I think it is worth the trouble. There are tons of people who know something is wrong, especially after the Covid lockdowns and cost of living increases. Getting them to adopt Bitcoin is probably not going to happen, but you can help them with the next step in their journey. I think a big mistake is trying to promote these ideals only on the internet. Focus on those close to you IRL.

Some are more ready to hear real truth than others. I think the issue is they don't understand how bitcoin works as a solution for them.

I see bitcoiners, all the time, saying:

Step 1: Buy bitcoin

Step 2: Hodl

Step 3: Be free

And, I ask: What happens between step 2 and 3?

I get crickets.

How does internet money, that is hard for them to buy (non-KYC almost impossible), that they can't spend on anything that matters to them, fix anything for them?

If Bitcoin goes to $1M, but spiralling inflation makes a loaf of bread cost $1M, how does that fix anything for them?

I'm somewhat tech-savvy, but, and I'm still figuring it out. Even if I just stopped at Hodl, getting there without being tracked is a nightmare.

Lightning and Nostr are great options to reduce the barrier to entry and show normies what can be accomplished. But, like, how the hell do you run an LN node without getting rugged by forced channel closures and ensure your privacy isn't leaked? Seems like you have to be a frickin magician.

That's the problem. You have to research, figure stuff out, tinker, fail, and retry. People are doing amazing things to make Bitcoin tools more accessible. It's just still not good enough for normies. I don't think it's even good enough for me, yet. Or, I guess I'm not good enough for it.

Be patient. Keep pushing the tech to a state ready for normie adoption. Evangelize. We'll get there.

Dang, I've been preparing for the switch to silent link, but this sets me back a little.

Dang you work wifi for blocking VPN connections!

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Photography = suspicion of terrorism and arrest.

Anyone asked him?

Maybe the idea of starting fresh seems like too much work?

The balls on that guy.

Mood.

Are you using the Nostr plugin on Obsidian?

He's making his rounds on the podcast circuit, now.

https://rumble.com/v5ee6fv-debate-day-special-is-this-how-google-will-steal-the-2024-election-sf449.html

He has captured that Google's homepage, seen by 500M people per day, is sending register to vote reminders to Democrats at 2.5X the rate of that sent to Republicans.

How do they know who is a D or R? They track everything you do online and have a detailed dosier on everyone.

#DeGoogle #GrapheneOS #StarveTheSystem

Link to his dashboard:

https://americasdigitalshield.org/

Dr. Robert Epstein's research group tracks Google ephemeral experiences: search results/completions, Youtube play- next suggestions, etc., and rates their political bias.

He has shown that Google has enough of an influence with these suggestions to alter the outcome of elections and has done so. Always in the favor of one party.

He's almost captured 100,000,000 such cases.

#Google #

They hate The West. Classical liberal ideals must be dismantled by all means necessary. Identity (personal, cultural, national) is a powerdul barrier to malleability.

Oh, no. Has ReplyGuy become a twitter grognard?

Unless you look like you work at Hot Topic.

Fuck those theater kids on crack 🤣

Wait, how did it help?

Is this like the "Sheep Ball" from Rambo III?

https://rambo.fandom.com/wiki/Buzkashi

You're a conspiracy theorist until you aren't.

Lol.

Came here for the no cap. Beat me to it 🤣

Just sell your soul to the devil, already, and get some lame-ass powers.