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She is slow on the get up some mornings.

#DogsOfNostr

#BugsBunny

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Really, your #DunkinDonuts has chinawear?!

Ours has the paper cups where the lid never fits so you have to tape it to the cup.

Ok. You know it's official, because I'm making a note of it on NOSTR.

From this moment forward, I'm keeping my political opinions to myself.

If I see something I want to comment on, I will pull out pen and paper and write myself a note. 😐

This decision is not because I've seen any immature discourse on NOSTR. Far from it actually. I've seen nothing but grown up type conversations on my feed.

But I'd hate for nostr to become like the old places. And so this is what is prompting my choice and this note.

Replying to Avatar Crizzo

Since realizing the extent that the media is used to manipulate us and divide us along political lines, I've come to see just how badly ingrained this divisiveness is among people. Even on nostr I am constantly seeing people fall into the traps. I divide my social media time about equally between here and Reddit, and while the majority of Reddit is falling into the "left" leaning traps, here it is very much the "right" leaning traps that dominate.

We are supposed to be trying to break free of the influence of major media on #nostr, but it's so deeply ingrained that we continue to perpetuate the bullshit, and it's all so trivial in the scheme of things. Like if you find yourself upset about whatever "woke" crap you've read recently then you're falling face first into the trap. What you consider to be a sign of the degradation of society is only a small minority of extreme behavior that is amplified to seem like a major problem, and by posting about it you only amplify it further.

Then we are all forced to take sides against each other. I think much of the "woke" stuff I see is as ridiculous as many of you do, but I also tend to lean left on some of the more moderate social issues, so when I side with the left on the moderate issues it allows you to lump me in with the extreme woke bullshit. Now I'm a villain because I'm on the same side as the extremists.

It goes the other way too obviously. When people on the right support theocratic ideas I am extremely repulsed, even though they are probably a minority. However I can then also assume that everyone on the right implicitly supports those ideas by supporting right wing candidates and they are then my adversaries by default. What can I do? I have no choice but to oppose them.

Then we are caught up fighting each other instead of the real problem, the banks and the ultra wealthy elites that perpetuate a system that steals from us. It doesn't matter what party is in power, there will always be a wedge issue that's used to divide us that can't be resolved to either side's satisfaction.

Rather than fighting it out at the highest levels of government, these issues should be getting kicked down a level of two so consensus can be reached at a regional level. Then people will have more agency to choose to live under a jurisdiction that more closely aligns with their values. The free market can decide what works best for society this way. #Bitcoin will help lead us towards a more decentralized form of governance I hope. Until then I think the only political battle worth fighting for is whatever promotes the adoption of Bitcoin and/or removes power from centralized hands.

For that second part I tend to think that the left has better ideas for reducing the power of the rich. I know how we all feel about taxes, but if we can tax the shit out of billionaires that will reduce their power. Other forms of wealth redistribution like welfare programs, social safety nets, universal healthcare, and even UBI are steps in that direction. The cost of these programs is irrelevant. They're already printing money to infinity, why shouldn't the people get a larger slice?

Anyway I'm posting this now against my better judgement. If you actually read this far then I'm interested in your thoughts, even if you just want to call me a filthy socialist.

#Politics #USPolitics

Right/Left Red/Blue all are cracks used to divide and distract the masses.

Both sides are employees of the central Banks.

Our only leverage is BTC adoption. The more it persists, the lighter the weight of their hammer and of their grasps on our energy and work.

As for all the other "debates", unless you come to my home and try to force your ideals on me that I may not agree with, I don't really care. I can hear you out and maybe even have a discussion. But it's really just that.

Your ideas are your ideas.

I have seen some "Twitter Type" divisive on NOSTR. But in my feed, it's a relatively insignificant blip.

Thanks for writing this note and sharing your thoughts.

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My eyes have had enough for the day. But fast forward thought process a few steps and I feel like this puts a target on node operators. Make sure your joint is thoroughly obfuscated if you have one.

4 days in and I'm still at the beginning.

Initial thoughts....you hope the folks that need to read it have already done so.

But yes, it's captivating.

#MurrayRothbard

#SoundTrack

I finished this one earlier this week. Dependending on when, where and how you were schooled, you were likely very familiar with it's content at least on the surface as was the case with me.

So, what did I get from it?!

We have been here before. Previous super powers having the global reserve currency, and America as having the global reserve currency have been here before.

When we've gotten here in the past, the government seizes any hard money possessed by the citizenry. In the past this was precious metals, namely gold.

In present day it will be Bitcoin. They will first take it from those that have their assets on centralized exchanges. Not your keys, not your coins.

It will be more difficult for them to take it from those owning their own keys.

So in these instances, if I were uncle Sam, I would put the pressure on your employers and or the employers of your family to have you surrender your keys to me.

The only folks that may be able to fully side step the type of pressure uncle Sam will apply are those that have 100% non kyc Bitcoin.

If this is not you, then you should have your hill well fortified and enough ammo to make it very expensive for them to take.

That or either have your passport and cigarette boat fueld and ready to roll.

I'm not running, so you can guess what camp I'm in.

Things that make you go hmmmmm.

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For all you NOSTRi out there with the happy trigger finger on your zap machines.....thank you for the #zaps. I interpret it as you sharing your energy and work with me. I don't say it every day, but I make note and appreciate your generosity.

In 10 years or so, I plan to do a cross country road trip and it will be fully funded by your contributions.

Perhaps we'll call it #RoadTrip2033.

#DogsOfNostr

#Zap #Genrosity

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