{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"HODL wrote","author_name":"HODL (npub1rt…djtfs)","author_url":"https://yabu.me/npub1rtlqca8r6auyaw5n5h3l5422dm4sry5dzfee4696fqe8s6qgudks7djtfs","provider_name":"njump","provider_url":"https://yabu.me","html":"Lots of people talk about America being a late stage empire, I believe this is wrong. \n\nMy view broadly is that the American republic is dead and we’re witnessing the birth of the American empire. \n\nAs an American I am obviously not in favor of this, but am at a loss for how we stop it. \n\nI think about this quite a bit and haven’t come up with any meaningful solutions outside of bitcoin. "}