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Even if I grasped the technical part quite easily (with just some headaches on the scripting language), the hardest part for me was to answer the question: why should we use it? Given all the properties of scarcity, self custody and sovereignty, no time/space borders and so on. But like... why? That unlocked a whole new level of understanding: humans, economics (i just asked here on SN some insights on Libertarianism https://stacker.news/items/1482150/r/apb), game theory, energy and power. It's a never ending learning experience
That is a really honest opinion on this matter, thanks! Well this is an aspect that we should consider for everything in general and in this case it really changes the game: we quite never start from scratch. And in this sense I agree that the invisible contracts and agreements between people and states that are currently in place must be taken into account. And I may be one of the first that says, if tomorrow my country goes full private: give me back tax money. And of course this is not feasible, because that money is not there in the first place basically.
I will certainly look into the resources you provided! And thanks for the insight: take all of this as a journey and not the end goal
Can you elaborate more? Not on the socialists nor liberartians part. In your opinion, a society that just works, evolves and where people's properties and willingness are respected, how is that society organized? Is it even possible? Or we have to accept the swing from one system to another in the course of history?
Got it, sounds reasonable.
Well at this point the question arises... what is even the point of the state? Law? Why should people follow it? How are things enforced? The moment there's someone "authorized" to point a gun, all the other bad things we have seen inevitably roll out
I see.
It's hard for me to imagine it working properly and for people in need, but maybe it is a matter of perspectives: maybe with a society organized in this way, there are opportunities and instruments that allow Healthcare and such to emerge spontaneously
Well it's not a matter of free Healthcare per se. Someone is paying for it (the people, in general), you pay for it somehow (not your own directly) or you pay for it later.
And even if sounds inconvenient (why should I have my profit cut for a service I do not need) it's more like "one day I may need it and can't afford it" and that day ma be even day0, when you have not even started to "provide" for society
Thanks for the suggestion and for your open question!
You got me on this one, the more I tried to find a difference between (say) having to acquire food daily and having my broken bone put back in place, the more I struggled to find one!
Ok, if i can't afford food I can somehow produce it by myself (but in the context of life/death, is more efficient to steal it than farm or raise it, from a time perspective), but I am ultimately limited. Same thing for health or security, there is some degree of "feasibility" but at the end, in the context of the division of labor, I am really relying on everyone else even for the basic things needed for necessity.
But how do we ensure that the basics are met also for people who cannot afford them?
Ultimately my question is: I am happy having to cut my profit via taxation to get some service back, because even though I can pay for that service directly (and maybe have a better service even), i can one day find myself in a situation for which that service is provided to me even if I am not able to pay that tax right now. It's like a form of collective insurance. This is imposed by a civilized State in some way or another, but in a free market, does this emerge? How can it work? Sometimes bad luck happens from day 0 or is not in our hand to control it.
Because I generally have a bad opinion on central gov that enforces things (cause today may be good, tomorrow may be bad) but I don't see how relying on people's trust and expect them to help you out will actually solve the thing (even imagining some sort of i help you now you pay back later)
Appreciate the insights and resources provided.
So let me put like this: our civilized society that we think respects (or at least tries to) our fundamentals rights is basically based on the fact that the problems are just exported to someone else (or a different process) in which the respect of those fundamentals is not really enforced. It's like we are happy with our garbage being collected and managed by State simply because we are in the country that exports it to other countries, not the one that is being paid to throw it in its lands and have its people live on top of it?
Helpful, I've always been cautious about what requests are made from my device and it's better to state clearly if the wallet is automatically performing pings to services like cloudflare that, take it or leave, end up collecting user data and traces.
For the samourai part, nothing to note, # freesamourai