Joe Li₿ertarian on Nostr: It's the idea that if an idea is good, force and coercion are not required. It's a ...

It's the idea that if an idea is good, force and coercion are not required. It's a clearer reframing of libertarianism in that liberty is the default human condition, controlling others is what's abnormal and unnatural. In almost every area of your life, your interactions with others are based on voluntary and mutual consent. But not with government (or their appointed monopolies).

If government services are valuable then force, coercion, and violence are not necessary to serve customers, right?

Government gives itself a monopoly on violence in a geographic region. This violence exists to protect the rights and property of others... by violating their rights. It's all such a downward and destructive spiral. Especially as the state grows in power and continues to extort more from its citizens.

Anyway, #bitcoin fixes this by making governments ask nicely for tax money (inflation / devaluing the currency is no longer an option with a fixed 21 million supply) and respect their citizens. If they don't, Bitcoin allows them to leave with their wealth stored in their head as they travel to greener (more free) pastures.

I'm sure there's more to add, but this might help provide a decent answer to the question.

Pura vida! ✌️🤙 #liberty #libertarian #asknostr