We have been a leaderless nation since the late 1770's. For a true leader would free his slaves. A true leader would exert his power without ever having to force anyone to accept his leadership. A true leader would speak his mind from his heart and soul and never care about any political ramifications. This is why true leaders are as rare as a politician telling the truth.
Funny that El Salvador means “The Savior”. I have been told that the party here are all on board with the President’s policies (in case something happens to him…there are people to keep things going) and certainly I have also heard people mention that they fear for his safety. One thing is for sure…I am glad I am here and not in the US. And I am rooting for world wide transformation along the lines of which you speak. It feels like a maturing of humanity. A growing up. And I am happy to be in a country with a leader I like doing things I find inspiring and magnetizing people here who want to do the same.
Glad to see you point out that "local control" isn't the solution that it's often presented to be. Evildoing doesn't magically become virtuous when the agents are from your town.
It took me a while to get past the boilerplate programming of center-right classical liberalism. But once I stopped and actually thought about it, there it was!
Yepper doodle doo. Local is better, but it does not fully solve the problem! I think market anarchism (plus a framework that allows consensual micropolities) is the only way to fully solve the problem. (Though I would be much happier with massive devolution as opposed to what we have now.)
Act within your sphere of influence. Not sure who said it first, but if I knew I’d give credit. Christopher, you have a growing sphere, so keep making it real for us little folk.
Excellent Christopher you go to the Essence: "It is psychotic elites vs. the rest of us". The Plandemic and Bioweapon jab should have awakened everyone but from my experience it is at best 10%.
Some great points as usual. The only reason they have not destroyed or taken over bitcoin for example, like they did with egold and and the liberty dollar, is because BTC is leaderless. Nobody even knows who the actual inventor and founder of it really is. It has no single point of failure, no single cache of value to confiscate, no headquarters to invade, no leader to destroy. Oh they can try to paint "Satoshi Nakamoto" as having some nefarious plan or connection to their own secrect agencies and societies, for which there is no evidence provided of course. If they actually found out who he was it is quite a bit too late to stop it by killing or persecuting him.
It has so far been completely decentralized over many nations and jurisdictions, stymying some pretty frantic efforts to destroy or co-opt it. Unlike egold, which they confiscated, and Bernard von NotHaus whom they destroyed, and stole his silver, already paid for by happy buyers and ready to ship, they haven't been able to do that with BTC. BTC has frustrated them. May it be so with our decentralized and distributed nation.
LOL, I was just saying to my wife, while I was loading dishes into the dishwasher, that I am feeling a touch of that burnout at the moment. It's just a rough pace to be writing pieces of this importance, with this level of frequency.
But that's okay—it has got to get done! In fact, I am going to grab my iPad, sit by the fire, and get rolling again in a few. It's okay—I'll get it done!
Our unthinking acceptance of the MSM constant repetition of "the most powerful leader in the world" as a description of our president must cease. We must call them out. The president is not a world leader. He is not even our leader. He is an administrator of our federal government. Our congress is not our leaders either. Their function is to govern in narrowly defined areas of our national life as specified in the Constitution. Our state governments have slightly wider areas under which they may govern us. The function of our federal and state supreme courts is to determine whether federal and state congresses govern within their constitutional restraints. It is our responsibility and duty to govern ourselves in all other areas of life. The only leader we have above ourselves is the Lord God. It is only on so far as we reject Him that we require a human leader.
But even if they govern within the restraints of (our interpretation of) the Constitution, that still grants them powers to do things that you or I do not have. Where did they get those powers? By what alchemy do they get to do the things they do—things which you and I are not allowed to do?
"At the core of the subsidiarity concept is the understanding that, generally speaking, local is better. Local government, in theory at least, is more responsive and accountable. You can meet your local representatives and look them in the eye."
Well it does make sense. Local has a range: Louis The Last (XVI) was also local, in a sense. So even if there is one family running things all the time, if bad comes to worse, they can be shoved aside.
We have been a leaderless nation since the late 1770's. For a true leader would free his slaves. A true leader would exert his power without ever having to force anyone to accept his leadership. A true leader would speak his mind from his heart and soul and never care about any political ramifications. This is why true leaders are as rare as a politician telling the truth.
IMHO Reagan was close to being a leader. And Coolidge and Eisenhower were good executives, but I agree: We have had many rulers, but no leader.
Funny that El Salvador means “The Savior”. I have been told that the party here are all on board with the President’s policies (in case something happens to him…there are people to keep things going) and certainly I have also heard people mention that they fear for his safety. One thing is for sure…I am glad I am here and not in the US. And I am rooting for world wide transformation along the lines of which you speak. It feels like a maturing of humanity. A growing up. And I am happy to be in a country with a leader I like doing things I find inspiring and magnetizing people here who want to do the same.
I think Central and South America may be involved, and early deciders, in the future your describe. It seems to be trending that way, a little…
Glad to see you point out that "local control" isn't the solution that it's often presented to be. Evildoing doesn't magically become virtuous when the agents are from your town.
It took me a while to get past the boilerplate programming of center-right classical liberalism. But once I stopped and actually thought about it, there it was!
I had the same perspective for a while, too! I confessed here on Substack: https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/remembering-911-yes-i-used-to-be
And the Beatles were a fun addition to my post about local control: https://goodneighborbadcitizen.substack.com/p/the-fallacy-of-local-control
Yepper doodle doo. Local is better, but it does not fully solve the problem! I think market anarchism (plus a framework that allows consensual micropolities) is the only way to fully solve the problem. (Though I would be much happier with massive devolution as opposed to what we have now.)
Act within your sphere of influence. Not sure who said it first, but if I knew I’d give credit. Christopher, you have a growing sphere, so keep making it real for us little folk.
Let's do this together!
LOVE THIS!! 👏
I am pleased. Feel free to add your input any time. Collaborative intelligence works!
Excellent Christopher you go to the Essence: "It is psychotic elites vs. the rest of us". The Plandemic and Bioweapon jab should have awakened everyone but from my experience it is at best 10%.
911 did it for me 23 years ago.
But but but…I NEED someone to control me…
Unfortunately it seems the majority feel that way.
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Great article thank you, I am doing my bit, I am writing a book about how to decentralise project management, hoping to publish it next year.
Decentralization FTW!
Good luck with the project—I know how hard writing can be!
Some great points as usual. The only reason they have not destroyed or taken over bitcoin for example, like they did with egold and and the liberty dollar, is because BTC is leaderless. Nobody even knows who the actual inventor and founder of it really is. It has no single point of failure, no single cache of value to confiscate, no headquarters to invade, no leader to destroy. Oh they can try to paint "Satoshi Nakamoto" as having some nefarious plan or connection to their own secrect agencies and societies, for which there is no evidence provided of course. If they actually found out who he was it is quite a bit too late to stop it by killing or persecuting him.
It has so far been completely decentralized over many nations and jurisdictions, stymying some pretty frantic efforts to destroy or co-opt it. Unlike egold, which they confiscated, and Bernard von NotHaus whom they destroyed, and stole his silver, already paid for by happy buyers and ready to ship, they haven't been able to do that with BTC. BTC has frustrated them. May it be so with our decentralized and distributed nation.
"May it be so with our decentralized and distributed nation."
—The sooner we can get it rolling, then, the better. Part of why I am scrambling every day to keep it unfolding!
I am always impressed with how much output you produce in a life which must have a lot of very long and busy days. Don't burn out on us!
LOL, I was just saying to my wife, while I was loading dishes into the dishwasher, that I am feeling a touch of that burnout at the moment. It's just a rough pace to be writing pieces of this importance, with this level of frequency.
But that's okay—it has got to get done! In fact, I am going to grab my iPad, sit by the fire, and get rolling again in a few. It's okay—I'll get it done!
Well, much appreciated, but take care of your health and that important relationship.
The yard work might suffer, but the relationship never will.
Thank you—your understanding is as buoying to me as your support.
Awwww, shucks!
Our unthinking acceptance of the MSM constant repetition of "the most powerful leader in the world" as a description of our president must cease. We must call them out. The president is not a world leader. He is not even our leader. He is an administrator of our federal government. Our congress is not our leaders either. Their function is to govern in narrowly defined areas of our national life as specified in the Constitution. Our state governments have slightly wider areas under which they may govern us. The function of our federal and state supreme courts is to determine whether federal and state congresses govern within their constitutional restraints. It is our responsibility and duty to govern ourselves in all other areas of life. The only leader we have above ourselves is the Lord God. It is only on so far as we reject Him that we require a human leader.
But even if they govern within the restraints of (our interpretation of) the Constitution, that still grants them powers to do things that you or I do not have. Where did they get those powers? By what alchemy do they get to do the things they do—things which you and I are not allowed to do?
"At the core of the subsidiarity concept is the understanding that, generally speaking, local is better. Local government, in theory at least, is more responsive and accountable. You can meet your local representatives and look them in the eye."
Well it does make sense. Local has a range: Louis The Last (XVI) was also local, in a sense. So even if there is one family running things all the time, if bad comes to worse, they can be shoved aside.
Right. But all that does is make local potentially better. It does not make it actually morally permissible (if it is involuntary).
Local AND voluntary is awesome!