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Fellow Bitcoiners, are we all going to end up dictators in our own regions?

Peter McCormack now has his own army and Nayib has turned himself into a lifetime president ๐Ÿฅน

Am I really destined to become "Mike the Bastard" ?

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/01/americas/el-salvador-presidential-term-change-intl-hnk

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What's that about? Some kind of non-state policing?

Pretty much, yes

GM Mike! ๐ŸŒ…โ˜•๏ธ๐Ÿณ๐Ÿฅ“ Hard times ...

yes ๐Ÿ˜‚

Based on their appearance I could break most of his โ€œsecurityโ€ like a twig

Can I hire you as my personal security when I become a Bastard please ๐Ÿ˜‚

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Mike the magnificent has much better alliteration.

I say go with that instead.

I think we're all destined to become Bastards. I think I actually prefer that moniker ๐Ÿ˜‚

Why not both?

Mike the Magnificent Bastard?!

That could be my posthumous title ๐Ÿ˜‚

possibly,... it's hardly comparable though:

paying for security of a small town for a single month

vs.

becoming a dictator of a sovereign nation for lifetime

Have you read most things from Peter that have led to this outcome? I can understand how it looks just by seeing this post, but I find it to be a reasonable solution if you have the full context.

Both Nayib and Peter are genuinely intentioned and are doing good things.

Nobody, with the possible exception of myself, starts off with bad intentions.

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You either die young enough as a well-intentioned Bitcoiner, or live long enough to become a Bitcoin baron.

I don't want to die, and I'm no longer that young ๐Ÿฅน

Oh Mike, one minute you are shitposting and then you become all philosophical.

Sorry ๐Ÿซ‚ ๐Ÿ˜‚

Back to shitposting ๐Ÿ’ช

Sats โ†’ Power โ†’ Crown ๐Ÿ˜

Didn't Saifedean say that monarchs have a low time preference?

Is there a shop to buy Crowns at?

Amazon donโ€™t appear to have any ๐Ÿ˜‚

What do you mean, turn into?

You saying Iโ€™m already a monarch? ๐Ÿคด

What else?

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I'm referring to nostr:nprofile1qqsyx708d0a8d2qt3ku75avjz8vshvlx0v3q97ygpnz0tllzqegxrtgppamhxue69uhkumewwd68ytnrwgqs6amnwvaz7tmwdaejumr0dsxxn50k, the author of The Bitcoin Standard๐Ÿ˜, who often talks about "low time preference" - basically thinking long-term, saving, and building for the future instead of chasing quick consumption.

The joke here is that becoming a "king" actually fits that mindset perfectly. ๐Ÿ˜Š

I donโ€™t discuss other, less successful authors ๐Ÿ˜‚

Haha fair enough, King Mike Guess the rest of us will just keep stacking sats and reading the 'less successful' authors๐Ÿ˜œ๐Ÿ˜œ

I mean heโ€™s sold more books than me, donโ€™t get me wrong ๐Ÿ˜‚

Actually, seriously I bought his book, but couldnโ€™t read it which is why I wrote mine.

Its basically the same, but cuts out all that fiat crap he drivels on about ๐Ÿ˜‚

Bigger text and pictures!

No degenerate art section?

The killer feature in my book are chapter titles are in Bitcoin orange ๐Ÿง 

Lol got it, I get it and yeah, partly agree๐Ÿ’ช.

Unfortunately, there is a category of self-proclaimed libertarians who think that monarchy is great, e.g. Hans-Hermann Hoppe, Saifedean Ammous, Max Keiser.

They have their uses, mostly tourism promotion ๐Ÿ˜‚

Watch do you propose as an alternative for Bedford? Are they supposed to let vagrants, vandals and vagabonds run rampant? Peter McCormack is setting up a neighborhood watch. Presumably they will report crime and suspicious activities to the police, who will then do their job.

Watch The Magnificent Seven for reference, the 1960 version. Better yet is the Japanese original, Seven Samurai.

No they are both doing the correct things and following their destiny.

As for Bukele, his dictatorial caudillo tendencies were apparent years ago.

We are al dictators given the chance

Which is why parasovereign protocols and systems like family, language, Bitcoin, and Nostr are needed.

Lord Acton: "Power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."

I like the absolute option ๐Ÿซก

Crazy leap

Youโ€™ll have to fight my neighbour and friend, the vintner, for my countries wine concession, when I become dictator ๐Ÿ˜‚