*The uncomfortable truth: you cannot build a low time preference civilization on high time preference behaviour. You cannot achieve freedom through convenience. You cannot create parallel systems by taking the path of least resistance through KYC'd institutions. Every shortcut is a compromise. Every compromise is a step toward capture* View quoted note β†’
*The modern attention economy already rewards intimacy more than craftsmanship, virality more than virtue, spectacle more than service. This is not prudish moralizing but it is an economic signal. When eroticized content consistently outcompetes sustained skill and long-term contribution in income generation, the incentive structure has inverted. When money dies, virtues follow. OF's rise isn't liberation; it's a symptom of this rot, where bodies become currency in a system where actual currency falters.* View quoted note β†’
*Adam Fergusson’s When Money Dies … shows that when money loses its integrity, society loses its sense of proportion. Signals invert. Prudence is punished. Speculation is rewarded.* View quoted note β†’
*Failure is a few errors in judgement repeated everyday.* View quoted note β†’
*Superiority alone guarantees nothing in markets shaped by network effects, institutional capture, and human psychology.* View quoted note β†’
*β€œmoving out” only works for the fraction of humans privileged enough to emigrate.* View quoted note β†’
*sometimes the archipelago moves faster than the empire* View quoted note β†’
Interesting but how would you resolve the apparent conflict of not trusting the state on the one hand but requiring the state to enforce compulsory military service on the other hand? *if you want to destroy a society, you have to also end compulsory military service, in order to empower criminals and terrorists, who are the enemy of the people.* View quoted note β†’
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*The purpose of empire is to maintain privilege for oligarchs. When it becomes cost prohibitive to take from outside the borders of the country, then they take from inside, which means impoverishing the populace and state infringement of their rights. The true purpose of democracy is to create a narrative that disarms the people, allowing the empire to grow tall if wide isn't an option.* View quoted note β†’