Copied from a friend on X. It was a good post. Thought it more appropriate on the freedom protocol!!!
Robert F. Kennedy would be 98 today 🇺🇸
When he was killed while running for President in 1968, he was proposing a radically different path for America than the endless wars and growing poverty which defined his era.
RFK: “The [GDP] does not allow for the health of our children, the quality of their education or the joy of their play.
It does not include the beauty of our poetry or the strength of our marriages, the intelligence of our public debate or the integrity of our public officials.
It measures neither wit nor our courage, neither our wisdom nor our learning, neither our compassion nor our devotion to our country.
It measures everything, in short, except that which makes life worthwhile. It can tell us everything about America except why we are proud that we are Americans.
[It] counts air pollution and cigarette advertising, and ambulances to clear out highways of carnage.
It counts special locks for our doors and the jails for the people who break them. It counts the destruction of the redwood and the loss of our natural wonder in chaotic sprawl.
It counts napalm and counts nuclear warheads and armored cars for the police to fight the riots in our cities. It counts the television programs which glorify violence in order to sell toys to our children.”
Happy birthday, RFK.
Lincoln grew a beard. When a young girl told him he would look better. Lincoln also joked about his face during the Lincoln Douglas debates. The past is a valuable teacher. I would encourage you to visit the Lincoln public library in Springfield.
Most posts I make on Nostr feel to some extent like a challenge. And I post them anyway. I enjoy that challenge. I write them in part *because* they are challenging.
I'm putting uncomfortable thoughts into the decentralized Nostr void to anyone who wants to host what I say on their relay.
That's why I'm here. I'm adding my thoughts to this medium to help advance it. I write here the things I wouldn't post to the normies on Twitter/X. Only on Nostr do I embrace my weirdness and inappropriateness. I analyzed this ecosystem, and decided that you, and only you, yes you reading this who took the time to be here, deserved to see my real or "based" thoughts to the extent that you care about them. And that includes my weaknesses. I've shown those in some of my recent posts, and I'll continue to show you my weaknesses here. I wrote about the times I got rekt in a fight and cried. I'll type that kind of thing out here, and only here, on Nostr, again and again.
If I post something intellectually polarizing I start to think, "what would my followers think?" But then I'm immediately like, "I don't know. Who cares. If they hate my truths here then were they even real my followers to begin with? Maybe they need to be challenged."
Meanwhile, I *do* care what you all think in aggregate, am willing to disagree with you individually on certain topics, but want to hear your thoughts. And I'm willing to change my views based on you. In fact, many of my Twitter/X posts are there over the past years because I want to see what people comment with before I write my full-on reports. The same is likely true for Nostr. This is raw ground. I want your thoughts. I won't bend my truths toward you, and I'll challenge you, as I expect you to challenge me.
So, if someone takes the effort to be on Nostr and some how reads this, I want them in my ecosystem. I want their criticisms as much as their praise. Criticize me here. I'll enjoy it. Let's go. You're awesome.
And then I'm like "What about my business contacts?" I have like these various billionaire institutional close contacts that are richer than me but have to wear ties to work. But I mean, if they are reading this right now, they are fucking awesome. I think, any of my serious existing business contacts who are cool enough to be here, are likely people I want to continue to work with. If they don't like what I say, they can bring it up with me. Otherwise they can appreciate my rawness here, and recognize that Nostr is where I post my random thoughts or my deep thoughts, and either of which are my raw thoughts.
My goal is to be real, and to advanced this protocol.
The day that far more people are on Nostr, is the day I will practice more public moderation. Until then, and that's probably far away, it's the medium where I will drop f-bombs and describe weird situations and thoughts. Let's go.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akPbu6TOx2E&ab_channel=JerisJohnson
Thanks for what you post Lyn. You are correct there are a lot more insightful posts here. Also a bit of civil respect.
#nostriscool
You wouldn't believe the turmoil that goes on in my household because I support RFKjr. The thing which really pulled me was his incredibly deep research into the massive conflicts of interest into our Federal institutions. Where there is a conflict of interest there is no interest in the people.
This is a latest shirt film he did on his independent announcement. I hope you watch it and like me. Go and read and question.
About time nostr:npub14mcddvsjsflnhgw7vxykz0ndfqj0rq04v7cjq5nnc95ftld0pv3shcfrlx Looking forward to hard questions and your in depth style of interview.
Anyone asked RFK to come speak at nostr:npub1theparkprcs70dcs437ke9zzwsr6u60f8flu7rg28m30438aep9sd94dha ?
I'm going out on a limb. Most credit unions in the US are oligarchies.
#creditunion
What? Texas Blockchain Council is not on Nostr?
#kennedy24 is speaking at their next summit.
https://void.cat/d/7FkaZeRBG1T7aGxNUb4wKS.webp
#kennedy2024
Pulling more and more from the two parties 🎉
Curious what nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a thinks of the recent Singapore announcement that crypto has failed.
Liking your latest WBD podcast on your book. Do you think Brics will follow the same path of currency wars against the dollar similar to gold, silver and shells? Do think Brics will be gold based and rise above the dollar? Or just another manipulative fiat?
Kennedy just mentioned on CNN. Though they had the pole number wrong. They had him below 20%.
#Kennedy24
It's happening. #democracy
nostr:npub1theparkprcs70dcs437ke9zzwsr6u60f8flu7rg28m30438aep9sd94dha
Great Meetup last night. Glad I made the drive!!!
What's your take on their talk of privacy?
Great piece of sanity. Thank you nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a
“This illustrates the weakness of crypto as a terrorism fundraising tool. The transparency of the blockchain allows illicit funds to be traced, and in some cases linked to real-world identities. In addition, users of cryptocurrencies typically make use of centralized services such as exchanges or stablecoins. These services respond to law enforcement requests to freeze funds with links to illicit activity, or do this proactively themselves based on insights from blockchain analytics…
Over the past two weeks, politicians and journalists have portrayed public crypto fundraising as a significant source of funds for Hamas and other terrorist groups, but the data simply does not support this. No public crypto fundraising campaign by a terrorist group has received significant levels of donations, relative to other funding sources.”
https://www.elliptic.co/blog/setting-the-record-straight-on-crypto-crowdfunding-by-hamas
Glad to see you posting. It's exactly what I thought when the news broke.
Anyone going to @Bitcoin Park Nov 7th meetup?