In the last sentence I meant small jurisdiction, not small constitution. But in general, the more minimalist the constitution, the better.
I believe it's mainly a problem of size, scope and options.
The closer we are to a world government, the worse the central planning and its violations against free agency and variability.
The more decentralized our world is, the less it matters how a small jurisdiction is governed. If jurisdictions were small enough with options to vote with your feet, the exact system of governance would matter less.
It seems that Bitcoin will play a significant role in guiding the world toward a scenario where world governance is thwarted, toward decentralization instead.
In a free world we would vote with our feet for jurisdictions that have acceptable policies, be they republics, democracies, monarchies or despotic. A small republic, monarchic or despotic liberty-protecting constitution might be the best place for long-term settlement.
China is aggressive toward Taiwan, and have occupied Tibet and Xinjiang for over 70 years.
Yes, the U.S. is aggressive, too. Plenty of unnecessary wars and entanglements, and military bases all over the world.
"Taxation of earnings from labor is on a par with forced labor. Seizing the results of someone's labor is equivalent to seizing hours from him and directing him to carry on various activities."
-- Robert Nozick
#Philosophy #Quotes #Taxation #PropertyRights
#Australia about to flood #Nostr in
https://video.nostr.build/62c0c033490ee47d55ff105dc2b9bb802de422c539c5d95eb0bb6bf01c75b71a.mp4
This is where it's headed and why I started an account on Nostr.
Still, it feels like Nostr is a few years away from being competitive with platforms like Twitter in terms of reach and engagement levels. Hopefully this will improve as more users are coming to Nostr and spending time here.
Absolutely, that is the traditional definition of magic that we generally mean by the term.
Then there is a newer definition of magic: to cause change in accordance with one's will.
These are naturally two completely different definitions and I agree with you that without clarification we should assume the traditional definition that involves superstition.
Though, the two different definitions aside, the ethical distinctions of black magic vs white magic are still relevant if we make parallels to today's society.
Black magic, could in its ethos be defined as any enforced protocol (think restraint of free agency) that disregards informed, voluntary consent and thereby removes individual sovereignty.
In this light, we can view CBDC's, fiat money and social credit scores from the lens of the black magic ethos: they are based on force, pressure and compulsion, designed to carry out a political agenda while disregarding voluntary, informed consent and sovereign decisionmaking.
Bitcoin is white magic.
Central banks, fiat money, digital ID and CBDC's are black magic.
Don't be trapped in a dark spell.
Agreed.
Technology is not magic in the supernatural sense.
Though, there are some interesting parallels between programming and historical conceptions of magic.
A spell is a written code that must written or spoken exactly to the letter, or it won't work. In magic, you are supposedly compelling unseen entities to carry out your commands. Some magical spells have instructions of going around in a circle a number of times, similar to what a loop does in programming. We even use some terminology from magic in programming, such as Invoke in C#.
Tattoos.
Just kidding.
List of words would be awesome.
I am fairly certain that it is pronounced "s", not "sh".
It's just a double 's', such as in 'heiss' or 'Essen'.
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Poor take Odell.
*Everyone* should reject mandatory identity verification *including* those that agreed to it voluntarily.
I know all about it mate, the difference is that I see a future where we overthrow the tyrants while you seem complacent and defeatist.
That's fine, you are entitled to your beliefs. If QI works it will also bring us cheap and clean energy. Imagine the meltdown of the climate alarmists if we all have abundant, clean energy and they can't control us via energy rationing.
** Controversial. Sorry for the fatfingering here, was too fast.
"A controversial new electric propulsion system, which physicists say defies Newton’s Laws of Motion, was launched into space this weekend aboard a Space X rocket."
British physicist Mike McCulloch will have his theory Quantised Inertia tested practically in space the coming weeks.
Quantised Inertia, while controvetsial, can explain the orbital mechanics of galaxies and binary stars without the use of dark matter.
If QI works, the future of mankind will open up toward space travel without propellant and cheap energy.
Absolutely.
If we want to discuss the many complex dynamics of art then at least we need some thesis to start with and then evolve it from there. We need a conversation starter on art, even if we disagree with the thesis.