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Free Man's Perspective
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Uncompromising thoughts on freedom, philosophy, and building a life outside the system. Bitcoin, sovereignty, and the pursuit of truth.
Even if you’re not exactly sure what bourgeois means, you’ve almost certainly noticed that it refers to something bad or embarrassing. But before I explain its actual meaning, I want to turn the tables on it: I will maintain that bourgeois is good. #plebchain #followforfollow #blog image
"People sometimes talk about #freedom requiring morality and even #religion. The famous quote along these lines is from John Adams, who wrote that the US constitution was made for “a moral and religious people,” going on to say that it’s unfit for any other kind. Nothing against Mr. Adams, but that passage is a mere assertion. It says nothing about why it might be true that freedom requires a moral populace. Such assertions really ought to be supported, and so far as I’ve seen, they haven’t been. Today I’ll address that void." image
The existence of absolute standards threatens a great deal of modern power, and so has long been ridiculed and excluded from consideration. Reality, however, cannot be changed, and the fact is that we all act for life and against death. So does every other living thing on this planet. That makes life and death absolute and objective standards. image
Cypherpunks used to say that “You can’t put a bullet through a math problem,” and they were quite right to do so. Fundamentally, Bitcoin’s foundation is as strong as the proposition that two plus two equals four. #Bitcoin #BTC
"I learned long ago that when institutions decide to ride a subject, they can do so for a long time. By endless repetition people are worn down into compliance, and then into defense of their compliance. I’ve seen it too many times. And so, seeing them harping on “Bitcoin isn’t environmentally friendly,” I feel a need to defend reality, before it’s overrun yet again." #Bitcoin #Plebchain image https://freemansperspective.com/what-about-environmental-concerns-over-crypto-mining/
"Given that nearly everyone is a moral obsessive, and given that we all refer, more or less, to the golden rule as a point of reference, how come there’s still so much immorality in the world? The answer is that there really isn’t." #plebchain #morality #blog image
Cryptography, after all, boils down to math, and you can’t put a bullet through a math problem. #Bitcoin #Plebchain
"I am no fan of violent revolution, yet I have to admit that John Kennedy had a point when he said, “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.” The forces that drive revolutions push themselves to the surface one way or another. If they can find a peaceful path, they have a chance to transform the world slowly and beneficially. If they are repressed, violence occurs sooner or later." #Bitcoin #BTC #Plebchain image
"I see you standing here, asking for help, about once a week. You are always polite, and I respect that. I’d like to do something for you… something that would matter long-term. Giving you a few notes or coins now and then may be fine, but I’d really like to improve your situation more permanently. In other words, I’d like to give you a job." #blog #plebchain #followforfollow image
This is not something I ever wanted to write or even imagined writing. And yet, here we are. I’ve been receiving a stream of reports from wildly divergent sources, all saying the same things. The fact is that child abuse is being perpetrated on a civilizational scale… massively financed on a civilizational level. This needs to be addressed. #Nostr #Blog #Controversial image
The dominating systems of our world require us to feel weak, afraid, and insufficient. They couldn’t continue if most of us didn’t feel that way. And so the friends and operators of these systems must suppress the opposite thought: that we are not inadequate. #plebchain #blog image
"Over the past few years, huge numbers of people have come to see Bitcoin as an investment… like a stock. That’s because a significant percentage of the populace knows someone, at least a friend of a friend, who has done very well with Bitcoin. That’s the kind of thing that people notice, and not unreasonably so. The truth, however, is that Bitcoin is more and better than an investment… much more and much better." #Bitcoin #BTC #Plebchain image
We’ve all heard the slogan, “United we stand, divided we fall” hundreds of times. It is portrayed as #wisdom, but in fact it’s generally false. If you require a mass of bodies to charge another mass of bodies on a battlefield, unity matters. But when you want honesty, intelligence, compassion, #innovation and evolution, unity is your enemy. #plebchain #followforfollow #blog image