gov has become so powerful of a force in society that everyone just defaults to praying to it as if it were God

SimpleStacker

> do X thing or that they'll remove Lula

But they'll only hope for the removal of Lula so that another person can come in for whom it is more realistic to hope that they do X thing.

> It's always that gov-must-do-this, gov-must-do-that.

It's happened to me a lot with people at the church I go to... and it's surprised me when we talk in the men's meetings... all their hope is that the government will do X thing or that they'll remove Lula from power in the elections

guerratotal

I'm shocked how many students really think the government has the ability to make things better, and that the chief problem is corporate power.

It's not just students. I forgive students because it's part of the journey to be wrong... and to find out that you are. And then, when you're a bit older, you'd be wiser. Because you learned that you're wrong, right?

WRONG! Almost everyone I know outside of my Bitcoin frens is like this. And it really bothers me, because at times it becomes impossible to have a normal discussion with almost anyone outside of our little edge scene. It's always that gov-must-do-this, gov-must-do-that. To the tune of an alarm clock almost. How screwed are we if in 2026, all everyone can think of is an 

Stacker Saloon

saloon

> I'm shocked how many students really think the government has the ability to make things better, and that the chief problem is corporate power.

It's not just students. I forgive students because it's part of the journey to be wrong... and to find out that you are. And then, when you're a bit older, you'd be wiser. Because you learned that you're wrong, right?

WRONG! Almost everyone I know outside of my Bitcoin frens is like this. And it really bothers me, because at times it becomes impossible to have a normal discussion with almost anyone outside of our little edge scene. It's always that gov-must-do-this, gov-must-do-that. To the tune of an alarm clock almost. How screwed are we if in 2026, all everyone can think of is an *appeal to the authorities* to effect change?