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War on smug is sending bitcoin and apple prices falling
Statists are coming to our Bitcoins.
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
We are the majority http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6b70TUbdfs&list=UUFeK8ZdHbCqAq3gekWs8aEQ&index=34
We'll kick their asses
It might look like a war only they don't know that we have already won!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTAPZIsX0zU#t=12m22s
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTAPZIsX0zU#t=12m22s
Sometime during the Chinese "Cultural Revolution" , a old communist general, after being subjected to intense beating and denunciation by the red guards, told them "Wait and see, after the revolution, those who should be generals will still be generals, those who should be soldiers will still be soldiers." We can't put all blames for the corruption on people in power, if things end up being the same no matter who is in charge, it must be because, things have to work that way because there is no better way until a technical revolution fundamentally transforms the landscape.
Let me take a whack at re-phrasing that nice story:
The problem with political systems is that the people who have power are the kind of people who want it.
Fix that problem and you fix the world.
This time, we have the Internet. This has lead to wide spread, unregulated communications. It has lead to pressure on censorship, intellectual property and now the monetary system. It's a system which allows strong protest movements, which are very hard for monolithic states to control. Perhaps this time, the freedom craved by some in the 60s will have a better chance of materialising - it's certainly much harder to discredit such positions now.
Yes. And the greatest battle fought thusfar was the battle for cryptography. And we actually won that one. Use it or lose it, people...
But here, we fight the battle for money. And I note that without cryptography we wouldn't have a chance in hell.
My greatest fear is how physically complacent people have gotten. No - sitting at home and banging a keyboard is no substitute for getting out there and doing real shit. The internet - as good and perfect a tool as it is for many things - is no substitute for action in the real world.
We have some other tools too; speaking of the real world. Drones come to mind - especially in concert with 3-D printing. They are perfect for fighting our terrible and cowardly media infrastructure, and for exposing corporate misdeeds (especially environmental).
I have high hopes for this generation...
I am young, but I am very sure that the Hippies didn't pose a threat to the established at all, unlike us.
* sigh * That's what people see, but it has no bearing - or very, very little - on what those times were actually about. It was the most intense political period the US had seen since the Civil War. We came closer to an actual shooting revolution than you'd believe - after 40-50 years of corporate-owned media pushing all the drugs/sex/rock'n'roll crap that had little to do with what was really going on. Not that that part wasn't fun...
Sometime during the Chinese "Cultural Revolution" , a old communist general, after being subjected to intense beating and denunciation by the red guards, told them "Wait and see, after the revolution, those who should be generals will still be generals, those who should be soldiers will still be soldiers." We can't put all blames for the corruption on people in power, if things end up being the same no matter who is in charge, it must be because, things have to work that way because there is no better way until a technical revolution fundamentally transforms the landscape.
I did not mean the hippies are incapable or what, it's just the time was not ripe, heck we didn't even have personal computers or asymmetric encryption then, the things we are doing now are unimaginable at that time.
This is no war ... just a little expected jostling
If it ever came to war ...
... Satoshi would return ...
If it ever came to war ...
... Satoshi would return ...
I am young, but I am very sure that the Hippies didn't pose a threat to the established at all, unlike us.
* sigh * That's what people see, but it has no bearing - or very, very little - on what those times were actually about. It was the most intense political period the US had seen since the Civil War. We came closer to an actual shooting revolution than you'd believe - after 40-50 years of corporate-owned media pushing all the drugs/sex/rock'n'roll crap that had little to do with what was really going on. Not that that part wasn't fun...
The establishment are always seeking to alienate and turn others against free thinkers. I suspect the hippy/peace movement in the 60s was much the same.
I was actually speaking to my father about the 60s the other month. He said that the Internet, Bitcoin etc reminded him of some of the things many in the 60s were seeking to achieve. Ofc, they goals weren't reached in some ways, but in many others culture was changed permanently.
I think I there may have been a good part in 'The Century of Self' documentaries about this. I can't remember though and it's a 4 hour series so I can't scan through. Here is the link for those interested though: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7EwXmxpExw
This time, we have the Internet. This has lead to wide spread, unregulated communications. It has lead to pressure on censorship, intellectual property and now the monetary system. It's a system which allows strong protest movements, which are very hard for monolithic states to control. Perhaps this time, the freedom craved by some in the 60s will have a better chance of materialising - it's certainly much harder to discredit such positions now.
I am young, but I am very sure that the Hippies didn't pose a threat to the established at all, unlike us.
* sigh * That's what people see, but it has no bearing - or very, very little - on what those times were actually about. It was the most intense political period the US had seen since the Civil War. We came closer to an actual shooting revolution than you'd believe - after 40-50 years of corporate-owned media pushing all the drugs/sex/rock'n'roll crap that had little to do with what was really going on. Not that that part wasn't fun...
Statists are coming to our Bitcoins.
Bring it on!
Bring it on!
Did you mess up the translation?
"DONT FUCK ON ME"?
"Get your banging asses off of me"
lol
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I am young, but I am very sure that the Hippies didn't pose a threat to the established at all, unlike us.
Don't underestimate the hippies nor over estimate us.
I think there are many 'hippies' here among us.
Unfortunately, many are like dank and completely useless for anything other than entertainment.
I am young, but I am very sure that the Hippies didn't pose a threat to the established at all, unlike us.
Don't underestimate the hippies nor over estimate us.
I think there are many 'hippies' here among us.
I am young, but I am very sure that the Hippies didn't pose a threat to the established at all, unlike us.
...I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
How old are you?
Not old enough.
I could make that statement - and have - but I lived through the sixties...
When you think about it, the problems today don't compare with the '60s and '70s when the Doomsday Clock was always a couple of minutes to midnight.
The Doomsday Clock is irrelevant. It's just another circus we're made to consume with our bread. Governments don't control the world any more - and the people who do control it don't really care about nationalism, and other out-dated ideas like that. Nobody's going to drop atomic weapons on the source of their wealth and power.
...I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
How old are you?
34 - Not that old, granted. It feels old enough though!
...I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
How old are you?
Not old enough.
I could make that statement - and have - but I lived through the sixties...
When you think about it, the problems today don't compare with the '60s and '70s when the Doomsday Clock was always a couple of minutes to midnight.
...I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
How old are you?
Not old enough.
I could make that statement - and have - but I lived through the sixties...
...I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
How old are you?
As more people consider the state as 'them' rather than 'us', the less they will support its actions.
Over the last few years I have observed the sentiment shifting. Whether it is because of the global depression, the monetary system, the overreach of successive governments, I don't know. The why doesn't really matter though; it's the conclusion of such sentiment.
When the state becomes the opposition of the people, it cannot last in its existing form. I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
Over the last few years I have observed the sentiment shifting. Whether it is because of the global depression, the monetary system, the overreach of successive governments, I don't know. The why doesn't really matter though; it's the conclusion of such sentiment.
When the state becomes the opposition of the people, it cannot last in its existing form. I'm not saying we are close to that point yet, but we're closer than we have been in my lifetime.
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Not the "P" word! That word burns my eyes like acid. Wait here a minute while I go get my giant wooden cross and some gasoline. LOL
+1Bannings: Signs of the times..More to come..people will give in eventually.
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