Hope is a duty, not a mood. I care about America and I believe it is a beautiful place worth fighting for. And in some very profound sense that willingness to fight is what being american is about. Liberty must be defended at all costs. From all challengers. Even those on our side. Yet when I try and engage with the current system I feel a profound sense of moral injury. It’s like the world is breaking my values in front of me. And instead of springing into action, I freeze. The paralysis comes from the gap between wanting to act meaningfully and feeling that my actions won’t matter enough. But I will my way through it because history says move anyway. Speak anyway. Help someone anyway. Put one foot in front of the other. Power eventually yields to steady demand. If my actions feel small, I remember: every right I enjoy began small in someone else’s hands before it was given to me. So I will not wait for permission. I will not paralyze myself into inaction. I will just do things. Because I can. And so can you. You can just do things. image

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The beauty of Bitcoin and Nostr is that they serve not only my friends, but also my enemies.
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Benking 5 months ago
True strength is in moving forward even when doubt whispers. Thank you for voicing this so clearly.
One of my neighbors, married with children, accepted a big responsability if something would happen to me and my wife. He also shares all my values. He does not know it, but when bitcoin hits a certain threshhold, I will pay off his mortgage. I think that moment will be even better for me than for him. After paying his mortgage offf, I may start paying off mortgages to married families with children that share my values. Just something I have been thinking about
One criteria I am debating is, aside all the other criterias, should I do it for white people only ? Reasoning : White people, straight white men, have been the biggest victims of racism in the last 20 years. So I would help the most discriminated group of people in the last 2 decades
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CBach 5 months ago
Took the words out of my mouth
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R 5 months ago
It’s your money not public or charitable funds. Therefore you need no pre-determined criteria other than do you feel compelled to help someone out. If yes, then they’ve met the criteria for that act of kindness.
Real patriotism isn’t flag waving from the sidelines; it’s the daily choice to act on conviction even when the system disappoints, because that’s literally how every right worth having was won.
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Dexter 5 months ago
I’m still in the Fiat mining stage of my bitcoin journey. A lot of people are trapped by the system but my hope is that over the next decade enough of us become free enough to join in.
When that time comes, I think you and your wife will know who to help. Maybe different ones in different ways. It's a powerful thing when you see resources as tools to bless others. Sounds like a great thing to pray about!
Abraham Lincoln is not a very good example though. A figure that was pretty important in making America less free and the defense of liberty much more difficult
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adenglobal 5 months ago
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Earthl 5 months ago
I care about Earth and I believe it is a beautiful place worth fighting for. And in some very profound sense that willingness to fight is what being human is about. America is a great place to start anyway.