Sure, up to a point. Most products, services and *ideas* are built on the back of others work though, and the nature of most notes is pithiness and shorthand. Just an opinion, but I understand yours.
Agreed, begrudgingly under the systems on offer - as Sowell says there aren't any decisions, only trade-offs. Elite theory also says the same - which out of elite group's multiple views fit best with one's outlook with minimal interference.
nostr:nprofile1qqswswmx4rkj6d7q05dtafhpkqq2z42fc62s37jvtp642m2jkpfxc2cprpmhxue69uhkv6tvw3jhytnwdaehgu3wwa5kuef0qyt8wumn8ghj76rfwd6zumn0wd68ytnvv9hxgtcprpmhxue69uhkummjw35hxtnwdaehgu339e3k7mf0emhwpn you might be interested in the Libertarian Hans Hermann Hoppe's "Democracy - The God That Failed" which discusses this in a more modern context, and makes points that monarchy is a flawed but better system because of alignment of a monarch with long term benefit for a country, rather than the "Teflon shoulders managerialism" short term politics many states suffer from, even though his ultimate best form would be universal sovereignty. I think you can get it for free from Mises.org
Memes, maybe?
Gm nostr:nprofile1qqsycdlc65ja0ghy2qxqr5zxts3krc5nlq9gm0k3ghvghfsem2fnglqpypmhxue69uhkummnw3ezuetfde6kuer6wasku7nfvuh8xurpvdjj7qgkwaehxw309ac82unsd3jhyetvv9ujucm0d5hszrmhwden5te0de482mts9ekk2tc54hskv have a good one too
Cognitive dissonance is a one helluva hard son of a bitch!
These are definitely the people I want as Emperor of the world... https://video.nostr.build/755c47ea0c34678dd142e8dd9b6b543452055cc64db7074daea7dd9410818126.mp4
Translation: "We need to put all the data in a unified, centralized honeypot because we can look after it with a proven track record, profile you, you can trust us and fragmented (decentralized) data is so passรฉ - who on Earth would want to decentralize..."
Hi nostr:nprofile1qqsrpg26fagjmatk44ntesjv40uyukkl4c79r0n3vxp8l0j7zr45skspzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgtcpzdmhxue69uhhqatjwpkx2urpvuhx2ue0qy88wumn8ghj7mn0wvhxcmmv9udl3vxn - can't zap you at the moment ๐ I'm getting this error message
Love your movie memes!
Spatula City!
Never mind the legal mechanisms being enacted in many a state furthering this...
Get ahead of the curve, peeps!
Definitely a contender, it was in trouble in 2019 with the Yellow Vests protest, but conveniently The Black Death 2.0โข came to the government's rescue and all the money printing that went with that, but the bill is still due...
Good start. Now teach it to clean itself from all the muck they are covered in when you buy them lol ๐๐๐๐
It is exactly what is unintentionally implied, I hope the masses can work that out!
โก๏ธ๐จ๐ฌ๐ง UPDATE - "UK: After posting the video of the two West Midland Police officers #29500 and #29110 attempting to confiscate the phone of a child for watching a social media post I deleted it assuming it had to be a skit. I reached out to the West Midlands Police department and when they would not deny the officers were real I decided to repost the video. The British people really need to wake up. This is no way to live. If the mother of the child refused to turn over the phone to the police they threatened to arrest the child."
https://blossom.primal.net/119312bb0f204a8b3c90f286d6cae7e8875c30101ed9f16e95aa67ffa4d9621c.mp4
Hey nostr:npub1f4uyypghstsd8l4sxng4ptwzk6awfm3mf9ux0yallfrgkm6mj6es50r407 - friend sent me this update from Twiiter https://x.com/WMPolice/status/1969744505462022260 has a further link in the tweet
โThe implication that these [vaccine] contracts were somehow inappropriate against the European interests is, by any measure, simply wrong,โ - Ursula von der Leyen
Oops indeed.
Agreed. It's a long one, but worth the read.
Agreed. Control the money, contril the media - control the society. This was presented as a 'documentary' in UK schools by politicians there
My lawyer has advised me to say 'allegedly' ๐ 
You'll need people to talk to after your boating accident? ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ค
Correct. An adversarial environment dictates the rules of engagement, not what 'should' be, unfortunately. Since a system of support is available by anonymous payment, and the software can be reviewed openly - the right thing to do as plebs is to support developers' efforts where possible, imho.
It can be difficult when people you care about don't get it. Keep doing you, when they want to know more they know where to turn ๐ช
Humans' natural motives and the systems they create and interact with are amazing. Convenience and laziness incentivised led to the observation you made above.
Yet Greed matched with game theory to 'play nicely' gives us Bitcoin - leading to lower time preference, and further education on why the above is not good if just accepted and taken at face value as "it's just the way things are". I still can't get over the insights Satoshi had. Way beyond 'this is clever money' ๐ช๐ค๐ค๐ฅ
Targeted ads to prove public perception and approval for VPN bans in The UK with alleged uptake of VPNs by children
You'll wither away with that tiny portion of rabbit food. Get yerself something substantial! ๐
Normalcy Bias ("it couldn't happen here") is one helluva drug
(With apologies to Rick James)
"The party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command."
Is that Bill Gates new culinary monstrosity? Not surprised he's trying to 'fill a need in the market' since he seems to want to destroy poor cows for burping, I mean farting, I mean existing ๐๐ https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/butter-carbon-bill-gates-batavia-illinois/
Lol, the shopowner could've made that note four words shorter, said the same thing, saved ink and maybe save the planet (๐) too ๐
A picture (err and one word, perfectly placed) says a thousand words ๐ 