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

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Bourgeois And Proud - Free-Man's Perspective

Even if you’re not exactly sure what bourgeois means, you’ve almost certainly noticed that it refers to something bad or embarrassing. But befo...

"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."

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Is It True That Only Moral People Can Be Free? - Free-Man's Perspective

People sometimes talk about freedom requiring morality and even religion. The famous quote along these lines is from John Adams, who wrote that the...

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.

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Yes, There Are Objective Standards - Free-Man's Perspective

The existence of objective standards threatens entrenched positions, and so has been excluded from consideration in many circles. Reality, however,...

We all lived through four years of intimidation and fear. It has subsided now, but most people haven’t processed what has happened… they haven’t sorted and settled things inside themselves. #Blog #Covid19 #plebchain

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Everyone Got It Anyway - Free-Man's Perspective

As the year 2020 arrived, we were living and thinking as we had been in 2019, 2018 and 2017. There was plenty of fear and outrage in the world, but...

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

Excellence is attainable, and by every healthy person. I received this lesson from a man I never met, named Earl Nightingale. Today I’m passing it along to you. #SelfImprovement #Education #Blog

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30 Minutes To Excellence - Free-Man's Perspective

Excellence is attainable, and by every healthy person. I received this lesson from a man I never met, named Earl Nightingale. Today I’m passing i...

"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 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

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Our Moral Obsession - Free-Man's Perspective

Humans are moral obsessives. Anywhere you go, you’ll find people speaking in moral terms: “He didn’t treat me right,” “She’s arrogant,�...

#Bitcoin changes the incentives that have distorted the shape of modern society. #plebchain

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Society: Bitcoin Fixes This - Free-Man's Perspective

There’s a common refrain that “Bitcoin fixes this.” Sometimes it’s used well and other times less so (it would often be more accurate to sa...

What I saw were people who knew they needed help. #plebchain #blog #decentralized

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The Cure In Our Hands - Free-Man's Perspective

I don’t recommend watching television, but I fell into one useful experience while watching it, some years ago: It was well after midnight and I ...

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

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Cryptography Has Revolutionized Revolution - Free-Man's Perspective

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...

Yet here I am – just a few hours later, feeling very optimistic. Why? Because the philosophy of freedom just showed itself to be massively stronger than statism and its “don’t think, just obey” philosophy. #Bitcoin #BTC #plebchain

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Silk Road Died, Bitcoin Crashed. So Why am I so Happy?

You may have heard that Silk Road – the truly free online market – was taken down today, by the FBI. In response, the price of Bitcoin crashed ...

"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

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A Frank Letter to the Homeless Man Under the Bridge - Free-Man's Perspective

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.... s...

Yes, I know that it seems the Internet has swallowed the world, but that isn’t quite true. What actually happened was the opposite: The world captured the Internet. #plebchain #innovation #tech #blog

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Moving Back To The Internet - Free-Man's Perspective

Yes, I know that it seems the Internet has swallowed the world, but that isn’t quite true. What actually happened was the opposite: The world cap...

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

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Child Abuse On A Civilizational Scale - Free-Man's Perspective

(Originally published in October of 2022, and tragically still necessary.) This is not something I ever wanted to write or even imagined writing. A...

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

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The Forbidden Thought - Free-Man's Perspective

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 wa...

"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

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Bitcoin Is Far More Than An Investment - Free-Man's Perspective

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 percentag...

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

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United We Fall - Free-Man's Perspective

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 fal...

Western civilization – the most effective major civilization in human history – has lost its mechanisms of transmission. And that’s a big problem. Civilizations are simply collections of humans who share certain ideas, and if those ideas are no longer passed down, the civilization breaks, degrades and vanishes. #plebchain #history #blog https://freemansperspective.com/transmitting-civilization-is-now-up-to-us/