.
I believe that Cryptocurrency/Blockchain/Publicly-Distributed-Ledger technologies offer a novel chance at the perfect time. -- An opportunity to change our politics and the quality of our governance. -- Empowering the individual, and decoupling from centralized authority, the power to manipulate our monetary policy and supply. -- To engender a greater sense of international unity and accord, with the establishment of universally accepted means of storing, retaining, and exchanging value and keeping units of account. -- WE can unify 'The Millennial Super-Majority'; the 35-and-under demographic which, for the first time, can out-vote 'The Boomers.' --To begin the necessary transition(s) of political, economic, and social power to the coming generation(s). -- Part of the problem is that the 70 and 80 year olds establishing policy, have not, and will not, have to live with the consequences of their decisions; be they 'poisoned waters, burning trees, or unaffordable housing.' -- WE can rally around positive, creative, economically responsible, technologies -- that help remove the influence of money in our politics, and poison from our public discourse. -- To free ourselves from 'Private Interests' in 'Public Halls'; for the betterment of the 'Common Good.' -- I would love to see -- 'The Millennial Super-Majority' – peacefully insist in unity that "WE" are free; and make it so with OUR vote.
-- No more negativity; fix the money; fix the world. -- Let's get it!
Refusing to fund a corrupt govt & otherwise being productive in defiance of govt controls is about the only peaceful action one can take. Protesting is mostly just toothless whining (which is why the left does so much of it). You don't join the mafia to make it better, you just work to undermine & defy them in whatever way you can.
100% agreed, be the change you want to see in the world.
Absolutely, but a person generally can't go from paying taxes one day to paying zero tomorrow. And personally I still can't make my own fuel, or buy it tax free, so tax resistance is a process. Does it really make sense to attack Bitcoiners, who are at least resisting inflation, as though they are trying to avoid responsibility for making things better? Saving in Bitcoin puts a person far ahead of the norm, IMO.
I also agree with that. I'm not attacking anyone, I'm just saying we're all responsible for the situation we're in. In other words, my personal character flaws are a microcosm of the flaws of my government. I can't expect my government to be fiscally responsible if I don't make that a priority. It's exactly what bitcoiners are good at pointing out, phrased differently.
I'm all for taking responsibility where responsibility is due & working to do all that is within our power to change what we can, but refusing to place proper blame on the pedophiles & tyrants who have worked to decieve & steal from everyone is to sacrifice the good to evil. Saddling yourself or others with underserved guilt is a form of evil too.
