I believe that anything that is not voluntary is coercion. This makes me a voluntaryist in earthly terms and an alien on Earth, where coercion is normalized.

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One of the problems with using any VPN, for me personally, is that you must trust the provider not to log anything (and I trust no one!), and proving a negative (like claiming black swans don't exist just because you've never seen one) is practically impossible (ofc if you are not a theoretical logician, lol). I've been a bond holder / arbitrator with SimplifiedPrivacy.com for ~1.5 years (as discussed in my Substack post on trust and bonds in the P2P economy: https://themeritocrat.substack.com/p/on-trust-and-bonds-in-the-p2p-economy), and there have been zero bond claims or complaints so far. While I trust no one infinitely - and just as some infinities are larger than others - I distrust those who've consistently proven reliable a bit less. Therefore, when SP reached out, I saw it as a chance to learn how the sausages are made, so I'm now running a HydraVeil node in Sweden. You can become a HydraVeil community node operator too:

Node Operator Checklist / Overview | Simplified Privacy

HydraVeil (hydraveil.net) lets you isolate different parts of your online life using unique browser fingerprints, routed through different VPN operators whose identities are verified by encryption linked to Nostr. Feel free to try my node for your profiles: c8fe20e7972a3944f8e3daeec016fdc3b6ff383d575ab12c39f4953e17a834a6

Normalize the idea of separation of money and state.

YES, I want a higher $XMR price, but I'm no fiat moonboy chasing fiat off-ramps. I'm a Luna-girl, and for me higher price means: 1) Purchasing power (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P…) + real circular economy w/ its own MoE. 2) Network security: higher price = more CPU miners (gods bless Tevador & RandomX). 3) Personal security: mass adoption = easier to hide in a crowd + too many to prosecute (also please, everyone use Tor!)

Monero is the ultimate off-ramp.

Tomorrow, anyone can wake up as a political dissident. The state IS a monopoly on violence and coercion. You think you don't need Monero and privacy today? It can all change overnight. Tools quietly built by non-compliant cypherpunks will be there when you're ready to resist.

Monero: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System. Fungible. Private by default. Non-compliant. Battle-tested. Act accordingly.

Monero Circular Economy: From Cypherpunk Hundreds to Sovereign Millions

XmrBazaar's User Growth Chart: Freedom's Exponential Awakening Curve

Just got back from the mountains, scrolled through the news: endless stupid politics that'll be forgotten by tomorrow. Nothing sharpens perspective like fighting for your life up there... The actual big story: http://annas-archive.org just got suspended! Official mirrors (all managed by Anna's Archive) are:

Anna’s Archive: LibGen (Library Genesis), Sci-Hub, Z-Library in one place - Anna’s Archive

http://annas-archive.se

Anna’s Archive: LibGen (Library Genesis), Sci-Hub, Z-Library in one place - Anna’s Archive

http://annas-archive.in Latest domains: check Wikipedia

Anna's Archive - Wikipedia

Opt out of the warmth of collectivism.

Stuck at base camp with truly terrible internet and weather 😅 Huge thanks to #XmrBazaar dev Anarkio: his zero-bloat scripts make bazaar run beautifully, even in the most remote spots with awful connections. It really opens doors for people who have very few choices❤️ Funny twist: Tor actually feels faster than clearnet here! My regular accounts barely load, but #Monero-related stuff works great :) Merry Christmas & a very Happy New Year to everyone🎄✨

https://xcancel.com/themerit0crat/status/2002777552235192548

Exponential growth is our secret weapon: not just for markets, but because states won’t spot the threat until it’s way too late. As Albert A. Bartlett said: “The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function.” We humans are notoriously bad at wrapping our heads around exponential growth, and luckily, politicians aren’t even our sharpest minds ;) Here are three classic riddles to prove it (sharing in case you haven’t seen them yet), because grasping exponentials might be the most underlearned lesson in history. - Bacteria Doubling Riddle: A Petri dish starts with a smattering of bacteria. Every second, their numbers double. The dish fills completely after one minute. When was it half full? - Paper Folding Riddle: Grab a sheet of paper and fold it in half. Then fold it again. If you could keep at it 50 times, how thick do you think it’d end up? ;) - Chessboard Wheat Riddle: Perhaps the oldest tale of exponential growth hails from ancient India. Legend has it a king offered the chess inventor any reward for such a marvelous game. The inventor asked for one grain of wheat on the first square of the chessboard (64 squares total), two on the second, four on the third, and so on — doubling each time. How many grains at the end?

Monero Circular Economy: From Cypherpunk Hundreds to Sovereign Millions

XmrBazaar's User Growth Chart: Freedom's Exponential Awakening Curve

Heading out to greet the New Year in the mountains: hoping I don't become a cautionary tale. Keeping one eye on XmrBazaar.com, but I'll be less active on socials. Enjoy your holidays, chase what lights you up, cherish good ppl in your life, read books, and live big! ...and if you can name all 6 books on my pic, I wanna be friends with you :)

"If you use XMR, then there isn't much anyone can do..." ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ https://xcancel.com/cz_binance/status/1723032387368477168

When any freedom tool becomes a tribal identity, it recreates the power dynamics it was meant to dismantle. Bitcoin as identity? A trap. Monero as identity? A trap. True inner freedom means no need to fit any box.

The best way to deal with tariffs and taxes 👇 https://x.com/bunkerjunge/status/2000510643770888446: "If these criminals really introduce a sugar tax, I'll buy sweets abroad and sell them on xmrbazaar cheaper than you can buy them in the store. So please do that and best at 50% or so @bundeskanzler 🙏🏼"

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