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 Look I’m all for freedom, civil liberties, individualism, that’s why I’m here. I love to learn about decentralized freedom technology. But it scares me to think of a future when the western world devolves into anarchy… y’all seem to be romanticizing it. You remove the current power and create a vacuum and then what? Who and what replaces it? It might not be the utopia you think it will be. Check out Bilaji’s “Network State”. 
 MORE OF A REALIZATION THAT THIS IS WHERE WE ARE HEADING SO IMPORTANT TO FOCUS PRIORITIES ON HOW TO MAKE THE BEST OF IT. 
 Agreed. It’s a possible outcome and I’m for preparing for that. All I’m saying, If we burn it down I hope people have a plan to build back better, I have my doubts. 
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 By definition, what is “emerging” is “emergent”, therefore CANT be known ahead of time. Yes that’s scary. But embrace it as best you can. There is NO going back….

“Leap and the net will appear” 👁️🧬🦋 
 “A network state is a social network with a moral innovation, a sense of national consciousness, a recognized founder, a capacity for collective action, an in-person level of civility, an integrated cryptocurrency, a consensual government limited by a social smart contract, an archipelago of crowdfunded physical territories, a virtual capital, and an on-chain census that proves a large enough population, income, and real-estate footprint to attain a measure of diplomatic recognition.” 
Sounds interesting 
 Go read his book. It goes extremely in depth into the possibilities of US anarchy vs china/Russia vs BTC maxis. Very interesting.