Sachin

Classical liberal

Public Key

npub1xnc64f432zx7pw4n7zrvf02mh4a4p7zej3gude52e92leqmw8ntqd43qnl

NIP-05 Address

_@sachin.npub.pro

NIP-57 Address

sachin@getalby.com

Profile Code

nprofile1qqsrfud256c4pr0qh2elppkyh4dm676slpveg5wxu69vj40usdhre4spz3mhxue69uhhyetvv9ujuerpd46hxtnfduq3samnwvaz7tmjv4kxz7fwdehhxamgv4ex2tnrdaksx4c9vy

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relay.damus.io

relay.noswhere.com

Author Public Key

npub1xnc64f432zx7pw4n7zrvf02mh4a4p7zej3gude52e92leqmw8ntqd43qnl

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Last Notes

2024-09-11 13:02:35

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It's going to be EPUBs or PDFs shared over Nostr or Torrents nowadays

2024-09-09 01:31:50

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Just remembered that I picked up Václav Havel's 'The Power of the Powerless' after seeing you mention it in a note you posted a while back.
It was an amazing and powerful read, especially for someone like me who has grown up and currently lives in a largely socialistic pattern of society.
So is this speech.
Thank you for sharing them! 🫂
It was this note:
#nevent1q…hkdn

2024-09-08 00:07:15

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🫂

2024-09-07 17:44:00

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But they won't be followed by trusted people who are already being followed by OP

2024-09-07 10:59:53

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The one that is followed by multiple people you trust would be the legit one

2024-09-06 21:45:15

Clever bureaucratic technique.
Announce that anything below a certain amount should not face demand of ID verification, hence giving a feeling to readers that the government cares about people's privacy. But it will not be mentioned explicitly that for everything above that amount, an ID can be demanded.
https://image.nostr.build/230098022e436f7775627f55ad5a86f96795887847003216ab881f596fe0fa6a.png

2024-09-05 21:38:49

Yield curve has uninverted

2024-09-01 21:10:05

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Wow haha that's crazy

2024-08-31 19:09:07

Rothbard explains why the conception of private property is important in the intellectual battle for individual freedom. https://image.nostr.build/8725995bf0fd06dfb93f453479c13877a03ff0cb6ccc2340677db131cabb3701.jpg

2024-08-31 14:27:14

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Yea

2024-08-31 12:59:17

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You can use Nostr for your identity on SN by logging in with your nsec.
But they haven't integrated other things like relays, signing events with nsec, etc.

2024-08-31 10:36:09

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Yep. Works now.

2024-08-30 12:54:56

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Nice!
There's something wrong with your LN Address. Can't zap you.

2024-08-29 22:32:14

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It's a great book
Reading it at such a young age would be very impactful.

2024-08-29 22:12:41

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Truly

2024-08-28 15:03:57

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How do I set one up without asking for anyone's permission?

2024-08-26 13:49:32

Number 4, 5 and 6 of the suggested measures by Marx and Engels to achieve the goals of the communists in most countries (They actually come in this other in the text):
4. Confiscation of the property of all emigrants and rebels.
5. Centralisation of credit in the hands of the state, by means of a national bank with State capital and an exclusive monopoly.
6. Centralisation of the means of communication and transport in the hands of the State.
https://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/download/pdf/Manifesto.pdf

2024-08-25 23:05:08

https://youtu.be/-BGbHG63x8w?si=-rSHxGYsP7H5ZMcM

2024-08-23 18:42:14

https://m.primal.net/KJlR.png

2024-08-21 08:43:11

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Those are incomplete definitions. Mine is more complete.
I recommend reading the following as it can help you understand why I say so:
https://mises.org/mises-wire/socialism-brief-taxonomy

2024-08-21 02:43:52

https://video.nostr.build/c1e0098a87ef48cece627236df5ca7ae1dd4cb05d11410fd78029684a0675ffe.mp4

2024-08-20 21:01:01

This is my current understanding and definition of Socialism.
Can anyone point out gaps or flaws in this so I can refine it?
#note18zx…72mp

2024-08-20 20:56:19

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Collective intervention or aggression of an entity or organisation of individuals in the lives, liberties, enterprise or economy of other individuals by means of coercive action as opposed to a voluntary one

2024-08-20 20:44:38

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I think we're in late stage socialism.
I can see it in the emptiness of Globalist organisations, attempts at creating CBDCs and mandating digital IDs, increasingly out-of-touch nature of politics, extreme and unnecessary mainstream media alarmism for solvable problems with workable solutions.
Bitcoin, cryptography, the internet and software in general will drastically reduce the role of government in people's lives, if not entirely eliminate it. It's inevitable, if one looks at the incentives.
I'd say we are in the very early stages of a capitalist renaissance and possibly a second enlightenment era.
I see two obstacles:
1. Fiat money and Central Banking
2. Being able to access the internet without relying on ISP's/setting up ISP's without Government permission

2024-08-20 20:24:18

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This reply section is full of chilled out interactions, similar to live chat on CD and RHR streams. Yours is the only show I interact with when I get a chance watch live, when time zone difference permits.
Is it really like this all the time? Do you ever sit back and think about the fact that the community you're building is super chilled out?

2024-08-20 13:31:45

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I can relate.
Living in a society where Socialism has taken hold, the idea of individual freedom and personal responsibility can be hard to make a case for, because people haven't yet learnt to articulate and conceptualise enlightenment era values. It's a never-ending fight with tyrrany because the social order isn't enlightened enough to respect the right to life, liberty and property of people, so it's easy to justify government overreach in the name of protecting these rights.
And besides, my country has never known an era of the gold standard or free banking, so laissez-faire is even harder to make a case for too.
I've recently understood that embracing enlightenment values are a precursor for a society to 'get' Bitcoin. If a society can't respect natural law and understand that each individual has natural rights, then it will never be a free society.
The way to go about it imo is argument, reason, debate and education. It has to make sense and as Vaclav Havel would say, be aligned with the aims of life of individuals and let them live within the truth.
I just do little things like share few memes on the social channels I use to interact with my community everyday, recommend intellectuals like Hayek, Friedman, Sowell, Mises, Locke, Rothbard, Bastiat, etc. I share books, talks or lectures that make a case for individual liberty and economic freedom, throw in content about Bitcoin and Nostr.
I realise as I right this that this is mostly how I have been spending my free time during 2024.
It isn't much, but it's honest work.

2024-08-19 21:23:38

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It's not free market capitalism when the cost of capital itself is centrally planned https://image.nostr.build/864714596889256dac9455dcb1f540550b28fb42ebad22c45816a5c9567b4fab.jpg

2024-08-19 21:21:36

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Central Banking = Socialism

2024-08-19 21:21:11

Is it really necessary for the value of a monetary good to be ‘stable’?
Like every other price signal, the price of Bitcoin or any other monetary good like the Rupee or Gold is the market signalling to economic actors how these goods are being valued relative to other goods and services.
It is a signal that informs them how much to spend, save, consume or produce.
Won’t the interference of Central banks in the forex market or the credit market to achieve said stability result in distortions in the value of money itself, alter the total supply of money, resulting in indirect price distortions in other goods and services as well?

2024-08-19 16:25:03

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The impact of the enlightenment era on the world is far greater than I previously thought
Seems the ideas from that era form the fundamental base of the legal and political system of most liberal democracies today

2024-08-19 16:14:10

I don't understand why John Locke isn't talked about a lot more while people discuss the history of ideas and political thought.
He was and is very influential, right?

2024-08-19 06:46:17

'It was proposed that if their viewership crossed a certain threshold then these creators and influencers would have to pre-cer- tify their content through a content evaluation committee.'
This is why stealing and sharing memes is one of the most effective dissident tactics.
Nobody would know where a particular meme originates from because everybody steals memes from everybody.
There's no 'creator' or 'influencer' to ban or license.
https://x.com/sanitarypanels/status/1825405886577160609

2024-08-16 13:49:08

https://image.nostr.build/cf821f812104714bd7fac34178af2e45d704614c667e569ccad87d06861dc672.jpg

2024-08-15 21:28:53

Meanwhile on X, Bitcoin is becoming right wing while Crypto is becoming left wing. Left-Right partisanship is exhausting for me.
I currently look at political and economic thought in the following framing to help place ideas a lot more effectively and clearly:
Individualism vs Collectivism
Liberalism (Libertarianism) vs Socialism
Free market captialism vs Fiat money interventionism
Anarchism vs Statism https://image.nostr.build/3c4d86ec71181efc5803eea7eac19d753f601f492139463771e3a51d766cc5ab.jpg

2024-08-15 18:21:29

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Capital controls lead to a dying economy

2024-08-15 13:01:00

Socialism is a disease
https://image.nostr.build/1b8d29a5eda821b41bfebf4511c0627f4f687113a585cea35161eb513d6baf17.jpg

2024-08-14 10:04:13

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I'm not clear about your position on property rights. Are you for it or against it?
If you are for it, then my question in the OP is for you.
To remove property taxes, people living in a society that has them first have to become aware of the importance of property rights.

2024-08-13 19:17:28

How do you make a case for property rights to people who predominantly rent instead of own, take on debt instead of saving, excessively rely on public transport to go anywhere, don't want to accumulate wealth because they despise it for some reason and don't want to get married or start a family?

2024-08-13 02:19:54

Economics: The Austrian School vs The Chicago School
https://youtu.be/s5Kx6-nyVkk?si=r2cRFoGd9W4o7reF

2024-08-12 19:28:50

https://image.nostr.build/fdf2c6395a74c3c86aba2e0f6e1dd01e594c03e06b343adb3f210534f13ab451.jpg

2024-08-10 02:39:21

Twitter just added a very good feature https://image.nostr.build/7b4c160c8495b6b05b1ad2211ae6b518f6ac5e836740d0a7b8b253c4df787caf.jpg

2024-08-09 03:20:54

https://image.nostr.build/56d648185908d5a27dc87a1e8842eeef572c315fc13fb5bc0aa9bf1413b35bde.jpg

2024-08-07 12:54:22

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If there's actionable information that I can get from watching it, I'd watch.
But I don't remember getting that from her interviews, so I never watched again.

2024-08-07 12:44:04

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I've listened to one of her podcast appearances. That was the first and last one.
I hate doomsaying as much as I hate delusional optimism

2024-08-05 06:58:57

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Is that what a commune means?

2024-08-04 06:05:39

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Probably a portion of it.
There's no information about how much of their Gold they lent out.

2024-08-04 05:29:50

https://image.nostr.build/f409e3f26032816c30f8e4ae3e69f54dcebfba96388a6d2b2dbade94d23a7c36.jpg

2024-08-03 04:11:58

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There's a particular voice everyone would have read this with in their minds.
I don't have to share a clip, everyone would just know what voice I'm talking about.

2024-08-03 02:35:25

'Economics in one lesson' by Henry Hazlitt is a very good book

2024-08-02 12:12:03

In case you guys wanted motivation https://image.nostr.build/7c9bed7963690ae8812b19c9960c40f964862803593d5177c20bc05c21c31dc3.jpg
https://image.nostr.build/db506c727e0c88a2447827ba225937ad4197b095dc7cb687b782099ae00110e0.jpg

2024-08-02 09:44:58

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2024-08-02 07:44:17

@nprofile…vp0x You're confusing conservatives with libertarians.
I see the real divide as being between
1) Statists/socialists/collectivists who want to violate the natural rights to life, liberty and property of others through coercion or aggression to achieve their goals.
2) Anarchists/libertarians/individualists who do not want to aggress on another person's natural rights and want a spontaneous order to emerge from peaceful cooperation and voluntary exchange.
People in both camps can be welcoming or exclusionary, but their political position only matters when the question of how they treat people's natural rights comes up.
Even though it can be for both camps thanks to its neutrality, Bitcoin is most likely for those in the second camp more than the first because the scales are tipped towards the first camp more than ever thanks to fiat money. Bitcoin is a powerful tool for those in the second camp to live the way they want to.
https://bitcoinmagazine.com/culture/occupy-bitcoin-bitcoin-is-not-just-libertarian?newOccupy

2024-08-02 02:55:36

https://image.nostr.build/74245349c258e0ab044e6b716c0278a5acafb890b316c1b3efda927bd9bfe696.jpg

2024-08-01 09:01:35

That anarchy means peaceful, spontaneous order and not violent, disorganised chaos is one of the biggest realisations I've had this year

2024-08-01 05:19:10

Not a single person in my economic network in India use USD-backed stablecoins or the US Dollar.
Everyone uses the Indian Rupee.
Hundreds of millions of people have access to digital payments over this state-run payments protocol called the UPI, which is nearly ubiquitous.
UPI is far more accountable to Indians than Tether or Circle will ever be.
The Rupee doesn't depreciate rapidly enough vs the Dollar for people to consider USD as a store of value.
Bitcoin is the real alternative.
US Dollars are irrelevant in India's local economy.

2024-07-29 20:03:51

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If one side is too emotional, maybe the rational one can help them strengthen their argument in good faith?
If both sides are emotional then that's just undesirable.

2024-07-29 08:42:59

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The dream for me is to get an internet connection without needing to rely on an ISP, even if it costs a lot more.
Is that even possible? If so, are there tutorials?

2024-07-28 18:52:10

Big time stablecoin critic here. 🙋🏻
I hold no Dollars or Euros.
You've seen one now. https://image.nostr.build/9dd6d038edb2e2571f1ea18a3028bbd1c7c4d7cc136ff766e7f8f56f0b4d2981.jpg

2024-07-28 15:54:34

https://image.nostr.build/133ba37ab75b6a62c2a84734d09411f85c5c445bea2ee3534ab57b77a099dec3.jpg

2024-07-28 10:46:18

https://image.nostr.build/24d2120487204c282ddc7566b4bd2d5d6e1b1a72218d682c87d7e7efa4b08a19.jpg

2024-07-24 23:44:14

Damus Notedeck on waitlist
damus.io/notedeck/

2024-07-23 12:26:05

https://image.nostr.build/b771be7121141019ebe230b64eead4623d88e7e9213dc47222f8a1ec4b356cf1.jpg

2024-07-23 06:31:25

https://image.nostr.build/91221fd9f37e5bbbbf55589b2406cdaae6081940f46f4b8b1838e789350bcace.jpg

2024-07-21 12:41:43

https://image.nostr.build/db64c8579f423ba0d03894d48a3ae5414d7efcb74d2b8dd6d713792710fd71e5.jpg

2024-07-20 11:57:32

https://image.nostr.build/decdc2117a550c7491c8c84e6d19c184964c0ac4b2fe9b39be86ed00f660321d.jpg

2024-07-20 06:38:13

https://image.nostr.build/4db9ab6748d7ad5b485d0920822ea0517b683d7426e7104c84e44f05511e54c5.jpg

2024-07-18 22:39:35

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🫡

2024-07-18 16:46:38

I've changed my mind about US-Dollar backed stablecoins:
I don't care if people use them in India. It's not the Government's business or mine to coerce people into using a particular currency, and that includes Bitcoin.
USD Stables are probably bad for people in many ways, but that's their responsibility. So I will not stand for them going to the Government and crying about it and calling for 'regulation' if the stablecoin issuer rugs them.
Abolishing legal tender laws and repealing the FEMA act is the goal. Not even Bitcoin should be legal tender. Currency competition is the way.
P.S. on a somewhat trusted note I feel like free banking is inevitable as Bitcoin adoption grows and chaumian ecash on Bitcoin matures.

2024-07-18 09:33:46

https://image.nostr.build/714d1eff416b883c8fbadd214db01b87468e482c01ae10b17b3f949a6b67e4d1.jpg

2024-07-17 01:39:39

Best line from the show https://image.nostr.build/e53dccf0a739d06211ece9708b4aaade1740ba73bba47b27b5ecf4d498a81018.jpg

2024-07-16 22:06:17

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Of course, but surely individuals within the government would've looked at how much it has appreciated and how liquid it is and got atleast a little curious.

2024-07-16 21:02:27

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I think the whole thing was a good liquidity test for the Bitcoin spot market
My personal opinion is that it isn't mature enough to be taken seriously by sovereign entities yet. I'm curious to know what the German govt thought about it

2024-07-16 20:20:11

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Lists don't get enough love.
Adding and creating lists to feeds is not straightforward in clients. It requires a bit of tinkering and exploring with other clients like listr.lol
It's such a fundamental feature of Nostr and a huge improvement over traditional social media.
There are so many types of lists that there are specific event kinds for each one of them. I feel like we can do more to educate new nostriches about this.

2024-07-16 19:26:09

https://image.nostr.build/3680ca1ccdf4a1ca85486859e6f13d7aefa1d4e1869326ffb593f0940c10abd8.jpg

2024-07-16 19:20:45

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God tier bait my dude 😂

2024-07-16 13:26:19

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Well it's nice that content gets shared this widely right?

2024-07-16 10:34:57

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Yep it's pretty cool

2024-07-16 10:28:10

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Also a bit darker and add something like a logo or a distinguishing symbol
I got it from Twitter and didn't realise it was yours till now

2024-07-16 00:37:02

https://image.nostr.build/9fb43cd7773780be15d2feba527b82d3d6d77e334b3b1e2cffa5f5ece19fc4f9.jpg

2024-07-15 21:50:13

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All of these are just for backup though right?
I'm looking for something that will allow me to set up a personal relay exclusively for events I publish that my friends can connect.

2024-07-15 21:32:21

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Anything else I should check out on Android besides Primal and Amethyst?

2024-07-14 23:50:35

https://image.nostr.build/abc758de4f05e5ddac733858cb17539849dbe6c3c35766f161dad0962e70e29f.jpg
#nevent1q…g78j

2024-07-14 11:51:06

I only use reactions on Amethyst and never use likes on Primal nowadays.
I have no idea why social media apps never let me use whatever emojis I want.
Having likes alone will have distortionary effects on communication online and is too shallow.

2024-07-13 14:05:24

https://image.nostr.build/6faf3c9df053c41f5ad3431fbd3af4cffe616c804ea1cbb9ad5db96ef878fdf8.jpg

2024-07-08 04:11:19

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Price is the best signal in a free market. It is how supply and demand can be assessed by market participants.
If corporations keep prices higher than they need to be, there is a business opportunity for others to offer the same products at lower prices, capture market share and still make a profit.
Interfering with that might seem to fix things but will inadvertently lead to far worse consequences over the long term.
The solution is to remove the restrictions that might exist for smaller players to set up businesses of their own, not to coerce those that already exist.

2024-07-07 22:34:11

And there it is.
The socialist disease.
https://image.nostr.build/51cd596f02f38c18abe2f41234adf0690f353da59f95fcb421ea4feeefd2c7cf.jpg

2024-07-06 15:47:10

You can put a pin on the global Nostr map for Bangalore. Huge credit to the folks at Bitshaala for hosting a Nostr-related session at their Bitspace.
Shoutout to @nprofile…aw8h and @nprofile…rv29 for their presentations breaking down the Nostr ecosystem.
https://image.nostr.build/3c07d1408ab0318b0bbefacab7837260c9e39f6f2115ed2789b390ddfa4e5f27.jpg https://image.nostr.build/0061b1f5e2a94ac97425afa8c4eb0877db6529f6da6e4699ca34e0df3e614bcb.jpg
#nevent1q…ak52

2024-07-04 09:22:10

Nostr event this weekend in Bangalore, India
https://lu.ma/7nth3uqi

2024-07-04 00:28:42

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It comes from him making a base assumption that there is something called 'Bitcoin ethos', interpreting said imaginary ethos in his own way and opining that the code that everyone runs on their node should adhere to these ethos.
This stands contradictory to the fact that there is no 'official' reference implementation or spec that the Bitcoin network adheres to. (Something that Bcashers wanted if I remember correctly)
There is no such thing as 'Bitcoin ethos'. Just code, consensus rules and a database. If he wants to change any of this, he can indeed fork off, run his own version on his node and convince other people to run it.
I won't.

2024-07-04 00:08:50

That Bitcoin magazine article that is calling for Bitcoin holders to pay a fee for holding Bitcoin is the reason why reading Hayek, Mises, Rothbard and Bastiat is important.
It will be incredibly useful to counter braindead, anti-capitalist, socialist ideas like that.
Libertarianism and Bitcoin go hand-in-hand. One cannot flourish without the other.

2024-07-03 09:41:55

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Hayek, Mises, Sowell and Rothbard will help understand where Bitcoin fits into the wider political and economic discourse

2024-07-03 00:35:50

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THE REAL ENGAGEMENT IS THE FRIENDS WE MAKE ALONG THE WAY

2024-07-01 21:23:10

This is something we need to keep in mind while conducting political discourse.
India is not just a democracy. It is a Federal Democratic Republic.
https://video.nostr.build/8a285baa7efb0cd6f6e6c3b82f455ae42b604b3777c5f914322bda40e83892d9.mp4
This means horizontal separation of powers between the legislature, judiciary and the executive (Republic) and a vertical separation of powers between the Union, States and local bodies (Federation).
I prefer the inadequacies of the democratic nature of the Indian Government to be rectified by stronger guarantees for individual and economic liberties through constitutional amendments, legal & economic reforms and devolution of powers to the federal constituents with more political decentralisation.
This is a more realistic and achievable path to a more free India while maintaining societal stability. Bitcoin and the open internet have a massive role to play in this. I don't think it is possible without them.

2024-07-01 18:51:38

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The question isn't whether one wants that.
It is rather about how one would go about acquiring and allocating resources towards that end and how one would pay for that.

2024-07-01 13:49:21

https://m.primal.net/JEaz.jpg

2024-06-29 14:03:41

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Well, I wrote one reply on Amethyst, the second on Primal and this one on Coracle. I'm still too amazed by the magic of all this to be worried.

2024-06-29 14:00:49

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Fair enough. I agree with both points.
It would be nice if Primal gave its users the option to send zaps from a wallet they liked instead of forcing their wallet on users

2024-06-29 13:58:33

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Ah shit okay
I do get zaps from you yes
But I can't send any
Alby is ideal

2024-06-29 13:45:28

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Btw I can't zap you. Have you not set up an LN address?

2024-06-29 13:44:55

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The support is literally rock bottom 😂