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Ideas can be dangerous to those in power and controlling the narrative is the ultimate prize.
The Word Of God, for instance, was controlled by the Catholic Church for centuries. Reading was so rare that people depended on the church for salvation. Books were very expensive.l and even if they had a Bible they would not be able to read it! The printing press changed this and the Word of God was available to everyone. The Protestant Reformation occured in part because this key technology allowed for the widespread distribution of new ideas and theological material.
One piece of technology changes centuries of thinking and provides sovereignty (in this case salvation) to the individual.
First came mass communication with the Internet and shortly after #Bitcoin was invented allowing for true absolute scarcity through a perfectly decentralized public ledger. Violence is deincentivized and theft made impractical. Imagine the world on this Bitcoin Standard. Things would become cheaper over time as technology is allowed to bring prices of goods down. No more printing money. No more funding endless war under the noses of your citizens. Government works for the people finally as they did when the world was on a gold standard.
The printing press allowed for the separation of church and state.
Bitcoin allows the separation of money and state. Because at the end of the day money is just an idea. Ideas can be dangerous to those in power. And the narrative is the ultimate prize.
The Word Of God, for instance, was controlled by the Catholic Church for centuries. Reading was so rare that people depended on the church for salvation. Books were very expensive.l and even if they had a Bible they would not be able to read it! The printing press changed this and the Word of God was available to everyone. The Protestant Reformation occured in part because this key technology allowed for the widespread distribution of new ideas and theological material.
One piece of technology changes centuries of thinking and provides sovereignty (in this case salvation) to the individual.
First came mass communication with the Internet and shortly after #Bitcoin was invented allowing for true absolute scarcity through a perfectly decentralized public ledger. Violence is deincentivized and theft made impractical. Imagine the world on this Bitcoin Standard. Things would become cheaper over time as technology is allowed to bring prices of goods down. No more printing money. No more funding endless war under the noses of your citizens. Government works for the people finally as they did when the world was on a gold standard.
The printing press allowed for the separation of church and state.
Bitcoin allows the separation of money and state. Because at the end of the day money is just an idea. Ideas can be dangerous to those in power. And the narrative is the ultimate prize.