Oddbean

Government control over the people is just a shared delusion. There's like 10,000 citizens for every cop or soldier. It only takes a few percent of a population in active rebellion to overthrow a government. If the people reach a breaking point and are aware enough to fight it will be over faster and easier than anyone expects

Build... something. We can fight, or we can build. Look at nostr - people are building this. Look at that meshtastic thing people are doing. Idk what I'll build, but I know thats the only option other than fighting.

Why is fighting considered necessary? Because we know how many of our neighbors would be complicit in our murder. Build a better way in parallel, attract your neighbors to it. Things begin to seem less bleak. The day might come when the loudest minority is the one laughing at the state’s tantrum demands instead of falling in line, and the rudder of the follower majority finally turns toward liberty. Maybe not without a shot — heck, I consider Ross and Assange and many more casualties already. But with fewer shots than there could have been, and more sticking power.

Ross and Assange are already victories. They're alive. That's 100℅ because of the internet. I'm very optimistic. All we gotta do is keep doing what we're doing - which is talking, vibing, having ideas, building, prepping, etc

you are completely delusional if you think that computer programs are enough to defeat totalitarianism. as if all the people who were ripped out of their homes and sent to labor camps in china and russia would have been spared if only they had invested their time into an autistic radio hobby.