His own subreddit seems to share this take

I wonder if hes the equivalent of Joe Rogan for the athiest community, where none of his original fans support his current views.

Either way, fuck Sam Harris.

thanks.

in the space of 3000 years three different social systems have been successively superseded in Europe: the primitive communal system, the slave system and the feudal system.

this is talking about the romans right?

IN TIMES OF NATIONAL PERIL, ABOMUNISTS, AS REALITY AMERICANS, STAND READY TO DRINK THEMSELVES TO DEATH FOR THEIR COUNTRY

Yeah I want to, and been discussing it with my FIL, but I’ve been having a hard time finding what hardware would be best. I used to mine Ethereum back in 2017.

In my experience, the bigger issue is folks just completely ignore OPSEC once they get on signal.

The centralized component is pretty concerning. Imagine if protests like in Iran earlier this year were to occur in the States. The Feds would immediately seize or DDOS those servers during nationwide unrest, before cutting the internet which is basically an inside out panopticon.

EOD it depends on your threat model. You’re probably not on Signal if your life depends on it anyway.

Plus, its always useful to not have my texts immediately read and sent to advertisers.

You dont have to give it your cell number.

https://theintercept.com/2017/09/28/signal-tutorial-second-phone-number/

https://theintercept.com/2024/07/16/signal-app-privacy-phone-number/

Yeah but then you have to transactions on the L2. Please correct me if I’m wrong.

I know this isn’t the case for RAILGUN on Ethereum, but I’m curious to what the bitcoiners are up to.

You’re already giving up your privacy by having a banking account. There’s already no privacy if you’re using paypal, cashapp, zelle, etc or any tap-to-pay. You have to go really out of your way to avoid KYC in 2026.

I meant payment processors like zelle or paypal, or banking apps. Obviously you can just use crypto. That’s not going away.

I know the OP asked the hypothetical, but CBDC’s don’t have to replace cash altogether. Also, a CBDC account can be tied to a card. It doesn’t necessarily have to be solely internet-based in principle either.

To your points about internet connectivity: I get it, but most people and merchants are using credit card terminals or tap-to-pay at this point anyway. Even in these rare scenarios where the merchant lost connectivity, you could still send the money over to the person on your battery powered phone with a digital transfer.

My point is that you as an end-user won’t notice much change if the federal government were to transfer their treasury systems to a national blockchain instead of centralized servers and payments via VISA. The issue is in the implementation, and I’m almost certain they will fuck it up and/or have some shady company (re)build it.

Bubba, any intermediary is going to instantly comply with the government laws. They can already allow/disallow any transaction, freeze your account etc. Shit the banks and payment companies we use are likely way more compliant and strict than if it was directly operated by the government because the government is being defunded and breaking down.

Monero XMR is the last bastion of “anonymous” transactions. The issue is actually obtaining it privately.

They’re going to tax/fine you however they want. This is already reality. Its no different from having a bank account or making transfers via Paypal or Zelle. Our currency is already heavily digitized and centralized by governments. Transitioning to CBDCs would just be making the back-end more robust, which I’m personally in favor for. The technology for this has been worked on for about a decade now.

This is way less of an issue then your making it out to be. In 2026, when is your phone running out of battery or losing wifi?

You can also just get a crypto card if your worried about your phone being unreliable. Its still permissioned, but you’re not buying shit on the street with direct crypto transfers anyway (at-least in the West, outside of crypto enthusiast merchants/restaurants).