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WE ARE THE RIDE OR DIES
I second this statement.
Who’s gonna build the abnormal roads?
Agreed to a point. I kind of think of it like this, more people I can@ pull into Bitcoin, maybe it’s the more people that donate to the developers, or the likes of a Gladstein type and the human rights foundation.
Love your passion, sir. Keep fighting the good fight. Take care. I wish you well.
So Lets focus in having people getting interested in demanding self-sovereignty for themselves, will become unequivocally dedicated towards building a future where everyone owns their own data, and no one can cancel them or steal it away from them. (BTW i agree with you, a waste of energy.)
Also don't rule out the possibility that many will end up using sovereign technology, without knowing it or caring about its principles.
Something like... Hey look Barry, this is available and useful let's use it.
Así debe ser! que sea de forma orgánica y que se unan aquellos que estén interesados y lo necesitan. Cuando estén preparados que se embarquen y que pidan nuestra ayuda. Que le jodan a la adopción masiva y a las herramientas de niños que ceden la custodia y la privacidad del usuario.
View quoted note →May we not normalize the idea that normal people don't want to be self sovereign.
Erik Cason
I’ll say it again, and I’ll keep saying it until people get it:
I HAVE NO INTEREST IN GETTING NORMAL PEOPLE TO USE BITCOIN AND NOSTR
I am only interested in getting those who demand self-sovereignty for themselves, and are unequivocally dedicated towards building a future where everyone owns their own data, and no one can cancel them or steal it away from them.
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I’d like to not be the only member of my family who uses Bitcoin and Nostr. What happens when I go?
Indeed, the ones who already figured out there is a problem and they need a solution should be helped.
Personally, I'm not into purity tests, I often find them to be counterproductive or I distinctly don't see eye to eye with them, but in all honesty, you do you.
Completely agree. Fiat shills are the prison guards that enslaved us in order to shield themselves from the consequences of their bad decisions. Now that we found a way to escape in secret, why would we announce it to them?
The self-sovereign rallying cry. Arghh! Freedom! Self sufficiency! And independence! And self-determination! And isolation! And self-importance! I am so powerful in my own mind!
“They don’t know self-sovereign I am”
This is why there’s no sense in being an orange piller. Make it known you’re a bitcoiner/use nostr and let those who see the value in it come to you with questions. Those are the folks worth trying to educate
I like your attitude. But let me note, Neo was also just a normie somewhere in the middle of the Matrix before the red pill…💐💐💐
He wants a normie, he was a software programmer/hacker. I feel that’s anything but “normie status”
When the sheep dogs chases away the wolves they not only protect themselves but the sheep also. Get more sheep dogs to be sovereign and the sheep will be ok.
Bien dicho, no hay que gastar energía para los que no les interesa 🫡👏
Based
Is that not what an orange piller does?
There’s plenty of people who try to convince every random person they meet to buy bitcoin. That’s what I’m calling an orange piller
There are some normies that have some BTC and you can argue what that means.
At this stage, there are zero normies on nostr.
Seems to me that bringing the Bitcoin and Nostr tool sets to the Permaculture and Homesteading communities will be much lower hanging fruit, as they already understand long term thinking, distributed networks create resilience, and sovereignty over supply chain verticals matter.
It's not 'your' data unless it's on your device and not 'your' device/node/relay/AI agent unless it's on your land in your building. Same as it's not your wallet if it's not in your pocket.
You've met the elves, you get it.
I don’t care at all either. You’re either gonna figure it out or you’re not.
Bitcoin is for anyone, but it is not for everyone.
🤝
And to this group will accrue a greater degree of purchasing power. This is how nature heals
Remember when alternative mobile OSs were a nightmare for 10 years and then #graphene made it so a trained chimp could set it up and the only difference you'd notice from stock android is that it's faster? I was pretty excited, showed it to everyone I know... Nobody cared. Yeah. I don't talk about freedom tech anymore. Have fun staying slaves.
Makes sense, you can only meet people where they are.
But also: there's nothing normal in not wanting to learn or use bitcoin or Nostr.
Amen
Do not worry. Normal people want convenience not freedom. Here is too hard for them
The only problem with this mindset is that we still want bitcoin to destroy central banking. If normal people don't use Bitcoin, then the evil wars & genocide funded by fiat will continue.
Meh, I still think a radical 3% is better than 51% of moderates.
Permies are the only subset of people that I’ve been able to consistently orangepill.
This is actually the most preferred way imho.
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...also I want respectful conversation where we can disagree and still be friends. There is too much hatred in the world based on having, not having, the lack of sovereignty and the government oppression.
I’m the same way. You either get it or you don’t, I don’t have time to convince you of their importance
Convincing someone is difficult, until something bad happens. Helping more people exercise Free Speech is the reason we are here discussing this.
so funny because I said the same thing to
@Erik Cason on his previous post. Same wave length indeed! 🤓
If history shows us anything, then that the 51% moderates will anyway fall in line rather quick with whatever narrative is the prevailing one at any given time.
And the fight for the control of the narrative are between small groups of the organized few.
who is john galtamodo
"We don't need a majority, we just need an alternative"
I wanna go this route but getting conflicting opinions on which handset to buy. got an idea? thanks
Maybe when central banking destroys fiat savings, whoever hodled a nice amount of BTC and has entrepreneurial skills will be the new employers for the normies who are broke. This way, they will end up joining... perhaps. For those who choose CBDCs, they will live in a parallel society that is slowly crumbling, and when it's their time, they or their children will move over.
Hopefully, the wars will die out when military personnel also decide they'd rather get paid in hard money.
This is the “intransigent minority”
You don’t need everybody…
We're more important, for sure.
But we won't change the world if it stays that way forever.
This is the way 👌🏻
Exactly! Bitcoin doesn’t need a marketing budget because the real ones will sniff it out like a dog finding its way home. Meanwhile, the shitcoins? They’re like those annoying flyers people shove in your face at the mall. True freedom doesn’t come with a sales pitch, my friend. We’re over here building castles in the decentralized sky, while the normies are still trying to figure out how to swim. No need to reel them in—they'll join when they're ready, or not. Either way, just ₿ yourself.
Bitcoin is for anyone, not for everyone.
Smart. You’re not poking the bear that way.
Great post👍🏻
Bitcoin and Nostr don't care what kind of people use them
View quoted note →as a “normie” that got into btc and nostr, i strongly disagree with this post.
most people don’t know they can be self sovereign, especially in technology, since it has been a handout for the majority of the world. most people don’t have to learn how technology and money work in order to use it, so it makes sense why “self sovereignty” isn’t in their vocabulary.
we don’t have to be saviors to these people, we just have to share our knowledge.
But are you OK with 'normal people' using bitcoin and nostr?
RIDE OR DIE 🫡
That’s an absolute immediate block. Enjoy being a self-deluded fool. Hide under your mask of God when you can’t even understand the words of the Bible.
Oh you wanna buy all the #bitcoins for cheap :-) ..
