Oddbean new post about login | logout People are highly disappointed about the state! Especially in the context of the #Israel #Palestine conflict, I am seeing a chance to „explain“ to more people, that „defund the state“ is one of the few (only?!) ways to actively & peacefully take away their weapons!!!! 🔥 Pls share any great articles you know about, explaining this to a broader audience. 💥 English, french or german would be awesome 🧑🎓
Search the topic libertarianism or mises Economy. They are against states, they want individuals to have maximum freedom and the states have as few power as possible, be it to kill or to control economy and impose taxes
yes, that’s clear. But too advanced for people, who are „new“ to the movement. Looking for more an „entry guide“, based on #Bitcoins incentives and the fact, that it separates state and money. just trying to collect and leverage on work, which is certainly out there already.
Do you really think this is an attainable goal to have?
Yes. I do
Are we talking actual policy measures that can be pushed democratically to roll back the funding of military programs? Are we talking about people ceasing to pay their taxes? Are we talking about everyone suddenly accepting bitcoin for actual value not just an equivalent to the USD? The first one seems most realistic to me but “defund the state” is unfortunately very ambiguous to me anyway.
Well, let me try to explain a little better. Coming from a #Bitcoin mindset, what is meant with „defund the state“, actually bases on a sound money system. This means, that no one can easily „print“ money to „stimulate“ the economy. This would at the same time obsolete wars and massive arms building, as there would be no incentives to do so. „Destruction“ of value is happening today, as we live in a debt financed fiat system, which even incentives wars somehow. It‘s a theory based on the principles of the Austrian School of Economics. Not easy to explain in one note here, but I can try to share more resources on it.
You know, I'm not too familiar with economics as a whole. However, I am inclined towards Keynesian economics, which does promote the government's stimulation of the economy via investments during economic downturns. I think there's evidence that that yields positive results. I'd love to see what resources you have and to learn more.