In this way, Bitcoin parallels the Underground Railroad: an escape route for those bold enough to abandon the plantation of fiat dependence and reclaim their sovereignty. Critics dismiss Bitcoin as speculative and unstable, just as abolitionists were once derided for...
Bitcoin is a defiant act of liberation from economic servitude. In this way, Bitcoin parallels the Underground Railroad: an escape route for those bold enough to abandon the plantation of fiat dependence and reclaim their sovereignty. Critics dismiss Bitcoin as...
Freedom always appears unstable to those who have mistaken their chains for security. Yet Bitcoin is merely one way to reassert our agency. Ultimately, we must first choose to recognize our bondage.— Neal Flesher, Modern Chains (Chapter 1)Get the free book (PDF +...
They are not free men; they are the wardens of their own servitude, racing toward a future where their so-called security vanishes the moment their usefulness expires. The Gilded Lie: Why We Defend Our Chains House slaves are not merely victims; some are knowing...
House slaves keep the field slaves at arm’s length out of fear that the obvious injustice will pierce the delusion, or worse, that they might lose their seat at the master’s table. But their comfort is conditional; their privilege exists only at the pleasure of their...