I sometimes don't really know what I'm doing here. I work more hours for Nostr, than for my full-time day job, but I'm a permanent outsider and I don't know if I'm even having an impact on anything.

I think I just don't have the social skills to quit.

Here I stand. I can't do otherwise.

GN.

ok that's it. bye, slate.

Far more complicated than that. Chimney design, firebacks, and fireplace vs woodstove all make a big difference.

Simple thought experiment, if that were definitely true of every design our ancestors would have all frozen to death. Heated the ranch house I grew up in with a woodstove as the only heat source for most of my childhood.

Same, in Germany. Closest we get is the FDP.

That's why anarcho-capitalism is the only correct stance from a legal perspective.

The moral issues are addressed by the faithful preaching of the gospel. Otherwise, you're talking about morality-at-the-point-of-a-sword (theocracy).

The others are addressed with robust private property laws and the right of self-defense.

Is it the purpose of politics to promote virtue or to protect liberty?

I see, no problem. 😏

My premise is that the moral law of God (i.e., the 10 comnandments) governs all men in all times in all places, and that for a human law to be just, it must conform to that higher law.

Then, this law gets conditioned for 'when' we are in redemptive history. Now is not for theocracy. To oversimplify: the 'vertical' aspects (1-4), are not to be enforced by the State; the 'horizontal' aspects (5-9) may be; and the 10th is spiritual and cannot be.

This is a very oversimplified explanation of the '2 Kingdoms' view which flows from classical Federal/Covenant Theology and its resulting amillennial eschatology. Back of each of those is a revelational epistemology.

What premise do you think I should be arguing from instead? 🤙

Of course they can. Libertarianism is the only political ideology that aligns with true Christianity.

Christ never forced anyone to do anything, and neither does libertarianism.

A few years back I got a giant steel fireback and grate designed for the fireback for my fireplace. It takes a bit to warm up a 100lb hunk of steel, but once it is warm it made the difference between "fire warm and cozy" and "ooh, I need to move back a bit"

#asknostr what youtube frontend do you use and why should I use it? Looking for no ads and no algorithmic recommendations.

Farm automation, not home automation.

Trump MAY be marginally better than Harris would have been, but only in that it MAY slow down the dollar's demise. Looking at much of the fiscal situation and policy talk of what's ahead for 2025. Well, let's just say it's gonna be one hell of a bullish year for Bitcoin.

With Donald’s talk to make Canada the 51 state, I’m wondering if our Canadian friends on Nostr would even want to join the US? I love Canada 🇨🇦, they are the best neighbors to the north a country could ask for. But does that mean they would want to move in 🤷🏼?

I’d understand if they said no.

#asknostr #askcanada #Donaldtrump #trump #usa

No. Unsure if its worth all the admin fees and setup costs. Tell me more?

Thou shalt not covet your neighbours ass, maidservant or sats.