Its not my job to tell others what they should do. Everyone must decide that for themselves. But self custody and node running are only tools. Its not the destination.  

 LOL 

 Yea thats definitely a huge part. But what I meant was more that some think self-custody and node running is some magic potion that automatically fixes everything, meanwhile still supporting the same governments that want them dead 

 Stop supporting the same govenment that wants us dead is a good start. Cant vote your way out of tyranny so get that notion out of your mind. Stop supporting the corporations that work in conjunction with the criminal governments. No more Amazon. No Wal-Mart. No Whole Foods. No Target. Support local always if its an option even if it costs a bit more. Find your food from non-typical sources. No more chain stores. No more factory farmed meat. Grow/raise your own if possible. No more packaged franken-food. Swich to Linux or BSD. De-google a phone. No Apple products. To name a few. 

 I don't know how your BTC-ville is doing, but mine started doing all those BEFORE finding out about #Bitcoin. Maybe that's the reason they don't talk a lot about it. 

 Well then what the fuck you wasting my time for since you clearly know everything