The whole book is excellent, but chapter twelve is the one that will be of particular interest to you.
You should read Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey. She gets into the post-industrial fragmentation of the family and the implications on masculinity and father rule.
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Obtainium (not sure about decentralization)
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Mostly this, plus endocrine disruptors and the chemicals are cancerous.
Ah okay. That's possible. May be worth simply writing them to ask.
Have you tried Amber?
Alby *has your nsec* either way, so you may as well just cut the chord and use a different signer.
And while it is a grace to have bitcoin in a tough family situation, such situations do not negate the fact that family/household is still the foundational institution in a society.
What types of things do you do regularly that you would like private alternatives for?
Make the home economy great again
I'll add that we all have superiors. And part of being dutiful is knowing one's place. Society is hierarchical by design—not just man's design, but God's. So whether in industry, civic life, within the church, or in the home, we all have various ranks. I am a man under authority, and I have authority over others. Proper authority is conducted in love for one's people, and proper submission is glad submission.
We are marred by sin so authority gets abused, but that doesn't change the way the cosmos is designed nor the duties of a man.
Thanks for the reply. If I follow what you are saying, I think you are actually largely agreeing with my post. Here is how:
In historical context a man's duty to his family is a part of communal manhood. What's more, those who a man loves are his people, the community he lives within.
The industrial revolution blew apart family and community, atomizing our lives and leading to hyper individualism. So on this side of the revolution it is hard to imagine phrases like "public good" and terms like "communal" as not being collectivist scams and propaganda meant to lull us into dehumanizing servitude.
But we are made for community. The duties of the communal man are aimed toward the wellbeing of his household, then his immediate community (neighbors, fellow churchmen, civic life in his town/city/region), and then to his nation (his *people* more broadly, as in, loving those with whom he shares larger national life over the foreigner. This is not to say he *cannot* love the foreigner, only that his duties are toward his own people first).
Hope that adds some clarity.