Can Trump or Biden really save America? The issues of debt, social divisions, China, Russia etc. are probably beyond their capabilities. They know that, the Republicans and Democrats know that too.

So, why do they both still want to be POTUS? Who would want to be the President when the dollar hyper-inflates or when China takes Taiwan? Are they so delusional to believe that they can save the day? Or are they so heroic that they are willing sacrifice themselves for America? To ruin their own legacies as leaders to keep America as in tact as possible for the next generation.

Or, are they after power, and the further consolidation of power for their respective factions?

"No one will really understand politics until they understand that politicians are not trying to solve our problems. They are trying to solve their own problems—of which getting elected and re-elected are number one and number two. Whatever is number three is far behind." - Thomas Sowell

At the very least, voters should analyse everything politicians say with this Thomas Sowell quote in mind.

Opt out.

#bitcoin #plebchain #nostr

Sickk, thank youu 😂😂

I replaced the water pump on my tractor after months of waiting for parts and getting the wrong part and trying again. It's an old tractor that is hard to find parts for. Anyhow, finally, got the water pump replaced and tested, started it up, no leaks, things working well. Pumped up the flat tyres, and drove it around the yard all excited.

Then I lowered the 3-point hitch and when I went to raise it it wouldn't come back up, and the hydraulic pump was making a bad scraping sound. The hitch would vibrate and come up slowly but it sounded really bad so I decided not to try to raise it.

If it isn't one thing, it's another.

(Did I plumb the coolant into the hydraulics? No, no, that's not possible)

Mabye we should keep it all for ourselves 😂

What’s up Ben

I'm speaking more in the context of the lightning network, not necessarily Nostr.

Although, Nostr is pretty unstoppable, but relay businesses will be targets for regulations, but it will be pretty ineffective. Users, however, will moderate content through blocks and reports. Before following, they'll scroll through previous posts in order to complete their due diligence.

maybe talk less.

This is actually far closer to what we've been working on: what does regulation look like within a decentralized, pseudonymous, peer to peer network?

There are centralized issuers of rules, but they do not have control over a decentralized network. However, individuals and businesses may be targeted for regulatory enforcement. Therefore, the application of centralized government rules will simply filter the interactions of the governed individual.

The resulting interactions will more closely resemble a due diligence such that governed individuals will filter themselves from interacting unless the proposed peer passes a due diligence process.

old world: growth at all costs

NEW WORLD: SATS FLOW AT MINIMUM COSTS

old world: growth at all costs

NEW WORLD: SATS FLOW AT MINIMUM COSTS

Sometimes I think the U.S. government really sucks but then I look at the E.U. and/or Canada and I feel a little better.