Reason is a fascinating thing. You can use it to challenge both traditional conservatism and modern liberalism. You'll be deemed a utopian romantic by the former and a dogmatic thickhead by the latter when you do so. It's a position that holds that tradition in and of itself cannot be accepted, and rebellion for the sake of rebellion cannot be accepted as well. You do not accept whatever has been widely accepted unless Reason permits you to. And you do not seek to challenge what is being widely challenged unless Reason permits you to. You're not an independent thinker, but a grounded one. You're not a genius, but a humble student standing on the shoulders of intellectual giants. Religion becomes exciting. Economics becomes sound. Politics becomes realistic. Morality becomes accessible. The future becomes undetermined. The past becomes a teacher. Society becomes an ally. Nature becomes an edifice.

Excerpt from Hoppe's 'The Theory of Socialism and Capitalism': 'And in response to the various disincentives to work, and in particular to work in the “officially” controlled economy, there is also a tendency among East Germans to withdraw from public life and to stress the importance of privacy, the family, relatives, and personal friends and connections, significantly exceeding what is seen in the West.'

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Link to full post: https://x.com/balajis/status/1940432924157075720

Balaji S on the Libertarian nature and character of the internet. Nostr solves 'the free speech problem' because it enables property rights in relays first, as diatjaf himself explained. Nostr is libertarian by design. It represents real advancement in the anarchic internet ecosystem. One of the best in this decade.

Nationalism wants to appropriate what you own for the sake of a group with common cultural roots. Socialism wants to appropriate what you own for the sake of a group with common income levels. Monarchy wants to appropriate what you own for the sake of one person. Etatism wants to appropriate what you own for the sake of one group or entity. Every system of 'government' we have right now wants to appropriate what you own. They do not and cannot for the sake of survival, like that you own things. If such entities were indeed the source of order in society, the very least they would do is not steal. That this is considered a utopian expectation is a great sign of the times we live in.

Saifedean Ammous & Robert Breedlove: Can Bitcoin Rebuild Civilization? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIp6D-68cQ

Strategic reserve

Fiatello will do what fiatello always does, no matter the country, culture or political system.

Can remove Anatomy of the State, Road to Serfdom, Conceived in Liberty because they are more political works rather than economic works. And can add these: •Origins of Money by Carl Menger •The Positive Theory of Capital by Bohm-Bawerk •Capital and Interest by Bohm-Bawerk •Interventionism: An Economic Analysis by Mises •Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth by Mises •Epistemological Problems of Economics by Mises •Theory and History by Mises •The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science by Mises •Economic Controversies by Murray Rothbard •Man, Economy and State by Murray Rothbard •Individualism and Economic Order by Hayek •Choice in Currency by Hayek •Prices and Production by Hayek •Denationalization of Money by Hayek •Monetary theory and the trade cycle by Hayek •The Failure of the New Economics by Henry Hazlitt •The Inflation Crisis, and How to Resolve it by Henry Hazlitt •Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt •The Economics and Ethics of Private Property by Hoppe •Economic Science and the Austrian Method by Hans-Hermann Hoppe

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