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Mrbloom
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BTC enthusiast and cactus and dog lover

That's great...that's a good lesson what you're doing...share with your community...this is one of the things I love about #nostr

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Crazy World-

This is a crazy world we live in. In my village, most people don’t even know that $70 billion was created in just four hours, and yet we talk about quantitative easing like it’s an abstract concept. My village, my city, my country all of us just got devalued, not by natural forces, but by people creating "wealth" through their presence, reach, and connections.

If the Gutenberg Printing Press once spread the gospel of politics and religion, today it’s Twitter shaping narratives and power dynamics. Not through Instagram or Facebook, but by sharing on X.

This transformation affects every country and every common person. Wealth is siphoned from the poor and the real value creators, only to be rerouted to the rich, who have access to technology and capitalize on it.

Maybe we’re already living in Gotham City. But where is Batman now?

I feel sick to my stomach thinking about this about the FOMO (fear of missing out) and the millions of people like me experiencing the same. Is this wealth we see moving around truly the product of collective human effort? Or is it created by the wealthy, who are always chasing the next big investment?

Good Lord, where does this stop? This will be front-page news worldwide when he takes the oath of office. Just as we follow the S&P 500 as a benchmark for financial markets, humanity may soon be following a $100 billion meme coin as a symbol of speculative wealth.

"Oblivion is bliss," they say. But I say, "Oblivious is poor."

The divide between rich and poor has become the yardstick of life itself.

This reality should be taught in schools how power, technology, and wealth work in tandem to shape our world. Only then can we prepare the next generation to question, innovate, and fight for a fairer system.

interesting....You have told a great truth even though it is uncomfortable for many....unusual things have been seen with these 2 memes....what was not expected to come from a president!!!!

My family is the fundamental thing in my life... it is what drives me to work, learn about BTC and stack sats

Freedom or Autonomy.

Which way?

In my personal journey away from freedom maximalism, I came to realize that freedom is not the right thing to prioritize or aspire to.

Like happiness, it’s a state we all value, but it’s not a purposeful end in itself. Freedom, much like happiness, is a byproduct—you don’t achieve it by chasing it directly. And just as happiness is more meaningful when earned, so too is freedom (and idea that likely already resonate with many of you).

What you may not have considered, however, is that freedom, like happiness, is a value not a vitrue. Values differ from virtues in that the former are passive while the latter are active.

The former are things you experience when you act in accordance with the latter. You experience happiness through making progress, just as you experience freedom through making choices (whether that choice is to take ownership and responsibility, or to let go and surrender).

This understanding led me to a deeper realization: freedom itself is almost a passive state, while agency and responsibility are active forces. You may value freedom, but attaining it requires deliberate action—action that demands responsibility and ownership.

This is where autonomy comes into the picture. Autonomy is conceptually a blend of freedom and responsibility. It is the ability (and freedom) to choose, combined with the courage (and responsibility) to own the consequences of those choices.

Full essay (short 3min read) here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/remnantchronicles/p/freedom-or-autonomy-which-way-sovereign?

(Would post on Nostr but highlighter won’t work 🙁)

interesting....quite a life lesson