Wars are cheap for communist countries since only the officers really need guns

“The worship of the state is the worship of force. There is no more dangerous menace to civilization than a government of incompetent, corrupt, or vile men. The worst evils which mankind ever had to endure were inflicted by bad governments.” — Ludwig von Mises

I’d go one further: if people have a choice between extinction and preserving consciousness in synthetic form, will they choose the latter?

The best way to help the poor is by not being one yourself- Ayn Rand

They are talking about the great nation of Zubralia- a land of infinite resources, untapped potential, and morally perfect leaders who never cheated an election or misused public funds and were living in pure utopia until those exploitative Westerners turned up. Just sunshine and rainbows until Outs

Nostr is kind of like twitter except almost devoid of people

‘Countries can’t ban bitcoin’ Source: University of Cambridge Bitcoin Mining Study (2021-2023)