I totally understood that. A world of leeches is not one I want to live in.
I think the "big brains" understand that too. No one moves to Dubai to raise a family.
You don't have friends do you.
A few random points/opinions:
I think the USA did pretty darn good when they got independence and I doubt everyone had an IQ above 130. Now imagine what can be done with the internet and bitcoin.
Isn't Dubai like 90% foreigners? It's basically a city that was built up in the middle of nowhere, populated by people with different backgrounds from around the world. The low amount of government economic interference and low taxes did wonders to attract them. I believe the world is actually becoming more decentralized and competitive, I see smaller countries forming in the future and that sounds like a spark of hope for the libertarian types. A world full of hundreds of Liechtensteins competing for labor and brainpower, doing what is best to improve their wealth and position in the world. Then everyone copying the methods that work best.
When the high IQ people invent new gadgets that improve quality of life, people adopt them in mass, dumb or smart. I think property rights is another one of these gadgets/tools, but it's a gadget being held back by many governments around the world. Once allowed to be unleashed, the masses will follow, they don't have to understand how it works, only that it works.
So yeah, maybe anarcho capitalism or libertarianism is not possible (for now) but it's a great bar to aim for, history favors those geographic locations that have embraced free markets and property rights to the highest extent. Ultimately, anarcho capitalism doesn't promise utopia, it simply offers the best possible mechanism to mitigate the formation of authoritarian controls upon a population. Bitcoin and the internet allows the productive modern man to vote with his feet and to help shape and foster communities of like minded people around the world.
nostr:npub1uw6lgv5qyexx68fwgdmwt3w7v3dwv679sray2ncpkug70ad7a8gqut3tay any thoughts? I'd like to hear your take on this.
Singapore doesn't have property rights btw and is doing just fine.
A few random points/opinions:
I think the USA did pretty darn good when they got independence and I doubt everyone had an IQ above 130. Now imagine what can be done with the internet and bitcoin.
Isn't Dubai like 90% foreigners? It's basically a city that was built up in the middle of nowhere, populated by people with different backgrounds from around the world. The low amount of government economic interference and low taxes did wonders to attract them. I believe the world is actually becoming more decentralized and competitive, I see smaller countries forming in the future and that sounds like a spark of hope for the libertarian types. A world full of hundreds of Liechtensteins competing for labor and brainpower, doing what is best to improve their wealth and position in the world. Then everyone copying the methods that work best.
When the high IQ people invent new gadgets that improve quality of life, people adopt them in mass, dumb or smart. I think property rights is another one of these gadgets/tools, but it's a gadget being held back by many governments around the world. Once allowed to be unleashed, the masses will follow, they don't have to understand how it works, only that it works.
So yeah, maybe anarcho capitalism or libertarianism is not possible (for now) but it's a great bar to aim for, history favors those geographic locations that have embraced free markets and property rights to the highest extent. Ultimately, anarcho capitalism doesn't promise utopia, it simply offers the best possible mechanism to mitigate the formation of authoritarian controls upon a population. Bitcoin and the internet allows the productive modern man to vote with his feet and to help shape and foster communities of like minded people around the world.
nostr:npub1uw6lgv5qyexx68fwgdmwt3w7v3dwv679sray2ncpkug70ad7a8gqut3tay any thoughts? I'd like to hear your take on this.
> competing for [...] brainpower
There would have to be some sort of advanced civilization out there that produces that brainpower.
Because brainpower isn't endowed from birth. It has to be developed. Dubai doesn't have that capability. It's a society of camel herders leeching from the rest of the world.
I root for the civilized world out there that produces brain power and has the stamina to resist the call of sirens like Dubai or Singapore.
Trustless is for the socially inept.
After multiple years of trying, Tim Apple FINALLY allowed me to KYC with his stupid company and bestowed upon me one of his Apple Developer accounts.
Incredible that a dirty Argentinean without a fixed residence, phone number or valid POA like me was able to be blessed by their grace. Truly can’t wait for nostr:npub10r8xl2njyepcw2zwv3a6dyufj4e4ajx86hz6v4ehu4gnpupxxp7stjt2p8 to obsolete this system.
Regardless of my bitterness of how horrendous this process was I’m very excited about bringing many of my apps to a permissioned App Store next to you, starting with nostr:npub1w0rthyjyp2f5gful0gm2500pwyxfrx93a85289xdz0sd6hyef33sh2cu4x.
Android & Obtainium
Sometimes we use the Amethyst Devs chat, others on GitHub issues themselves, sometimes on DMs. There is not a big risk of people doing double work. DVMs for instance could only come from me or nostr:nprofile1qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcqyzvmk4v3eygkvq8cg5g86v0ekk0z7lr7pxsllqpwsncag0d92l9xgscee3m and nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7vf5xqhxvdm69e5k7tcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsqgyehd2erjg3vcq0s3gs05clndv79a78uzdpl7qzap836s762472vsstfjjc is not currently coding anything on Amethyst so you can go for it :)
On what tech does the Amethyst Devs chat run.
Sometimes we use the Amethyst Devs chat, others on GitHub issues themselves, sometimes on DMs. There is not a big risk of people doing double work. DVMs for instance could only come from me or nostr:nprofile1qyg8wumn8ghj7mn0wd68ytnddakj7qgwwaehxw309ahx7uewd3hkctcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcqyzvmk4v3eygkvq8cg5g86v0ekk0z7lr7pxsllqpwsncag0d92l9xgscee3m and nostr:nprofile1qyghwumn8ghj7vf5xqhxvdm69e5k7tcpzfmhxue69uhkummnw3eryvfwvdhk6tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsqgyehd2erjg3vcq0s3gs05clndv79a78uzdpl7qzap836s762472vsstfjjc is not currently coding anything on Amethyst so you can go for it :)
Ok what tech does that run.
I fully agree with him.
I agree with this guy.
Internal combustion engines are complicated too. That doesn't speak against them.
I had to stare at it for a while before I could read "explanation". Seems like there's more to it than just "beginning and end".
Bitcoin?