Frans de Waal researched primates (chimps) for decades and he found that leaders were not the strongest but the most cooperative and facilitated collaboration which enables larger social structures.
Big bad, strong, leaders would sometimes fight their way to the top but it caused volatility in the group and ultimately was unstable - as always 2 or 3 smaller chimps would end up teaming up and murdering the big bad one because he would/could be selfish.
The survival of the fittest is true to some point, competition is good but life is not zero sum.
Decentralized responsibility is the only way to manage societies effectively.
Democracy shouldnt be plutocratic, I agree thats bad. Same rules and laws for everyone, especially the elite. But just saying its 'a scam' seems shortsighted and sensational.
Who watches the watchmen? Hierarchical responsibility with democratic transparency has been revolutionary, do you disagree?
So this anarchy can support capitalism? How is credit and debit maintained through long economic cycles?
Sounds utopian to be honest but I get the desire for it.
So law and freedom without force? Who keeps the psychos at bay?
Are there any examples of success with anarchy?
Governments are an organizational body that govern people, in democratic countries its the people who govern the people. They get corrupted and have flawed human nature but "the government" is there for many reasons.
The federal reserve, the money monkeys who have become criminals, are the ones printing money - unelected. They are not the government.
I can assure you many people who work for the government are not fans of inflation and do not earn as much as the conglomerates do, who bribe people in government.
I agree that they want fake safety but that doesn't exist either way. Low volatility and predictable currency is very good for societies as you have a benchmark for future value and can therefore exchange work.
Gold often drops at crashes, not because it becomes less valuable but because cash (or specifically liquidity) is king. Bitcoin hopefully changes this but it cannot replace functional and accountable governments - that's for the people to decide and act upon.
You're going to have to elaborate here a bit chief
Who is slapping us into what?
Anarchy by definition is unstable.
I'm all for death and rebirth of fallen decay, but don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
We don't even live remotely close to a hundred thousand years ago and without civilization advanced technology would likely not exist (medication, education, etc. requires society) - assuming you want/like the tech we have now.
I have my life because of advanced tech and so do a lot of people in the world. How do we move forward? No middle ground / all or nothing?
LIT 🔥
Ya... effort / reward
Instacocaine is easier to come by than taking on the responsibility of learning new tech
This is -America-
Anarchy doesn't tend to do well long term
Revolutions have a high price
Where's the middle ground?
Opt-in should be legally mandatory
I was pleasantly surprised that X does this already
Now just * everything * else...
Yea cell networks are big bottleneck/threat for tracking, I think burners with 2/3g will reduce accuracy and can easily be switched off by removing battery. Also maybe lower accuracy (?). Problem remains that # are still required for a lot of things day to day.
Elon says he's going off telcom, I don't see how that's realistic for 99% of people tbh
Do you know if a smartphone, say <5 years old, without SIM card, can still be targeted / tracked? Does it still send / receive packets, my guess is yes because you can make emergency calls but I haven't tested.
Does SimpleX use decentralized/federated servers. If signal would allow that (which they absolutely won't) it would be great. Plenty of messenger apps, problem (and a major one) is to get people on them.
Babies or clout
pick one
I saw TheGrinder using zap.stream ( I think) worked magnificently. Amethyst has live stream tab. Its great.
The only thing men like more than bitcoin is women
Wars have been fought, cities have been conquered
Women are an inexhaustible source of beauty
A blessing and curse
Together
Conversations > Signal > WhatsApp
Disposable VM's and alias for any monomedia (YT, X, Insta, FB, etc.)
Nostr or self host website for publications. Iceland is good VPS/proxy. Netherlands, Swiss, etc in theory also good, but highly questionable due to 14eyes colab.
Use cash or monero as much as possible. Everywhere, always.
Use least amount of tech (crucial). Avoid Bluetooth / WiFi devices (triangulation).
Disposable SIM, rotate ~ yearly
Use hardened OS, Graphene / Lineage. Tails, whonix / Qubes (advanced). Only use FOSS and segment / containerize according to threat level.
It's pretty much already almost impossible to not be tracked, participate in local initiative to resist Orwellian surveillance. Best thing to do is hold government accountable and change things around - or become grid independent for food, fiat & utilities and watch Rome burn.
May the good have mercy on us.