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56 sats \ 3 replies \ @davidw 27 Jan \ parent \ on: Bitcoiner and Socialist bitcoin

Well said. Would love to hear more of a write-up from you and your family’s perspective if you can muster the motivation to share that.

121 sats \ 2 replies \ @TomK 27 Jan

I have thousands of little histories, from terrible border control to spy action, alcoholism and brutality within destroyed families for us. But also a lot of funny and crazy stuff about these years. Maybe I'll do something on this.

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 27 Jan

I would love hear more on your perspectives and experiences of your family. I think we need more real stories. The socialist pitch sounds so good to young people. The reality is far different. I'm planning on sharing some of my thoughts that this post spurred next week but I'm would rather hear from people that have real experience under full socialism.

The reality is that there are few truly socialist societies. Most are a mix of free market and social welfare. There are zero truly free societies. So we get into dumb arguments missing the broader point. Socialism is immoral. Free markets are amoral. Systematized theft will never lead to human flourishing.

378 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 27 Jan

Nice of You that You ask for this. I will try to put some real memories of the 80s together, maybe a first blink into this epoch of our life tomorrow. In a way it was wild as we were living right beside a big buildibg where british soldiers of the occupation army were living under the constant threat of IRA attacks....