Oddbean

Speaking of rogue money, this quote from the show Andor is pretty awesome. I was reminded of it yesterday. "There will be times when the struggle seems impossible. I know this already. Alone, unsure, dwarfed by the scale of the enemy. Remember this: Freedom is a pure idea. It occurs spontaneously and without instruction. Random acts of insurrections are occurring constantly throughout the galaxy. There are whole armies, battalions that have no idea that they've already enlisted in the cause. Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward. And then remember this: The Imperial need for control is so desperate because it is so unnatural. Tyranny requires constant effort. It breaks, it leaks. Authority is brittle. Oppression is the mask of fear. Remember that. And know this, the day will come when all these skirmishes and battles, these moments of defiance will have flooded the banks of the Empire's authority and then there will be one too many. One single thing will break the siege. Remember this: Try." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-asb8zTiuZ4&ab_channel=StarWars

in fact whenever a government is overthrown the new one is usually worse. just look at Ukraine ( where i am from ) as an example. every time they have a regime change it just keeps getting worse and worse. governments keep getting more tyrannical because rising productivity means more is available for stealing. eventually when productivity becomes infinite so will the tyranny.

True enough. And it's not just governments and nation states anymore. Facebook has a user base of 3 billion people. There's corporate states now as well and they can often times weild a far more influence than the latter.

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As someone who had the same worries and exhausted of (mostly sub par or garbage) star wars content... Yes, worth the watch. I thought mandalorian season1 was the best of SW in the sequel era, but Andor blows em all out of the water.

You know, ever since I discovered BTC and actually opened my eyes - I started asking many other things & tbh, I finding that I don't know much about the world at all. So, Lyn, my question to you - what do you know that's 100% true?

LOVE Andor. & this is such a great, universal quote. In fact, the whole time period in the Star Wars universe centered on the rise of the rebellion, from Obi-wan's miniseries up until my namesake blows up the death star, has an extremely bitcoin rebellion ethos. That includes the following series & movies: (In chrono order) *Obi-wan Kenobi (miniseries) *Rebels (Animated series) *Andor (Livce-action Series) *Rogue One (Movie) *Star Wars A New Hope (Movie) The best star wars movie ever, IMHO, is Rogue One, but it's hard to pick the better series between Andor and Rebels. Sure, the animation feels chincey with Rebels but the story is oh-so-good, and 100% cannon. In fact, the new live-action Ahsoka series is a direct continuation of the Rebels story set years later. As bitcoiners we should all absorb every quote and lesson that Andor, Rebels, and Rogue One have to offer us. They were made for us more than anyone else.