Edison

I think I should probably tattoo “You can’t save the normies” on my hand because I seem to keep forgetting this. From now on I will stfu.

Yesterday, in a fairly normie group chat I’m in for skateboarding, I posted a meme about taxation and cheekily said “Taxation is theft”. What followed was me being berated about how good government programs in Canada are, and yes, they even brought up “Who will build the roads”. But what was most striking was the ad hoc arguments on my character/personality. I’m not denying I can be an asshole. The truth just hurts sometimes. There was a clear unwillingness to have a real conversation. They all defended taxation adamantly with very little criticism of the system. I imagined even the most lefty tax payer would complain about upwards of 40% of their salaries going to the government each year. But they seemed very content with it.

GM Nostr. Make sure to caffeinate prior to the block party. nostr:nprofile1qqsrrnwckh0z7p5vkrskwpxm0wwqupkqfzu8x7q8jzq3ptphac5t8tgpz4mhxue69uhk2er9dchxummnw3ezumrpdejqzrthwden5te0dehhxtnvdakqyuxzup nostr:nprofile1qqs9avl6hmfcqrma3s3haa94c4h436skujtl44qvlht59hwhxksr8ngpz9mhxue69uhkummnw3ezuamfdejj7qgkwaehxw309ajkgetw9ehx7um5wghxcctwvshs5dryr0 nostr:npub1g6yfqkcw3y65sswrw0rm3ve9ethdr8nyvc9ljncktslk0xa69uqsyz0fw9

GM Nostr https://blossom.primal.net/545ec34a68ebd3d5c77bb2cc56ce1ab6a7f2006ed7e32e121f687fa8871ffb93.mov

I’m not from Alberta, but after this weekend at nostr:nprofile1qqstny94vrdj43c79dqlrsmg2jxr7sd84k30krap9gep9wf0v9y4y9spr3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmqpzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6grcc3ke I think I’m an Alberta separatist. Canada has zero cultural cohesion beyond the tropes of hockey and Tim Horton’s. Experimentation in governance is needed. My grandparents were born into a pre-confederation Newfoundland. This is still in living memory for some and so it does not feel that far-fetched.

The quiet part has been officially said out loud. “It’s kinda like early ICOs where you have like a posse of people you bring into the token”.

GM. Jerky for breakfast. nostr:npub1e860dprl9jx8d9jwx73vymed8g2nl82wwgc72uzu39ftvdzu9y4qu2dhu9

Isn’t it interesting that many people oppose monopolies in business but don’t really give much thought to monopolies on jurisdictions, i.e. the state? Seems like a ripe avenue to convince people (mainly leftists I’d guess) to support breaking up into smaller nation states.

Turn off the radio. Turn off that bullshit. What's on the radio? Propaganda, mind control And turnin it on is like puttin on a blind fold.

I can confirm that Dead Prez and Nitro Cold Brew will get you sufficiently fired up for the revolution. https://open.spotify.com/track/629bTFHUN9UjZd039psiy1

GM Nostr Looking forward to spending some sats at the nostr:nprofile1qqs9vnfz8sq4qj9cype7sp59dqf22vs7fnl4wfjyextjrf4t9gr8nwspzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezucmgxdhry6ewvdhk6tcpz4mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduhsudx4yn today, and nostr:nprofile1qqstny94vrdj43c79dqlrsmg2jxr7sd84k30krap9gep9wf0v9y4y9spzamhxue69uhhyetvv9ujucm4wfex2mn59en8j6gpz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumn0wd68ytnzvu8hd678 this weekend. 🤠

Bitcoin is a necessary but not sufficient precursor to individual and cultural transformation. If Bitcoin has managed to give you your time back, use it wisely.

Had a discussion with a friend this evening. He was peripherally involved in “crypto” some years ago. His impression is that Bitcoin has failed. That it’s been captured. It occurred to me that it very likely looks like if your contact with Bitcoin is snippets of MSNBC clips of Saylor, or Pomp, or treasury company announcements, ETFs etc. You gotta be in the trenches to see that the revolution is still happening. It’s not promised. We need to steward it. But I’ll be damned if I’m giving up on it now. It’s a sentiment I’ve heard before from friends. It’s failed, so just give up. No. Fuck that.

Bitcoin is not a panacea. However, the technologies/psycho-technologies we use have a tremendous bearing on our thinking and being in the world. So I think it’s a fundamental error to discount how much changes at the monetary layer of reality matter as a precursor to spiritual transformation. Something like bitcoin is necessary but not sufficient for this transformation.