I'm not sure. MAGA seems more intent on abusing the political system than opting out of it. Besides, MAGA support of Bitcoin might not help our public image either, so idk that I want it quite yet

Darth, save your sats and stop putting words in @tomlaies mouth

No, that would be TCP/IP, the cryptographic functions, or the like

Just curious, do you identify yourself as any particular philosophy now or just an indepent thinker/political agnostic?

Also, I deeply resonate with your experience there. Same thing happened to me when a friend introduced me to the word libertarian. Up until then I'd considered myself a conservative who didn't fit in with the conservatives. There's edges of the freedom movement that seem more interested in shouting matches then solutions, but the intellectual core is truly beautiful

To my knowlege many insurance companies have sorted out that you would be liable here, which I think is reasonable. That's very much a "sorted it out through civil law and precedent" solution, which are some of the most libertarian legal solutions out there

I can't with the CHIPS Act garbage. Didn't Adam Smith debunk mercantilism centuries ago? And Ibn Khaldun several centuries before that? Pure lunacy...

Mises was a smart dude

This is a fascinating take. He comes off as a little too sympathetic to Putin I think. But his points are nonetheless highly pertinent. The US has played too much by a "the rules don't apply to me" mindset, and we need to focus more on deescalation and peacefully resolving Russia-Ukraine

I did, though I've never used it. It might take a lot for me to seriously consider downzapping. I'd rather just zap good content or be the change I want to see

Some beautiful, old buildings with incredible architecture that the town is proud of

Both are screwing themselves over, China is merely doing so faster

They're all over the place in my city. I used them when I was a kid but don't much anymore. Maybe I should

There's a lot, but I feel like the biggest ones are those that essentially mandate the building of single family homes and don't allow for any other type of housing. It drives up housing costs and exacerbates homelessness significantly.

I'd also like it if there were less of a separation between commercial and residential zoning, and if things like minimum parking requirements on businesses were removed.

Good question.

High up on the list would be the Controlled Substances Act, or just drug prohibition laws more generally.

Most zoning ordinances would be awesome to remove.

To give a +1 to @BlokchainB, the PARTRIOT Act and the Bank Secrecy Act would be fantastic to remove.

Almost all subsidies need to go.

If the US could support it I would love to end forced taxation and move to more of a voluntaryist framework for funding.

The Jones Act doesn't have massive effects, but peeves me badly, so that would be good to get rid of.

Basically there are too many to name

I use the sats as motivation to produce content. Many of the posts I make here, such as my review of "Good versus Bad Deflation", were articles I had intended to write anyway, but the financial incentive pushed me to consider more fully how to communicate with the people here on SN and give you all something valuable. The sats force you to consider how what you are writing will benefit others.