if you know anything about traditional Japanese culture

its not long before you learn that the Japanese of the 18th and 19th century were MORE pragmatic and LESS romantic than modern.

The romanticism of his Code of the Samourai is an adolescent Western fantasy.

The samorai didn't have the luxury of such delusions. They had to deal with the reality of the situation, which was often a matter of concession and establishing strategic alliances.

Not that idealism in the youth isn't valuable, but it's the luxury of the privileged and sheltered.

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You sound like a domesticated pet who can't believe anyone would be willing to die for their ideals. The fact is that past a certain age death and/or political imprisonment aren't as great a threat as they are to overgrown domesticated adolescents. I have already sacrificed everything and almost everyone due to my being unwilling to compromise my principles. The threats of the Nanny State and their thugs are as empty as hot air from paper dragons.

I AM building privacy tools, for identity, communication, and payments. I fully recognize I may be 'black bagged', disappeared for what I'm doing & there's no wayinn hell I would "plea bargain' with them. You seem new to the realm of Bitcoin, we kill our heroes, those Devs are NOT heroes, they are cowards who picked a fight with a bully and then backed down rather than get their as beat.

You assume I'm young and naive because you were born into a generation of weak men. So, can't believe anyone is truly committed to live free of die.

I've been a War Tax Resistor for my whole life. I'm very used to threats of Imprisonment and judgement from Sheople. But, I can't prove that either, as you cannot prove a negative, so you'll probably assume that's a lie too. Which I'm also used to...

I never said I paid taxes son

and I was around for the FIRST cypherpunk war.

I'm just pointing your idiotic idealistic judgements.

and I'll tell you one thing about Taoism

when you lose, you lose.

there is no "victory or death" in Taoist thought.