Agree 100% to every statement you made.

But umm.. you realize that just by changing religion's name it doesn't stop being religion? Like, just because now instead of striving to go to heaven or achieve enlightenment or some other afterlife or any other form of supernatural transcendence, we now strive for a better society of tomorrow and understanding the universe... as long as people are willing to kill and die for their version of how to achieve their notion of paradise/transcendence/whatever is meaningful to them, and leaders are capable of using this conviction to build empires, there isn't any meaningful difference?

You might argue we got rid of "magic", but again.. changing names... Statistical anomalies, higher curled up dimensions, superimposed states.... Just because we have observed bizarre phenomena that has blown our minds and have the ability to predict some of it's behavior does not mean the eradication of all the unknown is possible. And that's all "magic" is and was. The unknown over which we have little control.

Yes, the world is a lot more than psychopaths, and yes, religion was and is fucked up, and there is enormous value to kindness and compassion which we should all strive for, but I'm sure we can agree psychos play a big role in leadership and people have a hard time seeing the stories of their time for what they are.

And, as a reminder, if someone has an advantage over others in the game of achieving power does not mean it's wise to do as they do or that they are any more (or less) valuable than anyone else. They're just good at a game. My comment was in no way a message of admiration, rather a declaration of resignation.

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Its called paper money, every country has a currency they use to exchange goods and services.

There are people who, disturbed by "big government" today and its tendency to curb the advantages they might gain if their competitiveness were allowed free flow, demand "less govern- ment." Alas, there is no such thing as less government, merely changes in government. If the libertarians had their way, the distant bureaucracy would vanish and the local bully would be in charge. Personally, I prefer the distant bureaucracy, which may not find me, over the local bully, who certainly will. And all historical precedent shows a change to localism to be for the worse.

—Isaac Asimov, Nice Guys Finish First, collected in The Sun Shines Bright, 1981

Your point?

I believe that was the joke?

Edit: it's basically a trope at this point. Crypto/tech bros, like the Libertarian scum they evolved from, yearn for the sea

You mean the US?

"Crypto paradise" is the first example in the dictionary when you look up Oxymoron

There are other cryptocurrencies without the overhead of bitcoin. Bitcoin is actually a really shitty implementation in regards to efficiency.

Cryptocurrency as a concept is incredibly useful and as time goes on it will likely be how most business is done.

Governments just aren't as good at regulating currency as computers. Look at inflation on the US dollar.

Idk why I'm asking this, but I'm genuinely curious why you think reservations exist?

For the natives to explore loopholes.

You mean those really cool conductive rubber dome over PCB with slider keyboards, right?

NGL, it would be great if they could make it work and go fuck off into international waters. Unrelated, but did you know that if you put big enough holes in a ship it'll sink?