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Ben Ewing
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I’m not American or libertarian either. But if I was American I wouldn’t be shitting on the military. Do you shit on your country’s military?

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Ya I dunno man... This is for the gilded cage and it is real to a certain extent. But how would this be implemented in a world where people only use Bitcoin? "Here, use our software to prevent people we deem criminals from buying things at your establishment." Are bitcoiners really going to fall for that?

Regardless, I used to listen to Snowden's speeches a lot and I've read his book. After a period of time I found that he's very paranoid and I suspect that paranoia was foolishly and unknowingly engineered by his own hand due to some kind of inner personal demons. That is not to say he was wrong about leaking and what he leaked. That is also not to say he doesn't have a high threat risk situation and that's not to say his advocacy for privacy is entirely wrong.

My point being is that I think he has some tunnel vision and perhaps some issues. He used to praise Monero's privacy first design a lot in the past and due to his privacy tunnel vision he hadn't thought through Bitcoin and the Lightning network's privacy tradeoffs and implications. I haven't kept up with how he views Bitcoin and Monero today, which is certainly a fault in my point and my suspicions.

But if his mind hasn't changed much, then I doubt he would have any peace of mind if he was pardoned. He would still be living in fear. I respect what Snowden has done and he should be pardoned. He's right that the US government does indeed spy on its citizens. But above all I think he needs some help, he deserves to no longer live in fear.

It gets to a point where you have to start asking yourself who it really serves to demonise surveillance, tax (military spending) in the West

‘Any quote can be used to represent any philosophy’ - you two

I really can’t understand that philosophy. It’s like you don’t think you should have anyone to represent you? So then how do any big projects get done if no one cooperates?

The problem with your argument is we don’t just want bitcoin to win, we want humans to win.

Bitcoin is essentially a pacifist technology, since it prevents enforcement of collective pooling of resources, some of which go to defence.

The ultra-individualist privacy-loving, zero tax paying bitcoiner can do well in a well-armed state. But take that same individual and put him in a state where everyone is like him and suddenly there is no pooled resources to defend from external threats and the nation gets conquered by those outside who cooperate better.

A literary example of this is Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

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😂 Don’t worry, you probably don’t have enough bitcoin for them to care

He was from the IRS. You bought bitcoin kyc and did’t declare the loss. You’re going to jail

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He was from the IRS. You bought bitcoin kyc and did’t declare the loss. You’re going to jail

Vitamin D is important but a word of caution from an Australian that spends a lot of time outdoors (I have a lawn mowing business)- skin cancer is the third leading cancer in Australia with about 20k cases diagnosed each year. Notably there are twice as many men as women diagnosed (likely due to men getting more sun exposure on average). A bit of sun is no doubt healthy, vitamin d is no doubt good, but it does come with risk.

https://www.canceraustralia.gov.au/cancer-types/melanoma/statistics

Don’t know the context, but saying he’s going to do something if he wins isn’t necessarily bad just because he probably won’t win right

A really underrated skill is being able to ride unashamedly on the coat-tails of your former self.

Sadly I do not think I posses this skill in much quantity.