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The best representation of the State is a prison, where absolute power is manifested by walls, guards, bars and weapons, allowing violence to be applied at will. However, even in this environment of total control, corruption, smuggling and illegalities thrive. This reveals an obvious contradiction: if the State cannot impose its authority in a closed and completely guarded space, why do we continue to trust that it can guarantee order in an open territory with millions of inhabitants? The reality is that peace does not come from the State, but from civilized citizens themselves who, guided by social norms and mutual cooperation, generate stability among themselves.

From education, we are instilled with an idealized vision of the State, promoting almost a cult towards its institutions such as parliament and democracy. We are taught to blindly trust its ability to solve problems and guarantee well-being. However, this narrative ignores the ineffectiveness of state power in its own domains, such as prisons, where laws are constantly violated. If the State fails in such a controlled environment, it is naive to believe that it can function better in a country of millions of inhabitants, where the variables are infinitely more complex.

Bitcoin, in this context, offers an alternative that transcends the limits of the State. When someone says that "Bitcoin will be banned", they do not understand its nature. It cannot be locked away or controlled, because it is a system that resides in another domain, cyberspace, and maintained by millions of participants around the world. Unlike the State, where laws are manipulable and corruptible, the rules in #Bitcoin are followed without exceptions. It is a fair system, where no one is more than another, and in which decisions are made by consensus.

#Bitcoin represents a model of cooperation that does not depend on blind faith in institutions, but on trust in mathematics and technology. While the State shows its inability even in its most authoritarian form, Bitcoin demonstrates that it is possible to build a system based on transparency, equality and autonomy. This is the model that should inspire future generations, a system where they can live freely, without depending on obsolete and failed hierarchical structures.

To write this, I was inspired by a talk by @Bastos_Quotes

Happy day.