Today almost no one defends the doctrine of "Manifest Destiny", perhaps because such a concept usually associated with the imperial expansion of the US in its most aggressive stage-to the idea that it is so obvious that the US are culturally and politically superior to any barbarity is justified as help expand and strengthen its domain-.
Like the idea of communism as inevitable destiny to which we lead the forces of history, the idea of a destination of national glory in the stars was (correctly) dismissed as a delusion more of the many who have known camouflage intellectuals in the service of power.
Both the communist paradise preceded by the dictatorship of the proletariat as the large-scale bombing as a method to civilize the world look like monstrous follies fortunately today, but that does not mean we should give up the idea of Manifest Destiny.
We know that the communist utopia is a dream that ends in nightmare, but that does not mean that historical forces have disappeared with her; Marxists simply did not know or did not correctly interpret quisieron-. For its part, the settlers of America were actually founding a single company, but the experiment of a state reduced to a minimum-and its corollary: individual freedoms brought to its maximum expression-quickly degenerated into the most powerful leviathan the world You never have seen.
What failed these ideals? Communism and minarchism share a basic error: the unshakable faith in the power of the state in the hands of an enlightened vanguard . None of the promoters of these utopias imagined the state - that ancient institution that sought to manipulate to accelerate change in direction anhelada- could eat them marinated in their own illusions, as previously had eaten so many well - meaning revolutionaries and reformists. They were convinced that they do, unlike all the others , they could tame the monster and put his service.
When the myopic look at the history sees the failure of monarchism, of representative democracy, fascism, communism, etc., without seeing what these systems have in common: they do not see that is statism what has always failed in all its forms and in all its tasks .
Bitcoin is a response to state failure in terms of currency and systems of home alarm are a response to state failure on crime prevention, Uber is a response to state failure in the regulation of transport, airbnb a response to state failure in the regulation of the housing, etc. etc. Except that Bitcoin, like BitTorrent (the response to state interference in the exchange of digital files) and PGP (response to state interference in our communications) has no offices that may be closed.
Bitcoin is not another attempt to capture the coercive power to guide the masses from an ivory tower. In fact, it is exactly the opposite : Satoshi proposed to replace the 'That statist witchcraft that prostituted intellectuals prefer to call "central planning" when inspired by their own delusions megalomanÃacos- for based on consistent and testable theories system, anchored both in reality objective and principles of human action.
And since the control of the institution currency is one of the pillars of the modern state, the very existence of Bitcoin represents a challenge coercive power, an open challenge to the idea that the mandate of each (whether few or many, whether or not ethnically or culturally homogeneous), under any pretext, it is legitimate and inevitable, and therefore we must resign ourselves to compulsive obedience.
Indifferent to the threat of violence, citizens of Bitcoinlandia respond exclusively to their own interests. Bitcoin, a geographical not limited entity, politically or ideologically refuses to be co - opted by any group of enlightened creating embody their destination given its fundamental estructra, there is no way to exercise centralized control over all control system because the cost of disobedience to arbitrary rules is practically nil .
In Bitcoinlandia, developers and users have suggested . It is thanks to the free market Bitcoin remains secure, robust and practical, not because democracy (the interest of a circumstantial majority at the expense of the set) or the consensus of five monigotes locked in a room (for more fiat money with in saddlebags). In a free market only persuasion or deterrence is supported; try to move others as if they were chess pieces is paid inexorably loss of influence and reputation.
But this clashes with the statist paradigm. Habituated to crony capitalism continue betting on politics, and fiat money "venture capitalists" will rain down on anyone who can impose rules designed as to ensure their privileges.
In the fiat world, maneuvers lobbyists and their friends in power hurt everyone who could compete with them or benefit from such competition. Bad luck; You'll still paying the price of their privileges, or economic illiteracy, if you prefer to assume good faith while they can force you to do so. But right here is where the incentive system created by Satoshi Nakamoto shines: in Bitcoinlandia anyone can submit to the dictates of a committee, since the possibility of breaking those aspiring to monopolize the monetary and financial system is a couple of clicks away.
The problem with the "Manifest Destiny" is that often guides who say they have identified all other self - proclaimed. Bitcoin repels such characters because it is not a movement; action does not require uniformity and homogeneity of thought. Bitcoin has a Manifest Destiny, but does not need prophets and shepherds and armies to achieve . If you are able to clearly discern and understand the context that makes imperious best for you; You do not have to convince anyone that Satoshi Nakamoto has unleashed relentless forces. For better or worse, they come to feel them all eventually.
For now, the fate of Bitcoin is only apparent to those who understand the peculiarities of complex systems, the ubiquity of spontaneous order-as well as the reasons why this can never be entirely suprimido-, the concept of emergent property, principles praxeology, etc .; in other words, for those who cherish a deep understanding of the nature of the market and the nature of the state. They shall inherit the world.
As the neolithic revolution at the time favored a new human type, capable of hard work and self-discipline, the Bitcoin revolution today favors those who travel the narrow way of intellectual honesty.
Like the idea of communism as inevitable destiny to which we lead the forces of history, the idea of a destination of national glory in the stars was (correctly) dismissed as a delusion more of the many who have known camouflage intellectuals in the service of power.
Both the communist paradise preceded by the dictatorship of the proletariat as the large-scale bombing as a method to civilize the world look like monstrous follies fortunately today, but that does not mean we should give up the idea of Manifest Destiny.
We know that the communist utopia is a dream that ends in nightmare, but that does not mean that historical forces have disappeared with her; Marxists simply did not know or did not correctly interpret quisieron-. For its part, the settlers of America were actually founding a single company, but the experiment of a state reduced to a minimum-and its corollary: individual freedoms brought to its maximum expression-quickly degenerated into the most powerful leviathan the world You never have seen.
What failed these ideals? Communism and minarchism share a basic error: the unshakable faith in the power of the state in the hands of an enlightened vanguard . None of the promoters of these utopias imagined the state - that ancient institution that sought to manipulate to accelerate change in direction anhelada- could eat them marinated in their own illusions, as previously had eaten so many well - meaning revolutionaries and reformists. They were convinced that they do, unlike all the others , they could tame the monster and put his service.
When the myopic look at the history sees the failure of monarchism, of representative democracy, fascism, communism, etc., without seeing what these systems have in common: they do not see that is statism what has always failed in all its forms and in all its tasks .
Bitcoin is a response to state failure in terms of currency and systems of home alarm are a response to state failure on crime prevention, Uber is a response to state failure in the regulation of transport, airbnb a response to state failure in the regulation of the housing, etc. etc. Except that Bitcoin, like BitTorrent (the response to state interference in the exchange of digital files) and PGP (response to state interference in our communications) has no offices that may be closed.
Bitcoin is not another attempt to capture the coercive power to guide the masses from an ivory tower. In fact, it is exactly the opposite : Satoshi proposed to replace the 'That statist witchcraft that prostituted intellectuals prefer to call "central planning" when inspired by their own delusions megalomanÃacos- for based on consistent and testable theories system, anchored both in reality objective and principles of human action.
And since the control of the institution currency is one of the pillars of the modern state, the very existence of Bitcoin represents a challenge coercive power, an open challenge to the idea that the mandate of each (whether few or many, whether or not ethnically or culturally homogeneous), under any pretext, it is legitimate and inevitable, and therefore we must resign ourselves to compulsive obedience.
Indifferent to the threat of violence, citizens of Bitcoinlandia respond exclusively to their own interests. Bitcoin, a geographical not limited entity, politically or ideologically refuses to be co - opted by any group of enlightened creating embody their destination given its fundamental estructra, there is no way to exercise centralized control over all control system because the cost of disobedience to arbitrary rules is practically nil .
In Bitcoinlandia, developers and users have suggested . It is thanks to the free market Bitcoin remains secure, robust and practical, not because democracy (the interest of a circumstantial majority at the expense of the set) or the consensus of five monigotes locked in a room (for more fiat money with in saddlebags). In a free market only persuasion or deterrence is supported; try to move others as if they were chess pieces is paid inexorably loss of influence and reputation.
But this clashes with the statist paradigm. Habituated to crony capitalism continue betting on politics, and fiat money "venture capitalists" will rain down on anyone who can impose rules designed as to ensure their privileges.
In the fiat world, maneuvers lobbyists and their friends in power hurt everyone who could compete with them or benefit from such competition. Bad luck; You'll still paying the price of their privileges, or economic illiteracy, if you prefer to assume good faith while they can force you to do so. But right here is where the incentive system created by Satoshi Nakamoto shines: in Bitcoinlandia anyone can submit to the dictates of a committee, since the possibility of breaking those aspiring to monopolize the monetary and financial system is a couple of clicks away.
The problem with the "Manifest Destiny" is that often guides who say they have identified all other self - proclaimed. Bitcoin repels such characters because it is not a movement; action does not require uniformity and homogeneity of thought. Bitcoin has a Manifest Destiny, but does not need prophets and shepherds and armies to achieve . If you are able to clearly discern and understand the context that makes imperious best for you; You do not have to convince anyone that Satoshi Nakamoto has unleashed relentless forces. For better or worse, they come to feel them all eventually.
For now, the fate of Bitcoin is only apparent to those who understand the peculiarities of complex systems, the ubiquity of spontaneous order-as well as the reasons why this can never be entirely suprimido-, the concept of emergent property, principles praxeology, etc .; in other words, for those who cherish a deep understanding of the nature of the market and the nature of the state. They shall inherit the world.
As the neolithic revolution at the time favored a new human type, capable of hard work and self-discipline, the Bitcoin revolution today favors those who travel the narrow way of intellectual honesty.