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*Rate of net migration is downstream of broken money, both home and abroad, that's why it's a top political issue and natsec is refocusing hemispherially so that we have stable neighbors... A country is the people that live in it, and high trust countries have homogeneous base layers. Security is arguably the one thing the state should do, so unfettered net migration is a sign of abdication, eroding trust further, resources then become strained by inefficient growth, eroding trust further... it's all cascading. The dollar being the world reserve currency, and the resultant financialization influencing policy, was the disease. Everything else is a symptom.*
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Are we (in the US) in a low trust society or just transitioning from high trust? \ stacker news ~bitcoin
I think it's clear the US has been a high trust society. But, is this no longer the case? How did we get here? How does bitcoin help? Does it fix t...
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*the real chains aren't money - they're the comfort cage most people won't leave* View quoted note →
*i grew up broke in eastern europe and still yeeted myself out. sold everything, worked crap jobs, lived in hostels while learning new skills. took 2 years of ramen noodles but now i'm a geo-digital nomad paying zero tax to war machines* image View quoted note →
*Build peer-to-peer. Build without permission. Build like your freedom depends on it, because it does.* View quoted note →
*the question "What will you do if Bitcoin fails?" is so clarifying. It reveals whether you're building on Bitcoin or simply betting on it. Whether you see it as a freedom protocol or just another speculative asset. Whether you're part of the remnant or just another tourist waiting for NgU.* View quoted note →
*The victory isn't Bitcoin replacing the dollar. The victory is building a life where it doesn't matter if it does.* View quoted note →