Gas "grills" are just bad outdoor stoves.
The issue people tend to have with anarchism tends to be some desire to control and define every facet of governance and life in some utopian ideal, despite no system that does involves government ever actually operating along some robotic algorithm in this manner.
I don't have a utopian idea to strive to. I have a principle of non-aggression which I aim to see implemented when it can, where it can, and how it can be. As with most things in life, the perfect is the enemy of the good.
There will always be places where someone exercises power in a way that will not be perfectly justified, either because there is a need to act more quickly than communication will allow, because of heated emotions, or other circumstances beyond our control. What matters is how we bring things back to harmony after the fact, and look to improve moving forward.
A community is like a marriage, but with a lot more people. Force is not the best medicine.
The same way I govern my family. By talking to people, finding out what actions we can all not worry about, and what actions may put someone else in a bad position, and work with them to find wyas of alleviating friction.
'Some ass in the back' sounds like you're referring to someone being aggressive. First, you ask what has spurred the action, and see if it's something that can be addressed diplomatically.
If not, actions can be taken to either defend, or extract justice. How communities decide to hold court is for them to decide. As for punishments, I'm not a hig fan of prison. Service to repay debts can work, and outlawry when it can't. Iceland held court for centuries without any executive body; there's plenty to be learned from there.
LUD16 got wiped by a client from my profile it would appear. This has been hopefully remedied. Should be cykros@speed.app
It's very important that the government have no say about the supply or value of the currency to begin with, so as not to distort the functionality of the real economy, whereby all value is produced.
The best defense against excess wealth being extracted from the working class by the capitalist class is pitchforks and torches (and a metric fuckton of AR-15's doesn't hurt too), and the lack of a state subsidized by taxes to stand in defense of said capitalists.
When you have to actually pay to defend against an angry mob, you have motivation to keep them from getting too angry in the first place.
Meanwhile, when the wealthy are looking after the interests of the working class and providing real value to the economy through entrepreneurship and capital, the working classes have motivation not to rise against them.
The state is a cancer.
That's exactly what MSTR is doing when it issues convertible bonds and buys BTC with the proceeds.
Easier after a good night's sleep. Magnesium supplements are fantastic to that end.
But nothing beats actually leaving yourself 8 hours to sleep.
Komrade Kamala and Holocaust Harris are always my go-tos.
If people spent more time and effort on being the one, rather than finding the one, we'd see a lot more marital and familial success.
They rely on those public benefits because of the most insidious tax of all, inflation.
It makes their salaries lose value faster than their raises roll in, and encourages the larger earners to bid up prices of things like real estate in an effort to escape its effects.
No problem is so big that more government can't make it bigger.
It's worth noting that Libertarians wouldn't legalize the theft, assault, or other infringement upon rights that typically go with drug abuse.
But also, I tend to reject the rigidity of the party. The EZLN, aka the Zapatistas, in Chiapas, Mexico, famous for perhaps the longest running autonomous zone of anarchists, do not permit the use of alcohol or drugs. This can be squared with ideas of freedom because free people have a freedom of association, and can choose not to associate with harmful practices, just as you might require that your children, or spouse refrain from using drugs while in your home.
It's important to remember that for as much as we can talk about the ins and outs of specific crafted policy, human existence is rarely so black and white. Rather than the minutiae of policy, the overall focus of anti-aggression should remain our guiding principle.
Personally as a libertarian (no capital L for me), I'd oppose a national ban on drugs, however, do believe that it being left up to communities to decide for themselves in a grassroots approach how they should treat them. No one should be forced to be in the presence of drugs, or even guns, if they choose to avoid them. How communities choose to organize themselves and make these decisions is likewise up to them, though I do support a consensus oriented approach as opposed to a simple majority rule.
Let them remember what happens to kings and queens who forget their duty to their people.
Like Tom Luongo, I'm long guillotines, rope makers, and lead futures.
Centralization exacerbates these effects, because it essentially puts all our eggs in one basket -- a basket that is increasingly complex, and thus less and less sexy to pay attention to when pandering for votes. Especially when someone else can be blamed for the lack of attention paid.
Similar dynamic to what we see in rented vs. owned property. A homeowner, protecting their investment, and the home they live in, is a lot more likely to maintain what is theirs --and to find it relatively easy to stay on top of -- than a landlord who sees the rent come in month after month, doesn't see the effects of the lack of maintenance on a daily basis, and may be overwhelmed if they do perchance take a closer look at the state of their properties to find that they have a laundry list to address.
On the other side, it IS true that there are efficiency gains to be had from centralization through scaling effects, but ONLY if the attention is paid in a timely, systematic manner. These theoretical efficiencies seem to be the loudest argument against distributed infrastructure, but the best argument against them seems to be the repeated failure of centralized authority to actually effectively address the maintenance issues. As with other aspects of life, it would seem competent benevolent central planners are few and far between, particularly with large, complex systems.
Oh we're definitely Massholes. Aint our fault everyone wants to drive so close in front of us.
What good is physical fiat in the same warzone? If anything that use case scenario is the one for gold/silver, food rations, water/purification means, and a stockpile of bullets.
That all said, if I'm trying to get OUT of that warzone, I'd sure rather have my 12/24 word phrase memorized, or perhaps a bolt with washers that have it stamped into them, than be trying to figure out how I'm getting across borders with physical cash or even gold. It worked for Afghani women who otherwise lost everything escaping the return of the Taliban, which is proof-of-work enough for me.
There's room for some diversification if done thoughtfully, for sure, but the amount I'd bother with in actual fiat cash is next to nothing, because nothing says it'll hold any value in that scenario anyway.
I was thinking of this angle last night while in an old mill building full of small local shops.
If I ran a small bitcoin business I'd absolutely offer BTC discounts just to save me the fees of buying it myself.
Though there are day to day liquidity needs some need to bear in mind in fiat terms sometimes.
Seems like kh7 as black's response would avert mate in 2. H7 is safe, albeit pretty hemmed in, but black has other pieces to come rescue. kf8 is greedy.
Global liquidity is strong and looks to be getting stronger, but on the other hand, much of the planet is in, or may soon be in, recessionary conditions. Bitcoin hasn't REALLY seen a widespread recession yet, so we may see a cycle that doesn't quite look everything like previous cycles depending on how that pans out.
The American election likely is throwing some distortions and noise into the mix as well.
Personally I'm enjoying the sale going on longer than expected, to the extent I can capitalize on it. Getting caught up in the day to day or minute to minute price movements is for the birds -- especially given that between fees and the lack of an options market it's a lot of stressing you can't REALLY capitalize on effectively anyway. I guess the futures crowd can get twitchy like that -- not the game I'm playing though.