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An anarchist outlook at the state is all good but what if we looked at the middle view?

What if we looked at the state neither as a benevolent force, nor an evil force, but more like a pressure cooker created by society itself.

An average Joe or Jane, perhaps better than most at being charming, finds him/herself up there. Now, they are a major part of The State.

The people below expect miracles, yet the frustrated runner ups expect a massively embarrasing failure.

Oppression is an easier tool to handle jealous enemies and to quiet the crowds, so it is reached for a little too often.

Slowly, they learn how to control the noise, and how to work less hard at a real solution. Some smart politicking will do.

Slowly, average joe becomes hated, and hateful.

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The promise of Bitcoin decouples the access to free funds for Oppression. An evil liquor sworn to corrupt the most faithful politician.

Decouple the hands from a quick ease to the mental frustration, and only those who are worthy will take on the hardest of jobs.

A jobs measured not in dollar profit, but in how well one has fostered national and international kinship. A very hard metric to measure.

Only to feel.

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I've not heard of his work, thanks for sharing!

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