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Everyone is sharing the worldcoin video, but I won't. Look. Not everyone is going to make it. The point made by 1984 is the same point made by Ordinary Men: most people will love the regime. Most people will do anything to comply, to not stick out, to do what everyone else doesβ€”no matter how ridiculous. The solution is deceivingly simple: don't try to change other people. Focus on yourself and how you spend your time. Opt out. Don't feed the beast. Concentrate your time, energy, and attention on the alternatives represented by #bitcoin and #nostr. Become as resilient as you can. Become un-ruggable. Ignore the noise.

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"You have to understand that most of these people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inert, so hopelessly dependent on the system that they will fight to protect it."...Morpheus... pay attention and stop looking at e-thots in red Neo! I think the issue is that humans differentiate and join tribes. We saw how far tribalism took half the country when they were pushing to lock up people that didn't vax, get a vax card, or did their own research. They actively avoided any opinions that were not provides by their masters....yep 2+2=5 But as you say exit the system. I started on that path in 2008 and it's been great.
Just wish I could take more friends & family with me. Time will tell. Those who can't be bothered to learn are not worth to drain your energy. There are people out here with similar #values Maybe we also need more hardship in life to filter out who's worth his salt and who is not. Its easier to tell, who the cowards are when the barbarians are at the gate and your little village has to fend for themselves. This easy life makes it possible that noone, not even oneself gets put to the test enough or regularly. Thats convinient, but the price is to find out when something bad happens that noone can ignore. Like a war or a pandemic... And one painful part is to learn how to deal with loved ones who turned to the dark sideπŸ˜…
I’ve noticed that the middle ground where you’ve studied #bitcoin enough to lift the financial iron curtain and instead of just accepting that your knowledge is going to make you and oddball you resist and try to force a paradigm shift on others. To resist takes up precious energy best to go further down the rabbit hole and find/build a new world. The paradigm shift will come as they see #bitcoin build a world that they wish they were in. Be the change!
As weird as it might sound, I woke up today having exactly the same conclusion. Lead by example and do not impose anymore. I do my thing and those who are willing to join me then will be welcome to our niche & exclusive pure blood orange-pilled community
In my experience not much time. It may be work at the start ( but added benefit of stopping and briefly internally categorizing also slows you down, gives time for introspection and helps you develop awareness) as you keep assessing your level of control in daily life situations it becomes intuitive to you with practice. ( this does not have to be academic, it can be an internal process and intuitive in nature) Once you discern your level of control in any situation it can guide your decision making and allocating time/energy to what is useful action. Good question 🀝
The thing that's really disappointed me about Dystopian Sci Fi from HG Wells, Yevgeny Zamyatin and Aldous Huxley to Margaret Atwood and the Wachowskis is that these were all supposed to be warnings. Instead they so captivated our imaginations that we thought they were prophetic. They AREN'T. We are the future. We can make it what WE want. Bitcoin and Nostr are the Enlightenment 2.0, bringing us out of the NeoLiberal dark ages. My kids and grandkids will be free from dystopia. They will read about you in their history classes. They will think about the IMF like we thought about the politicians who mandated men swinging lanterns in front of the first motorcars. They will wonder what we were so worried about because they won't even be able to imagine the hellscape we prevented. They won't know what we did for them but they will live free, happy and prosperous because we are here today zapping each other 21 Sats on Nostr. And building a better future for them. View quoted note β†’
λͺ¨λ‘κ°€ μ›”λ“œμ½”μΈ μ˜μƒμ„ κ³΅μœ ν•˜κ³  μžˆμ§€λ§Œ, λ‚˜λŠ” ν•˜μ§€ μ•Šκ² μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€. λ³΄μ„Έμš”. λͺ¨λ“  μ‚¬λžŒμ΄ 살아남을 수 μžˆλŠ” 건 μ•„λ‹™λ‹ˆλ‹€. γ€Š1984》가 λ§ν•˜κ³  μžˆλŠ” 핡심은 γ€Šν‰λ²”ν•œ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€γ€‹(Ordinary Men)이 μ „ν•˜λŠ” λ©”μ‹œμ§€μ™€ κ°™μŠ΅λ‹ˆλ‹€: λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ€ 체제λ₯Ό μ‚¬λž‘ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. λŒ€λΆ€λΆ„μ˜ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ€ νŠ€μ§€ μ•ŠκΈ° μœ„ν•΄, 남듀과 κ°™κΈ° μœ„ν•΄, 그리고 μ–΄λ–€ 말도 μ•ˆ λ˜λŠ” 상황에도 μˆœμ‘ν•˜κΈ° μœ„ν•΄μ„œλΌλ©΄ 뭐든지 ν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€. 해결책은 λ†€λžλ„λ‘ λ‹¨μˆœν•©λ‹ˆλ‹€: λ‹€λ₯Έ μ‚¬λžŒλ“€μ„ λ°”κΎΈλ €κ³  ν•˜μ§€ λ§ˆμ„Έμš”. λ‹Ήμ‹  μžμ‹ κ³Ό λ‹Ήμ‹ μ˜ μ‹œκ°„μ„ μ–΄λ–»κ²Œ μ“°λŠ”μ§€μ—λ§Œ μ§‘μ€‘ν•˜μ„Έμš”. λΉ μ Έλ‚˜μ˜€μ„Έμš”. κ΄΄λ¬Ό(체제)을 먹이지 λ§ˆμ„Έμš”. #bitcoinκ³Ό #nostrκ°€ λ³΄μ—¬μ£ΌλŠ” λŒ€μ•ˆμ— λ‹Ήμ‹ μ˜ μ‹œκ°„κ³Ό μ—λ„ˆμ§€, 관심을 μ§‘μ€‘ν•˜μ„Έμš”. λ‹Ήμ‹ μ˜ 회볡λ ₯을 κ·ΉλŒ€ν™”ν•˜μ„Έμš”. λ‹Ήμ‹ μ˜ μžμ‚°κ³Ό 삢을 λΉΌμ•—κΈ°μ§€ μ•ŠλŠ” μ‘΄μž¬κ°€ λ˜μ„Έμš”. μž‘μŒμ€ λ¬΄μ‹œν•˜μ„Έμš”. View quoted note β†’ View quoted note β†’