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Marc
2mo ago
I've never used Tik Tok either and I like to think the ban also does not affect me, but maybe Mandana's right. I would like to learn more about her experience as an Iranian refugee. It sounds super interesting.
Satoshi cited wei-dai in the white paper and he wrote a paragraph I've spent a ton of time pondering since I read it.
"I am fascinated by Tim May’s crypto-anarchy. Unlike the communities traditionally associated with the word “anarchy”, in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary. It’s a community where the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible, and violence is impossible because its participants cannot be linked to their true names or physical locations."
I like this ideal, but decided to link this npub to my true name anyway because of the TikTok ban. Nyms lack the Ethos required to convince people why nostr is important. I want an open society on the Internet and although nostr is not perfect, I believe nostr is our best shot at creating an open society on the Internet, regardless of political winds.
Satoshi cited wei-dai in the white paper and he wrote a paragraph I've spent a ton of time pondering since I read it.
"I am fascinated by Tim May’s crypto-anarchy. Unlike the communities traditionally associated with the word “anarchy”, in a crypto-anarchy the government is not temporarily destroyed but permanently forbidden and permanently unnecessary. It’s a community where the threat of violence is impotent because violence is impossible, and violence is impossible because its participants cannot be linked to their true names or physical locations."
I like this ideal, but decided to link this npub to my true name anyway because of the TikTok ban. Nyms lack the Ethos required to convince people why nostr is important. I want an open society on the Internet and although nostr is not perfect, I believe nostr is our best shot at creating an open society on the Internet, regardless of political winds.
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Mandana
@Mandana
2mo ago
Do you know much about Iran before the revolution? It was a very modern society. Women had more rights in Iran than in America.
But there were serious economic problems. There was a need for a revolution but people were straight up fooled. They thought Khomeini would save them.
Turned out that he lied to gain power and enforce religious extremism.
What does that remind you of?
But there were serious economic problems. There was a need for a revolution but people were straight up fooled. They thought Khomeini would save them.
Turned out that he lied to gain power and enforce religious extremism.
What does that remind you of?
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Marc
@Marc
2mo ago
I don't know much about Iran, but I did know it was secular in the 70's. Lying to gain power sounds like every politician to me, but the memecoin president comes to mind.
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Mandana
@Mandana
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2mo ago
Biden did it too talking about the soul of a nation. And then funded a genocide he spent decades setting up in Congress. And also banned TikTok!
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Marc
@Marc
2mo ago
Thank you. I don't follow politics much. It doesn't suprise me. I'm not partisan. The system does what the system does regardless of who is on charge.
Government is like a hurricane, except hurricanes kill less people.
Government is like a hurricane, except hurricanes kill less people.
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Mandana
@Mandana
2mo ago
AIN'T THAT THE TRUTH 🙌🏽
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