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BenGWeeks | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 We don't have a single written constitution. Maybe we should just define a Charter or Bill of Rights and Responsibilities"?
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stache | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah my mistake…I have a US perspective

…but our constitution has been trampled on and sidestepped in the name of “interstate commerce” for over 100 years now
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BenGWeeks | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Yeah, I think it served you well for a bit. How would you stop that happening?
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stache | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Hopefully via the peaceful route of opting out of centralized systems (fiat currencies/assets and information matrix) … cuz the alternative would be bad for everyone. 

Either way our quality of life will likely change dramatically…I think for the worse materialistically but for the better culturally and socially

…my grandpa didn’t have near all the bells and whistles we have in his life…yet he was happy, successful (or so we all thought), culturally grounded socially and spiritually…that generation went to each others funerals and weddings cuz they wanted to not cuz they had to…they respected, helped and loved one another and worked collectively for a better future…”long time preference”…those are the things the magical alchemy of fiat has stolen from us… “short time preference”

🤔IMHO everything you need to know about the current system u can learn from watching The Lion King, Hunger Games, Harry Potter, etc etc…the system is based on old entrenched lions trying to delay the inevitable rise to power of younger, smarter, hungrier and more powerful lions using  the alchemy/magic of worthless fiat, paper tokens…but wtf do I know…I truly am an idgit and virtually always wrong😉
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BenGWeeks | 2 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 Being "virtually" always wrong is OK ;-)