While I’m a fan of Dr. Malone’s scientific achievements and his fight against both the government/ biopharma complex and the Intel/ Big Tech surveillance complex, the proposed remedy of more regulation is foredoomed to fail. Because Big Capital has captured Big Brother, lobbyists control and corrupt regulation to form a moat that shields…
While I’m a fan of Dr. Malone’s scientific achievements and his fight against both the government/ biopharma complex and the Intel/ Big Tech surveillance complex, the proposed remedy of more regulation is foredoomed to fail. Because Big Capital has captured Big Brother, lobbyists control and corrupt regulation to form a moat that shields Big Capital from competition arising from enterprising small startups who offer more value to consumers. We are indoctrinated to believe that Big Brother shields us from Big Capital, when it reality, Big Brother is their Big Stick. The only real solution is cut Big Brother down to size via radical decentralization.
Careful about making assumptions. You know the saying about the word assume? I think you may find we are more aligned than you apparently imagine. Regular reading of these essays and the new book might help dispel your misunderstandings. I will also be speaking at the upcoming Mises university meetings.
Radical decentralization will not protect us from this invasion for our data any more than decentralization will protect us from an attack from, say, China. We need a Congress that legislates in our interests and a government who enforces those laws. Unfortunately, we have the opposite of that. Decades ago, snail mail was considered private and it was highly illegal invade that privacy (without warrant). But none of those protections were transferred by Congress to email and over the years, snail mail privacy became equivalent to email privacy. Meaning, there is none. Even health data, which decades ago was decentralized and highly private seems to be no longer ours to own. In fact, now doctors seem to be under regulations to put everything on computer systems.
We need people to believe in and honor their oaths of office. Until there are consequences for not doing so, people who would do away with the US will have the advantage. As much as I love decentralization, and see it as the answer to many problems, until we get a Congress that nullifies things like the PREP Act and upholds our right to privacy, we’re not in a good place. I just read that all 50 states have FEMA camps that are reportedly empty and that one in Alaska can hold millions of people. We seem to be way behind in the fight for the future.
I do not put my trust in Congress - I thought my comment made that clear. But I believe Congress could fix this if they faced consequences for their nefarious actions. Not only is there no penalty for ignoring the Constitution, many frame themselves as activists to change it which takes from us the process of amending it and reserves the power for themselves.
So you don’t trust Congress, but rather than strip power from them via radical decentralization, you hope that they come to their senses and fix the problems they created?
While I’m a fan of Dr. Malone’s scientific achievements and his fight against both the government/ biopharma complex and the Intel/ Big Tech surveillance complex, the proposed remedy of more regulation is foredoomed to fail. Because Big Capital has captured Big Brother, lobbyists control and corrupt regulation to form a moat that shields Big Capital from competition arising from enterprising small startups who offer more value to consumers. We are indoctrinated to believe that Big Brother shields us from Big Capital, when it reality, Big Brother is their Big Stick. The only real solution is cut Big Brother down to size via radical decentralization.
Careful about making assumptions. You know the saying about the word assume? I think you may find we are more aligned than you apparently imagine. Regular reading of these essays and the new book might help dispel your misunderstandings. I will also be speaking at the upcoming Mises university meetings.
Radical decentralization will not protect us from this invasion for our data any more than decentralization will protect us from an attack from, say, China. We need a Congress that legislates in our interests and a government who enforces those laws. Unfortunately, we have the opposite of that. Decades ago, snail mail was considered private and it was highly illegal invade that privacy (without warrant). But none of those protections were transferred by Congress to email and over the years, snail mail privacy became equivalent to email privacy. Meaning, there is none. Even health data, which decades ago was decentralized and highly private seems to be no longer ours to own. In fact, now doctors seem to be under regulations to put everything on computer systems.
We need people to believe in and honor their oaths of office. Until there are consequences for not doing so, people who would do away with the US will have the advantage. As much as I love decentralization, and see it as the answer to many problems, until we get a Congress that nullifies things like the PREP Act and upholds our right to privacy, we’re not in a good place. I just read that all 50 states have FEMA camps that are reportedly empty and that one in Alaska can hold millions of people. We seem to be way behind in the fight for the future.
You put your trust in Congress where both parties gave us the surveillance state, endless war, and vaxx mandates?
I do not put my trust in Congress - I thought my comment made that clear. But I believe Congress could fix this if they faced consequences for their nefarious actions. Not only is there no penalty for ignoring the Constitution, many frame themselves as activists to change it which takes from us the process of amending it and reserves the power for themselves.
So you don’t trust Congress, but rather than strip power from them via radical decentralization, you hope that they come to their senses and fix the problems they created?
A 'fair' statement may have been - with the fox using coyotes to watch the chickens it will be problematic to overcome the obvious situation.