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river | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Do you really think this is an attainable goal to have?
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Tanksen | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yes. I do
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river | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Are we talking actual policy measures that can be pushed democratically to roll back the funding of military programs? Are we talking about people ceasing to pay their taxes? Are we talking about everyone suddenly accepting bitcoin for actual value not just an equivalent to the USD? The first one seems most realistic to me but “defund the state” is unfortunately very ambiguous to me anyway.
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Tanksen | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Well, let me try to explain a little better.
Coming from a #Bitcoin mindset, what is meant with „defund the state“, actually bases on a sound money system.

This means, that no one can easily „print“ money to „stimulate“ the economy.
This would at the same time obsolete wars and massive arms building, as there would be no incentives to do so. „Destruction“ of value is happening today, as we live in a debt financed fiat system, which even incentives wars somehow.

It‘s a theory based on the principles of the Austrian School of Economics.

Not easy to explain in one note here, but I can try to share more resources on it.
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river | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You know, I'm not too familiar with economics as a whole. However, I am inclined towards Keynesian economics, which does promote the government's stimulation of the economy via investments during economic downturns. I think there's evidence that that yields positive results. 


I'd love to see what resources you have and to learn more.