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 What do I want?
Self-sovereignty over my life & Political Freedom

How do I express that?
Not by voting, but through depriving Governments of power with Technology

What defines tech freedom?
Encryption as Identity
Open Source
Permissionless
Decentralized

How do I live?
End-to-end encrypted messengers
Encryption based social media
Encryption based contracts
Linux
DeGoogled Android
Self-hosting my email
Self-hosting my website
Reject government money
Reject government domains

How do I reject government domains?
Nostr
Tor Onions
Session Bot (DM Simple. 200+ followers)
SimpleX Bot in future (I got some ideas w rotating burners)
Arweave (I'm Privacy.ar)
Eth push channels
IPFS (I'm SimplifiedPrivacy.sol)
Yes IPFS sucks, I'm working around the issues

How do I reject government money?
Point customers to easy crypto on-ramps,
https://simplifiedprivacy.com/crypto/index.html

What law do I follow?
PGP sign contracts, w/ deposits or multi-sig.

Core message:
The enemy is not the government, it's pessimism.
For all the tools you need are there, you just have to find the motivation to use them. 
 Fuck yea