My wife just looked at the word "Internet" and said "They should have called in the 'between-web' ". 😍 maybe nostr is the #betweenWeb

on the third point: the merchants are also customers of other merchants. they spend the bitcoin they received. "customer" isn't a static category, and you don't have to pay fees to get bitcoins unless you're buying them from an exchange. View quoted note →

Ken Follett you absolute piece of shit bastard how could you do this to me, I was not emotionally prepared for this enormously sad development in the final 1/3rd of Pillars of the Earth volume 1. #bookstr

Every single "anarchist" I run into in meat space is actually some version of socialist/communist authoritarian who would obliterate private property and individual consent if given the chance. Most anarchists I run into online are pure voluntarist, open-protocols-and-Exit-maximalist, free-market appreciators. I don't yet know what to make of this, but it has to mean something.

> But the anarchist ALSO assumes this: that their opt in is 𝘝𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘺 and this offers them the promise of a consensual society This is the most important point that most people do not understand. The voluntarist/anarchist/consensualist approach is about _norms_. By opting in to a set of norms around consent, you understand that you're creating the possibility of a social order where others also understand these norms and are signalling their willingness to live by them. It's a coordination mechanism, not a guarantee of compliance. ...But neither is the most violent authoritarian control system a _guarantee_ of compliance. Guarantees don't and cannot exist in this domain. pretending that they can is the road to violence and destruction. Acknowledging they can't is the road to peace. The "pEoPLe cAn StiLL dO BaD ThiNgs" response completely ignores these key points. View quoted note →