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I put a dying plant in a bottle of water. I was sure it wouldn't survive, and sure enough, its single leaf shriveled and fell. Well, too lazy to remove it, I left it sitting on my plant stand surrounded by other plant life I've successfully maintained. Today I noticed, after a month or so, a new leaf has grown up out of its bulb, and multiple strands of roots are curling around in the bottle. Proves I'm not the author of what lives and dies. Thankful for that fact.
Very cool story, never heard of Vula before this, will have to look into it, it was definitely a chaotic time with a lot happening and it shows the importance of encrypted communications.
From a personal take as a black South African, I would disagree with the idea that life of the average citizen hasn't improved since, yes there's still crazy levels of poverty and yes the ANC is a shit show and a lot of our public infrastructure has deteriorated since due to state corruption, but autonomy counts for a lot well at least it does for me
The currency is relatively better than any African nation, evident by how many other African countries citizens flock to our shores
Comparing life after we now get access to capital markets, we can own real estate without it being expropriated (as is the case with my family), we have freedom of movement (I remember as a kid being told by the police my black ass isn't welcome on a whites-only beach lol, that shit stays with you), we have access to education, can enter any field of study, and can start competitive businesses in the private sector
I was born towards the end of apartheid, so I got to see the end of it I was in the "blacks only" schools and was one of the first kids to be thrown into the deep end of a mixed society and I got to see the life on the other side
I think upward mobility has been limited by the actions of the government and made harder by the fiat system, and its set of incentives, but I still think in general I and many that I know are better off
This exact issue is why I am excited for FediMints. I am a pretty technical person, but I just can't be bothered to run a node at this point. I use Phoenix now, and will use FediMints once it comes out. I'd be more serious about running one as part of a federation, but as it sits there just is not much an incentive to do it for me.
It's a tool.
You look at it, judge your needs, compare with the other options in the market and make your call.
I know people generally mean well but the dogmatic "woS iS sHiTZ" is quite silly in my opinion. It's a great tool for many situations.
Me too, I think it's a case of people not understanding everything has a cost. If it's free you're either taking the time and labour of someone else, or you're skimming small amounts from everyone to cover the cost, and feeling like stealing in negligible amounts is a human right.
I've lived without 24 hour electricty, with water rationing, my family have had their homes taken from the government, so I know rights mean nothing. It's really just an idea people hold who are afraid to give up modern comforts.
Once you learn to live without these things and see you're not made of glass and won't shatter because you can't access this or that, then you realise holding onto those dreams cost society more than it provides
it is fun in low doses, had fantastic times on shrooms or LSD with friends. You can appreciate the world and small things like a little kid, gives you a different perspective on life. But i also had hard experiences, negative thoughts, fear etc. - in the end i learned more from those experiences than from the fun ones.
The government is afraid of it because you will realize that they are full of shit and our system of authority and obeying is absolutely ridiculous.
We really need a nostr sub. 50% of decent content posted is about nostr.