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Layerjack (Onion Knight) | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 That's the main pitfall of popular anarchism. No explanation for what happens when the bad state is destroyed. I believe it's already close to being as good as possible for most people. Economy and state are optimizing dissipative structures that have life cycles. We are probably on the cusp of a new order emerging. I don't know if it's gonna be better for me, but I don't care, because it's more fun to adapt to something unexpected. If you're interested in the bigger picture, look at oil, gas, coal. 

I'd prefer a full collapse, but I doubt it will ever get that fun. Most likely everyone would get ever slightly poorer till the world is like that den in Trainspotting. Over the years, I've learned that human societies are quite slow and resilient to change, and tech like AI is still decades away. 

What's the shed for?
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inpc | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 Nice post… I’m inclined to agree with most of that, I’m not sure how old you are but I think it’s easier to adapt when you’re younger (although not impossible when older). Therefor makes sense to look forward to a little chaos. The status quo is boring, much like the band of the same name.

Currently I’m in that Trainspotting scenario but I’m aware of that and open minded. I’ve lived waayyy more Trsinspotting than the average person. It is what it is. Ultimately the space inside my skull is the only true space I have *property rights*. Agree that things tend to happen way slower than people think, it’s a managed decline.

The shed is where I have a small but very functional music studio. It’s a cool environment, I like flow states and it works well for me.
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Layerjack (Onion Knight) | 5 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I'm a millennial. But strangely I was less open to chaos when I was a very young adult. I suppose I'll be back to that if I get into a routine for 20 years. As of now, I like not knowing how things would turn out. I'm a bit of a gambler. 

Are you tired of being squeezed out of existence by the state? The amount of available energy per capita in the world has been shrinking. Governments have to do tricks like inflation to keep the system running. Bitcoiners are mostly right, but they don't understand that 5 years is too long to wait for most people. Saving up for 5 years is accepting being a state slave for too long IMO. The only way out for someone without wealth or connections is bending the rules. I was robbed once, I don't believe in stupid fairy tales like property rights. 😁

You should try going viral on TikTok. That's where music is going. Look at the Man In Finance trend. You will likely hate it, but hey, thats our current culture. Nostr is a bad place for you to have any hope of getting enough money from your passion. Bitcoiners are greeey non-spenders.