tHis tImE iS dIfFerEnt
Altruism is an illusion. No one truly acts selflessly – every good deed either brings a good feeling, social recognition, or something in return, be it material or emotional. Even those who help without expectation do so because it aligns with their own values and gives them a clear conscience. In the end, it's always about one's own benefit – whether directly or indirectly. Selflessness is just a clever mask for well-disguised egoism.
Collectivism is the death of the individual. Those who submit to the masses lose themselves. Freedom means going your own way - not rotting in the herd. Think for yourself, own yourself. Everything else is slavery.
Buying Bitcoin won’t make you free. It won’t make you rich. It won’t make you sovereign. If all you do is buy and wait, you’re just a slave with digital shackles. Freedom starts in your mind, not in your wallet. It’s about your mindset, your strategy, your actions. Those without goals remain just speculators in a casino. Bitcoin isn't a lottery ticket - it's a tool for doers. Are you one?
The victim role is a cage you build for yourself. Those who voluntarily accept it give up their power. Don't be a beggar - be the creator.
You say that as a Mercedes driver, Bitcoiner, Nostr user, male, white, or British, you automatically belong to a collective.
I take the opposite view.
We're going around in circles.
You can be a Mercedes driver without subordinating your identity to the "Mercedes community."
You can be a Bitcoiner without adapting your individual thinking to Bitcoin ideology.
You can be male, white, or British without tying your decisions or values to a larger group construct.
You can't know the reason I use nostr.
The definition is correct. And most people are collectivists. I'm not, and you can be whoever you want.
But nostr isn't a collective group. You're not automatically part of a community just because you save the same money or drive the same car. Our conversation offers us each a different added value. By the way, I like it.
Your argument is based on the false assumption that cooperation automatically implies collectivism. Collectivism requires the individual to submit to the group, whereas voluntary cooperation is based on individual benefit. Consensus is not a sign of collectivism, but rather a pragmatic agreement that everyone enters into out of self-interest.
Roads, houses, and computers are not the result of collectivist structures, but rather the product of individual innovation, free markets, and incentives. Progress arises from competition and personal motivation, not from collective identification. People work together because it benefits them, not because they see themselves as part of a larger collective.
The statement “Both the Bitcoin community and governments have the same goal” is collectivist because it suggests that both groups act as homogeneous units with a common, overarching goal.
The risks of collectivism are not just hypothetical. historical and social patterns show that it structurally discourages individualism.
Anyone who confuses consensus with collectivism fails to recognize the difference between a free decision and ideological subordination.
When two individuals have a common goal that undermines autonomy, it's collectivism. When two individuals agree on something, each pursuing their own personal goal, it's consensus.
Collectivism is always a restriction of individual autonomy, while consensus only becomes problematic when it leads to enforced conformity.
Collectivism does not necessarily mean centralism
I don't like collectivism in bitcoin space
A man is in prison and writes a letter to his friend:
"Here there are no rules, no taxes, no bureaucracy - just bars.
What is it like outside?"
The friend writes back:
"Here there are rules, taxes, bureaucracy - but no bars.
What is freedom anyway?"
👍 Life punishes stupidity with insignificance and misery.