Heimdall

You've taken a brick from the wall of reality that was taught to you, looked at it from all angles, and discovered it wasn't as solid as it seemed. All major advancements in thought - scientific, philosophical, social - have originated from this very point: from rejecting the "we've always done it this way" and asking "But according to what criteria? And to whose advantage?". The lack of certainties isn't a void to be feared. It's the space of freedom. It's the space where, instead of following a map drawn by others, you're forced to use your inner compass, made of reason, experience, and what you call "nature". #bitcoin #freedom #freethinking

I was always taught to be grateful. Gratitude. I find it a beautiful word, a beautiful feeling. I find it a good, healthy emotion to have—this is certainly true. But perhaps we never reflect deeply on what it really means. It’s simple to “teach” being grateful, but I rarely see anyone teaching a deep understanding of its meaning. Should we be grateful? For what? For what we have compared to others? But that, in turn, means others have less than we do—often much, much less! So yes, it’s certainly right to feel gratitude for what we have, but is it possible that the deeper meaning of gratitude ends there? I’m not talking about gratitude for having parents who raise you—of course you should be grateful for that; some become orphans very early—but that is totally beyond anyone’s control (often, though unfortunately not always). I’m talking about those things, those freedoms we have and often take for granted, which many people, somewhere in the world and often not even very far from us, do not have! And yes, it’s certainly right to be grateful for this—but does it end there? But these things/freedoms often fall under someone’s control; they can be changed! So is our gratitude for this enough? Or should we have some other “obligation” toward it? Should we perhaps commit, even in small ways every day, to helping change this? What sense is there in simply being grateful if we then do nothing to change things and make those same fortunes possible for everyone? Perhaps there’s some “trick” in gratitude too: we become good at being grateful, only to look the other way when someone next to us—someone like us, simply born more “unlucky”—suffers injustice at every moment of their life! Where is the meaning of this gratitude? Is it simply to teach us to be happy and enjoy what we have, even if it comes at the expense of others? Well, perhaps my mind is wandering across desolate, senseless lands—or perhaps it’s trying to grasp that the meaning of life is not reduced to the mere happiness of enjoyment, but lies in change: first changing myself, and possibly bringing even the smallest change to the rest of the world. No one has 100% of the solution, but 100 people with 1% of the solution have 100% of the solution together. Quote. #freedom #fixthemoneyfixtheworld #bitcoin

Today I had a heated discussion with a colleague about the usefulness of the state. I argued that we can do without it, while he claimed the opposite. At one point, to justify the sense of having a state, he told me that without it, there wouldn't be paved roads (as if we lived in the Middle Ages and weren't capable of paving them in another way, but okay). I tried to explain that we could do it in a different way... But nothing was going his way, and he kept talking about justice, taxes, and so on! My mind went blank, I looked him in the eyes, and I said: "FUCKING IDIOT! You want to talk about taxes? The schools are crap, the hospitals are shit, your famous paved roads are full of potholes, but the missiles that YOUR state launches at civilians and children just a short distance from here are shiny and magnificently built!!! I'm in agreement with you, my dear colleague, that taxes go somewhere, no doubt, but certainly not where I think they should! So fuck you and your precious state!" #freedom #nostate #rovolution #bitcoin #sovereignty

Scrolling through Instagram, I see many people who teach you how to become rich and free in a month (sometimes even in 30 minutes). It seems like there are really so many "free" and rich people out there... but after years, the result is that I'm neither richer nor freer, but maybe I feel a bit stupid because, unlike them, I don't succeed despite their miraculous, super-fast wealth-building methods! Then I scroll through #nostr and I don't see any of that, but I read many thoughts from different people, often with perspectives that are quite far from mine... and after a few months, I feel richer and freer! Maybe people confuse true wealth and freedom... Thanks #nostr and thanks to everyone who enriches me every day with their thoughts. #grownostr

The simple fact that politicians have defined their threats as "law" does not mean that a human being has the slightest moral obligation to obey them. #sovereignty #freedom #humanrights #autonomy