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Also being accepted by the tribe is more important than being right

Slavery is a state of mind

This is why 19th century slavery failed (was "abolished"). 1. The owners made the slaves miserable in most places in an obviously inhumane way 2. There were too many white (free) people having their own agency in life Fix those 2 problems. Add in a monopoly token the slaves trade amongst each other. We have resurrecred slavery in a much more future-proof way. Yay. 😔

Cognitive dissonance is real.

They fear the responsibility. No real freedom without responsibility

humans are herd animals

We need better antlers.

This is so true. Being uncomfortable give us the drive to do better. Its like a cold shower.

Slavery is self imposed for those who fear the burden of freedom.

Ignorance is strength

It is sad that the majority of Americans choose the cage. Weak men make hard times... and they are definitely not the kind of people that once braved across the country in a wagon to settle on their own.

Quoting from "The Bed of Procustes": "They are born, then put in a box; they go home to live in a box; they study by ticking boxes; they go to what is called “work” in a box, where they sit in their cubicle box; they drive to the grocery store in a box to buy food in a box; they go to the gym in a box to sit in a box; they talk about thinking “outside the box”; and when they die they are put in a box. All boxes, Euclidian, geometrically smooth boxes."

On freedom

most people cannot think deeply or clearly enough to even realize they are in this position. I'm having harder and harder time suffering in the company of fools who don't realize the depth of their delusions. And very few actually want to rethink everything in their life on a regular basis and deprogram themselves from centuries of indoctrination that anything above laws of physics is "just the way things are"

"You have to understand. Most people are not ready to be unplugged. And many of them are so inured, so hopelessly dependent on the system, that they will fight to protect it" Morpheus That’s why I’m not so sure people will rush en masse to Bitcoin if things go south.

💯 Responsibility delivers freedom. Discipline attracts the power to make it so. The rabble mistake comfort & pleasure for evidence of having both. When in reality they lack them most.

Bitcoin fixes this.

The Exodus illustrates

100! Be a wolf or a dog. Many choose dog. Free food and all.

This describes the phenomenon of the self acclaimed Libertarian Socialists. They basically redefine the words.

I was also suprised. I remember reading MirBTC's tweets in 2020 and thinking, "That's crazy. I could never imagine lockdowns in the U.S. Freedom is too embedded into our culture. Two weeks later, I learned an important lesson. I was wrong.

Peaceful parenting fixes this

Saw the same connection this AM with a lady who informed about a bylaw that doesn’t allow shirtless in public spaces which included the park I was at, of course shirtless. She told me all about the work she did with the police and how severe the bylaw violations were. She didn’t answer why the bylaw was needed only she was informing to ‘save others’ from the bylaw. I’m fairly positive I’m a strong reason they wanted this shirtless bylaw nonsense. Dark day for my mitochondria.

You have no idea how right you are. I discovered this a long time ago too. People want someone to control them. They want to follow others. Very few are those who don’t. That’s the reason for fashion and everything people do. Most of them can’t and don’t want to take responsibility. Few are those who not only don’t seek convenience but also stand up against the system, risking suffering for it.

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This is why we are $37 trillion in debt and no one bats an eye while driving around in cars they can’t afford and depreciating in value. People are fat, happy and clueless. Just like the powers that be want them

The duality of life is quite ironic amigo.

Unfortunately you are 100% correct

Balls and brains are needed.

I don’t know why things have to be framed in such stark, extreme, judgemental terms. I would put it as, young people seek financial stability, especially if their parents are immigrants (or something like that). So they get the higher education, go to graduate school, and figure out that the jobs that you can get with higher education are not necessarily places of respect. But rent is a real thing. It’s like the main financial expense. In the US, a job is connected to health insurance. That’s why I think some sort of passive income from investing should be available to everyone. Especially hourly wage workers, free-lancers, or people trying to do something creative. Currently, passive income through investing seems only possible for people with interest and knowledge in finance, *and* who also have the extra cash to invest.

this post is another one of those posts where the individual is blamed rather than looking at the macro things… like the societal systems. It also just vaguely describes the problem in a V for Vendetta way. I don’t get why Lyn Alden reposted this, having written Broken Money.

Freedom=Responsibility. The government made a business out of putting people who get too carried away with their “freedom” in cages. It is normal and ok to have out of the box ideas, And this could be equated to “freedom”, However a better understanding in my experience is Competition vs rule of law. It is a blanket statement to try something unusual, Be condemned, And then say “You are impinging on my freedom!” Being the victim. Nobody is coming to save you. The consequences of your “freedom” is the responsibility you need to take or the government puts you in their cage. If you really want to do what you want become a politician and start putting your competitors in cages. Then you can have the freedom to do fuck all and enjoy it, Which is what I think most people of as freedom. My opinion is that freedom is the ability to create the life I want without anyone fucking with me about it, And this requires a constant ability for me to educate myself on what laws are and what I can and cannot do. There is always an asshole out there that wants to fuck your day up just because they don’t like the way you look. And fuck them anyway.

why do young adults get jobs? They don’t want to be a burden to their parents. Also, when their parents get older, they might need help. It’s harder for Millenials to purchase a house. Very few people, percentage-wise, can afford to invest large amounts into Bitcoin. If they can dollar cost average, it’s slow and takes time. So it sounds like this post is creating some judgy narrative that whoever works at a job is someone who “loves being a slave” and is “scared of freedom”.

This post uses dehumanizing language. Reposting something that calls people slaves because they live differently or make different choices is a big red flag. It makes the writer look out of touch, arrogant, and/or dismissive of real systemic issues.

"when you have nothing to loose you are really free"

I have worked a government job and nearly all my coworkers were like this. They fear freedom and think slavery is freedom. Mind boggling!

When you say 'most people want slavery' I see a strong ambiguity wherein you may be implying both, but I'd like to touch on it. Do you mean people want to be slaves or they want the institution (albeit invisible) whereby they benefit from outsourced slave labor? Perhaps a mix of both to assist in their own self-delusion that you mentioned? I think most people want to be directed, not to be slaved. But given the stark reality of the choices available, they take the path of least resistance which is slavery. But to say they want the slavery seems disingenuous; they want the convenience and (often unwittingly) accept the slavery.

Dostoevsky, he

This is truth and why democracies lead to authoritarianism. I’ve thought free people must continue to carve new communities to obtain true freedom

From Behold A Pale Horse by Milton William Cooper (1991)

The most dangerous place to call home is your own “comfort zone” Just surviving paycheck to paycheck & using all your free time to watch Netflix should NEVER be the goal!!! Always push to Learn, Grow, & better yourself inshallah. #Bitcoin #HosKasi 🫵🏾🇸🇴 nevent1qqsqellr9pyjg5hgrz2rf8hz8axz9qczeyj3u5c2jxk2ap0hp3w22xqpzemhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuurjd9kkzmpwdejhgjz9djw

This sounds like a quote from Loki lol

I happen to agree with this.

Isn’t this basically one of the biggest takeaway lessons from The Big Short? Free thinkers get laughed at even when they’re right. Most people do not possess the competence to roll solo so the idea of being ostracized by your “in group” triggers life or death fight or flight considerations. People are more worried about fitting in than they are with finding truth. Solomon Asch figured that out.

Not likely: maybe single digit percent chance, because that would require taking personal responsibility for one's own life. It's clear worldwide that the Nanny State exists, because majority don't want the above, and prefer to pilfer others through the State. In other words:

They take the blue pill honey

This is why open systems are so important. Everyone shares the burden and everyone has access to the tools, making reality less scary, even bearable.

Most people Not all people Thank god we still have a few folks out there that truly care about our real freedom…. Regardless of comfort That’s probably most of us on Nostr The minority?

I’d say it’s not that most people actually want slavery, and more that most people are willing to accept slavery because they primarily want to be comfortable. What do you think about this framing?

🎯 💯 I see this all the time, talking to normies. Sad, pathetic, and bearish 😒 A large chunk of the population doesn't care about Freedom. We need to wake people up. They need to be aware of the problems first, then maybe they will listen to us talking about the solutions 🌽 View quoted note →