RE: 28th Feb 2025 - Diabolical Tools For Freedom
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it always comes down to living with the world somehow and what we consent to. there is always the route of an isolated hut in the forest :)
so, put proactively: we would be wise to double check where and how we give consent. anyone who "applies" for a universal basic income by the "state" has zero grounds to reject their imposing of the conditions they then formulate.
my trust in the universe exceeds all manner of manmade scares, if "god" decides to open the floodgates again i will take it as it is and be ok with it even if this body dies. but being paranoid of all potential scenarios is not helpful, it freezes us where we are right now.
if i were still an atheist, i would be scared shitless in these manic times.
thanks dude!!!
That is at best a temporary refuge. I have some caches innawoods. They are only temporary, not permanent, because I will die alone without issue or being survived by my posterity if I live innawoods alone.
We must have society, a community that is secure, to win. I live in a community today that I serve because that community serves me. I can hardly choke down my coffee this morning because I am still so full from the delicious meal a neighbor fed me last night. This local community is my security from all threats that face me. There are limits to that security and I need to be aware of them, and reasonably fear them at all times.
My goal is not to live without fear, but to live with reasonable fear a reasonable life, and die a reasonable death, leaving behind a reasonable posterity with a reasonable chance at reproducing successfully themselves. More than that is not a reasonable goal, and neither is less.
A reasonable store of wealth and means of transacting should be able to be adopted by such local community, because that is real and a primary source of security and the blessings of civilization on the ground. I transact in goodwill today. It can't be factory backdoored by spooks, rot into the ground to feed them, and they can't swallow it without swallowing the local community. In consideration of a mechanism capable of expanding from our locales, and extending these local transactions, we must be reasonable in considering the threats the wider world presents, and seek only reasonable benefits from such mechanism.
If you are fearless, you are food. You should have some reasonable level of fear, but being scared shitless means you have not applied reasonable mitigations to threats you face.
i love your take on community, THAT is indeed something real and tangible. "reasonable" is the way to go, As I am continually learning this life: Balance is everything.
thanks