Did you miss this? BM republished it this week. Tortured myself so you wouldn't have to.

https://bitcoinmagazine.com/print/f-k-bad-research

Cypherpunk desires.

Consciousness raising requires people coming together to realize these basic facts about the world around us.

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This.

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I love that NVK lets me live in his mind rent-free. An incredibly communistic gesture, comrade NVK.

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Crazy thing is that NVK lets me leave in his mind rent free. That's incredibly communist of him!

Emphasis on voluntary. If you don't want to be part of the production process, you can advocate for change and get consensus on that, or setup up your own society where it works the way you want. That's a lot how bitcoin works, doesn't it? Don't like the way the protocol works, submit a BIP and convince others its a good idea or fork the software and build your own network.

An anarchist form of communism was indeed tried in Spain to varying success. They were eventually overpowered by fascists and centralized communism.

https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/murray-bookchin-to-remember-spain-the-anarchist-and-syndicalist-revolution-of-1936

For all those crying, "communism is coercion", "communism is authoritarianism", let me introduce you to Peter Kropotkin. Kropotkin was a zoologist and advocate of decentralized communist societies, a.k.a, anarcho-communism. Here's an LLM-derived short biography.

Peter Kropotkin (1842-1921) was a Russian geographer, zoologist, and one of the most influential anarchist thinkers. He is best known for his advocacy of anarcho-communism, a form of communism that emphasizes the abolition of the state and capitalism in favor of a decentralized, stateless society where resources and goods are communally owned and managed. Kropotkin's vision of society was rooted in mutual aid, voluntary cooperation, and the belief that human beings are naturally inclined towards solidarity and communal living.

Kropotkin argued that centralized state power and capitalism inherently create inequality, oppression, and conflict. Instead, he proposed decentralized communities, where local groups or communes would manage their own affairs, making decisions through direct democracy and consensus. These communities would cooperate with each other in a network, exchanging goods and services based on need rather than profit. By removing the hierarchical structures of state and capital, Kropotkin believed that individuals could freely associate and work together for the common good, fostering a society of equality, freedom, and mutual support.

In summary, Kropotkin's advocacy for decentralized communist societies involves dismantling both the state and capitalist systems, replacing them with self-managed, cooperative communities that operate on principles of mutual aid and shared resources. This vision aims to create a society where individuals have autonomy and equality, and where the social fabric is strengthened through collaboration and collective responsibility.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin

From my talk that was (unintentionally) censored.

"Bitcoin is in a struggle against system capture, this is especially true at the center of the financial system, Wall Street. So many have cheered the development of Bitcoin ETFs, and the arrival of institutional investors. But I caution against this cheering, because this is only system capture, not revolution. If Wall Street succeeds, Bitcoin will be objectified and commodified in the true sense of the word. It will be packaged and sold back to you in a form that will at the surface feel familiar but will ultimately be a hollow reflection of what it once was.

Yet, because Bitcoin is peer-to-peer, it can at least exist in simultaneous contradiction. Even if Wall St tries to capture Bitcoin, we can still use Bitcoin as it was originally intended. The question is, will the original intent of a peer-to-peer electronic cash system be that which scales with mass adoption, or will it be the reified package that Wall Street sells you? Remember, we can still use torrents to download movies, music, and books for free because it's peer-to-peer, but most people pay for a Netflix subscription these days."

Good morning fellow commies who are building on a free and open protocol in a very cooperative kind of commie anarchist manner.

Gah, I can't stand that guy. Mayo Pete.

I want to thank Alex Gladstein for reaching out to me. It appears that what happened was the result of a mistake in judgment of one staffer and not what HRF's bitcoin team would have approved of, if they had known. It was really shocking to be told by a conference organizer that my talk was not allowed if it was going to be controversial (because I referred to someone as a communist), so I'm grateful that this was an error of judgment and nothing more.

I want to thank Alex Gladstein for reaching out to me. It appears that what happened was the result of a mistake in judgment of one staffer and not what HRF's bitcoin team would have approved of, if they had known. It was really shocking to be told by a conference organizer that my talk was not allowed if it was going to be controversial (because I referred to someone as a communist), so I'm grateful that this was an error of judgment and nothing more.

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Hoping this works. I am really sad to report that my talk was censored at Baltic HoneyBadger. As best as I know, here's what happened (please read my nostr-based article using one of the following options given below). My talk is on YT: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gGw464vVTY

On nostr:

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Habla link: https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq47yajg409s43jlqkamr7mwsltwtzay44r7cmwxj0uqjyyt9qs3jqq25ym3ef9vhyanfvyk5u5z32an5kwt4fa5y5newzg8

Kind of exhausted, long and tiring week. But I have a new talk that I'm excited to share with all of you soon.

I think the alby browser extension was messing with it. Tried in chromium and all good there. Removed alby then tried brave again and it is working. Thanks for your help!

Testing primal.

Yes I do. It wont let me post.

Primal why you hate me so much?