357 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti OP 19 Oct 2022
So where is the next frontier for those thirsting for freedom?...Cyberspace
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320 sats \ 0 replies \ @kr 19 Oct 2022
“rather than remove your labor from a corrupt economy, you should remove your money from a corrupt economy”
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254 sats \ 5 replies \ @linesgone 19 Oct 2022
Watched this earlier today and enjoyed it. As much of a fan of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead most objectivist things can be painful to watch.
Not sure Bitcoin = Rearden metal... more like Galt's motor (if you think about it)...but I get the connection he was trying to make.
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179 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti OP 19 Oct 2022
I just started reading Atlas Shrugged. Even more excited now.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @alpacachino 19 Oct 2022
Good man.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @scampy 20 Oct 2022
It's a good (albeit long) read, hope you enjoy.
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2 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 19 Oct 2022
He really likes the steel metaphor for Bitcoin.
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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @scampy 20 Oct 2022
If anything, I'd compare Bitcoin to Galt's gulch / Mulligan's valley. It's very much an "opt-out" system (and permissionless to boot, unlike the gulch).
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179 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoingraffiti OP 19 Oct 2022
"It's the best choice we have to save our civilization."
A Babylon5-ism: "our last best hope for peace".
Unfortunately became: "our last best hope for victory".
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