"Bitcoin is censorship resistant, not censorship immune. By advocating for the U.S. government to adopt bitcoin, we are playing a game of chicken with the largest economic and military force on this planet, and anyone who believes that we’ll come out of this on the winning side may have overstayed their welcome in la-la land.
Bitcoin may be a trojan horse, except it’s not the horse you think it is. Under the correct circumstances, bitcoin is able to function as a great alternative to CBDCs. You go ahead and open up your wallet app, and here comes the stablecoin monster — built on Bitcoin. Isn’t that just great? Fully censorable, fully surveillable freedom money, but at least we pumped our market cap."
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Is the Middle Class Getting Screwed? | The Tom Woods Show
The real damage is done by those millions who want to 'survive.' The honest men who just want to be left in peace. Those who don’t want their little lives disturbed by anything bigger than themselves. Those with no sides and no causes. Those who won’t take measure of their own strength, for fear of antagonizing their own weakness. Those who don’t like to make waves—or enemies. Those for whom freedom, honour, truth, and principles are only literature. Those who live small, mate small, die small. It’s the reductionist approach to life: if you keep it small, you’ll keep it under control. If you don’t make any noise, the bogeyman won’t find you. But it’s all an illusion, because they die too, those people who roll up their spirits into tiny little balls so as to be safe. Safe?! From what? Life is always on the edge of death; narrow streets lead to the same place as wide avenues, and a little candle burns itself out just like a flaming torch does. I choose my own way to burn.
Sophie Scholl
Let it go.
You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
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The Difficult Adjustment
Reject apathy, embrace agency.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/the-difficult-adjustment
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Persistent high fees in Bitcoin serve as a forcing function, accelerating the development and implementation of scaling technologies.
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We should all remember that privacy is a fundamental human right. And as long as people exercise and defend these rights the battle for privacy is far from over.
Encryption works. Properly implemented strong crypto systems are one of the few things that you can rely on.
Krugman's Bag of Tricks | The Human Action Podcast
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