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Urban Homesteader, Edible Landscaper Here for the Great Awakening

I just love how people think new laws will do something. The existing 400-500 million guns will somehow go poof with this one piece of legislation

If this was presented on cable news they'd lose the feed and say "we've lost connection with Aaron Siri, we'll see if we can reconnect. In the meantime here are some more pharma ads, everything is safe & effective"

Your grass will thank you. Also cutting it long will keep it greener for longer of you're in a dry climate

Yea I can't even peek anymore. Can't believe I lasted on there as long as I did.

Makes me sad to know people I care about are "informing" themselves there still

Shredded leaves are one of the best mulches (or compost if you pile them up)

Fake memes like these (although funny) undermine the outlandish true ones

It's brilliant, cause this reinforces the point he was making.

Govt doth protest too much when something hurts them- hope stencil versions start popping up all over the country

I'd like to think he knew what the response would be and this would inevitably be the next layer of art

Eh, just do it and repost stuff from that account for a while.

It’ll build faster than you think

Its good practice for being mindful. There should be nothing that triggers us- even personal ad hominem attacks. When that happens I always try to look at it as an opportunity to grow and not react in a snarky way (like I would in the past). Wish them well and move along

Same for doomer or negative content. We can look at it but don't need to viscerally feel it in our bodies

Wow don’t see b-roll of Atlanta’s skyline often

I’m definitely guilty of this correction impulse. Will need to watch that

Thanks for your efforts man!

AML laws are just for us plebs.

Traffickers, cartels, and organized crime are “banked”

Just look at the bank fines over the years when they get a slap on the wrist (for banking the non-approved groups of criminals)

All the sociopaths in one place (anyone who wants power should not have power)

Sorry static was a poor word choice. How about moving slowly?

‘Fixed’ is the word I was looking for.

If we are spinning hundreds of miles per hour how do they stay in a similar position?

Then they reappear in the same position the next night (with the exception of the planets- “wandering stars”)

It’s becoming more and more clear to me that producing things or providing services, and accepting Bitcoin is the way

My wife makes skincare products and accepts btc and has been outstacking me- accepting fiat (from mostly boomers) and converting leftovers after expenses to btc

I mainly want to understand the thought process..

Majority know the government lies and manipulates us every day, yet don't see NASA as part of that apparatus

Replying to Avatar tk

As someone who was once in the no kids camp in my early 20s and came full circle, I've put A LOT of thought into this topic. It’s by no means a complete perspective but my stream of consciousness rambling of how I view the journey from not wanting kids to being stoked about becoming a parent:

Step 1: Change your perspective

I'd go as far as to say bitcoin actually doesn't "fix" this issue as a whole. However, bitcoin is the starting point. All of us here on NOSTR already understand this so I won't get into details. The orange pill changed my perspective from nihilistic to optimistic about the future. This solves the economics of a family but this is just the foundation of the journey. You feel like you have the means and capital to support a family.

Step 2: Grow up and deal with your shit

This is the most important part and where most people get stuck. The underlying issue outside of money is the delaying of mental and emotional maturity in our society. Most "adults" in their 20s/30s who historically were the ones having multiple kids have been developmentally and emotionally stunted. 30 somethings with no kids are effectively like 16 years olds emotionally. There are rare exceptions who've consciously thought about this but I would argue most have not.

I was one of these mentally/emotionally immature people. It's easy to get caught in the trap of chasing the high velocity fiat lifestyle. My only focus was on myself and optimizing for my own hedonism. Drinking and hanging out with other unhealthy people enabled that lifestyle. Social circles become a feedback loop for better or worse. That keeps you trapped if you're not careful. Social media amplifies this 100x.

Bitcoin aided in my maturity process but there were other factors that have to be addressed. In most cases, it's unresolved issues from childhood. One cannot become an adult without accepting and coming to terms with childhood trauma (yes I know "trauma" is a loaded word but it's real and we all have some form of it. Read Paul Conti's book for more info).

The drawback of this work is that it comes at the expense of the ego. This is too hard for most people. They simply don't want to look in that mirror. The fear is too overpowering for the walls their ego has built up to protect the fragile sense of self. Fortunately for those people, we have constructed a society where you can numb any uncomfortable feeling immediately.

Modern technology has completely decimated our dopamine system. We're a world full of dopamine junkies. It's just not as in your face as a destitute addict on the street. Dopamine = motivation. Why would I want to have kids when I can just eat fast food and watch Netflix? That is the path of least resistance to fulfill our biological desires. But this is not real and will lead to the same hollowness that addiction never solves for. You're trying to fill a void. Real dopamine comes from doing hard things. Having kids is the hardest thing you can ever do in your entire life. You must be ready to bear that responsibility.

Step 3: Find the right partner

I can only speak from the male perspective but in conversations I've had with women it seems to be a two-way street. Society has created unhealthy people (see step 2) which translates to unhealthy relationships (see 50+% divorce rate). When you're not in a healthy relationship you can never honestly see your partner as the mother/father of your child. You can lie to yourself and stay in denial but deep down you feel it. In my experience I knew immediately when I found the right person. It's very primal and instinctual. Trust your instincts. It's not purely based on physical attraction, but once you have enough experience in the dating world, you begin to see things for what they are. You might have to burn your hand on the stove first though. Just a reminder that you are 50% of any relationship. This is not to put all the blame on one partner. There has to be mutual partnership.

Once you get to that point, the idea of having children becomes natural. It doesn't have the friction it once had in your brain. You think "I can't wait to become a parent" which sounds insane to a past version of yourself. While I don't have kids yet, I am on the path to. At the most fundamental biological level, we are here to reproduce. Society has separated us from the natural world so much that most people have lost touch with their bodies and the main purpose of why were here.

So to summarize, the change has to come from within. No amount of money or societal structure will fix that. It's going to take generations for us to undo all of the propaganda and brainwashing of the last hundred years. This unfortunately is our responsibility to bear. Because if we don't no-one else will. That is an existential threat to humanity we are programmed to avoid. We must be the adults (literally and figuratively) in the room and plant the seeds for our future generations.

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Well said. I've been thinking about this a lot lately. Might have to take the time to write it out..

This is spot on and probably my favorite of all of the many great vlogs I've seen.

The design of life is incredible and blows my mind more and more the older I get.

No notes to my younger self cause that younger version probably wouldn't have listened anyways 😆

Replying to Avatar sachin

Fiat Law.

Aka Positive Law.

When you disconnect from overarching narratives and actually start reading the words that the legislators, executors, interpreters and enforcers of a 'positivistic' law are abiding by, you start realising something:

Behind every leglislation, ordinance and government order is a group of intellectuals, usually residing in the jursisdiction's capital city or somehow close to the power elite, who has never run a business or worked a job writing laws and pretending that he is helping people, when he really isn't.

'Policymaking' in a positive law system is a slippery slope towards becoming out of touch with market realities, moving ever closer into the inviting and enticing arms of power and tyranny. Once they get a taste of that power trip that comes with being able to bludgeon others and subjecting them to their will, there's little chance of going back.

Because words are used as legitimizing tools for power and violence, they start to take on different meanings, falling prey to twisting, manipulation and misuse to serve the interests of the power elite.

This isn't about capitalism or socialism, democracy or monarchy, liberalism vs conservatism, which I am starting to understand as battles that distract humanity from the more crucial question:

Whether laws are made by fiat or discovered by reason, i.e., positive law vs natural law.

Revolutions and uprisings with the goal of bringing about a natural law-based order will merely replace the existing power structures with a new one, often pursuing means that contradict the ends.

Education and awareness can't fix this because pursuing the universality of it as a 'positive' goal will leave it open to corruption by the power elite, also often pursuing means that contradict the ends.

Checks and balances cannot fix this because those doing the checks and balances are often the ones with the reigns, leading to them removing the checks and balances.

The nature of power is to corrupt.

And there is no power more corrupting than a territorial monopoly on violence.

No man is capable of wielding it because it isn't in his nature to wield it wisely.

A man who is capable of wielding it wisely will be one who does not seek it but rather abolish it.

Yea let's just stick with Natural Law and follow the golden rule. Positive laws are only as good as their enforcement mechanisms, so the best bet is to be illegible