A few random points/opinions:
I think the USA did pretty darn good when they got independence and I doubt everyone had an IQ above 130. Now imagine what can be done with the internet and bitcoin.
Isn't Dubai like 90% foreigners? It's basically a city that was built up in the middle of nowhere, populated by people with different backgrounds from around the world. The low amount of government economic interference and low taxes did wonders to attract them. I believe the world is actually becoming more decentralized and competitive, I see smaller countries forming in the future and that sounds like a spark of hope for the libertarian types. A world full of hundreds of Liechtensteins competing for labor and brainpower, doing what is best to improve their wealth and position in the world. Then everyone copying the methods that work best.
When the high IQ people invent new gadgets that improve quality of life, people adopt them in mass, dumb or smart. I think property rights is another one of these gadgets/tools, but it's a gadget being held back by many governments around the world. Once allowed to be unleashed, the masses will follow, they don't have to understand how it works, only that it works.
So yeah, maybe anarcho capitalism or libertarianism is not possible (for now) but it's a great bar to aim for, history favors those geographic locations that have embraced free markets and property rights to the highest extent. Ultimately, anarcho capitalism doesn't promise utopia, it simply offers the best possible mechanism to mitigate the formation of authoritarian controls upon a population. Bitcoin and the internet allows the productive modern man to vote with his feet and to help shape and foster communities of like minded people around the world.
am (npub1uw6…3tay) any thoughts? I'd like to hear your take on this.
Dr. Fernando Morales
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2024-05-12 07:52:15
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