“Why are the people starving? Because the rulers eat up the money in taxes. Therefore the people are starving. Why are the people rebellious? 
Because the rulers interfere too much. 
Therefore they are rebellious. Why do the people think so little of death? Because the rulers demand too much of life. Therefore the people take death lightly. Having little to live on, one knows better than to value life too much.” - Lao Tsu

is you is or is you ain’t?

#nostr is the trust layer

they’re gonna kyc core

“A small country has fewer people. Though there are machines that can work ten to a hundred times faster than man, they are not needed. The people take death seriously and do not travel far. Though they have boats and carriages, no one uses them. Though they have armor and weapons, no one displays them. Men return to the knotting of rope in place of writing. Their food is plain and good, their clothes fine but simple, their homes secure; They are happy in their ways. Though they live within sight of their neighbors, And crowing cocks and barking dogs are heard across the way, Yet they leave each other in peace while they grow old and die.” - Lao Tsu

𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐝𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐫.𝐞𝐱𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧.𝐞𝐱𝐞

“Besides, you and I are both things. How can one thing judge another thing? What does a dying and worthless man like you know about a worthless tree?” - Chuang Tsu

One does not argue with a dragon. View quoted note →

“Good men do not argue. Those who argue are not good.” ~ Lao Tsu