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in the space of 3000 years three different social systems have been successively superseded in Europe: the primitive communal system, the slave system and the feudal system.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

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/

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.

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.