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We must recognize financial freedom as crucial to defending democracy.
Tactics of financial repression:
-- Financial surveillance and violation of banking privacy
-- False charges of money laundering and illicit financing
-- Confiscation of physical and financial assets
-- Manipulation of national and international financial institutions
-- Abuse of regulations meant to fight money laundering
A Nicaraguan dissident reveals how dictators weaponize financial systems to crush dissent—and how tools like Bitcoin offer hope.
"Some of us targeted by authoritarians and committed to transparency and accountability have turned to Bitcoin not to get rich or to push an anarchist love of currency free from state control. Instead, we are simply looking for an answer to the systematic exclusion that we face in repressive states."
~ Félix Maradiaga
Confirmation bias: We welcome information that confirms what we already think and resist information that disturbs or contradicts what we already think.
Analyzing Bitcoin Consensus: Risks in Protocol Upgrades
(Ren Crypto Fish, Steve Lee, Lyn Alden)
Links to the PDF and Github repo 👇
There are so many overlaps with permaculture and Quaker testimonies:
Care for the earth = Stewardship Testimony
Care for people = Community Testimony
Fair share = Equity Testimony
#permaculture #quaker
Don't expect privacy from governments or corporations. We must create our own systems to protect it.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer: An important story to be familiar with.
~ Cormac McCarthy, "The Road"
Viktor Frankl, "Man's Search for Meaning"
From Grassroots Economics:
"Mweria is an ancient practice of the Mijikenda people of coastal Kenya, echoing the traditions of many Indigenous cultures globally. Known as a Rotating Labor Association, it revolves around mutual commitments to community support.
This participatory video (created by the community) explores their efforts to revive Mweria and restore grassroots economics of collaboration and shared responsibility."
The real value of Bitcoin isn't its price. It's the principles it represents.
Financial inclusion isn't charity. It's about giving everyone a fair shot at prosperity.
Government surveillance money or people's money. Which side are you on?
Bitcoin isn't about getting rich quick. It's about fundamental societal change.
"By believing in that false idea of safety through totalitarian control, we condemn billions of people to poverty." - Andreas Antonopoulos
Financial exclusion isn't just unfair, it's expensive. It traps billions in poverty.
Money is a language we created to express value. Bitcoin is a new dialect.
"You shouldn't. We will." - Andreas Antonopoulos, on providing financial services to those banks won't serve