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The State Exists Only for Those Who Wish to Rule Others We are told the state is essential. Essential for order, safety, justice, and prosperity. But the truth is this: the state is not essential for any of these things. Every real human need — food, shelter, healthcare, education, security, and community — can be fulfilled through voluntary cooperation, free markets, and mutual aid. People, left free, build peace and abundance. The one thing that cannot exist without the state is coercion on a grand scale. The state is essential only to those who seek to rule, exploit, and dominate others. To the war-maker, the state is essential — it grants him armies, funded by unwilling taxpayers. To the thief in a suit, the state is essential — it allows him to plunder through taxation and inflation. To the monopolist, the state is essential — it shields him from competition with laws and licenses. To the tyrant, the state is essential — it cloaks his orders with the false legitimacy of “authority.” Without the state, aggression is seen for what it is: crime. With the state, aggression is renamed: law, tax, regulation, justice, authority. A free society does not lack defense, justice, or order. It simply strips them of coercion and monopoly. It provides them through consent, choice, and voluntary cooperation. The state is not the protector of peace. It is the greatest source of violence. The state is not the guardian of rights. It is the greatest violator of them. The state is not the foundation of society. It is the parasite upon it. The truth is simple: Free people have no need for the state. Only oppressors do.

Opening act at Bitcoin Indonesia Conference 2025 on Bali! Angor is well represented here, catch up with us if you're here. 💛

On my way to Bitcoin Indonesia Conference 2025 & Bitcoin Week Bali, working on Nostria from the airplane is pretty awesome. Not the fastest connection, so it helps understand the pains some people go through without good Internet connections. This is why Nostria is providing regional relays and media servers, to improve the experience for everyone, everywhere. I will be doing a presentation on "Freedom and how Nostr will win", please join it if you're attending this conference.

What is a good Starter Pack editor? One that works at the moment, I need to modify and create a bunch of new ones.

Check out the new account experience on Nostria: https://youtu.be/T4YBsm-i7J0

Check out the feeds experience on Nostria: https://youtu.be/pbd7pM8xi0I

I can't delete a repost? Made a mistake and reposted something about compiling rust to wasm as alternative to JavaScript. I would never advise such a thing, learn JavaScript and stick to that. WASM was dead on arrival, unfortunately.

Humans are difficult creatures. Nobody really feels normal I'm their own minds, yet as I age, I keep realizing that I'm the normal and same one, while everyone else is the crazy ones. Maybe that's the realization one makes when understanding your own insanity?

Monochrome or not?

The power of a decentralized and open protocol, where apps are built with compatibility in mind. Nostr FTW! https://blossom.primal.net/a0b460afaaed14aa6eb32c45fa147bfbc241c46cf2e09c18e63e5ff79372d16d.mp4