I read posts & comments on here that suggests their is no such thing as free will and hence freedom is an illusion. To me this is a philosophical academic "meta argument" about determinism and free will, but after making that argument they have to go back to making choices in the real world. Freedom or relative freedom is something worth striving for, and it is something that can be achieved with crypto. Communities make the choice to use different things for currency all the time, gold, shells, tally sticks and at the end of that day that is what we use to eat.

The Bolsheviks couldn't cut the Kulaks supply of money, they were to self sufficient, they had to confiscate the food. In this day and age all that is required to instigate a famine is cutting the supply or value of the money, see Venezuela as an example.

I prefer to trade then post, I do a lot better, however still try and post each day, I am not great at writing. I think the thoughts of the forgotten Ralph Waldo Emerson, or the ideas of the pragmatists should have been developed not left behind. The ideas of individualism, self reliance, integrity and reputation seem to be lost today without reason. The only reason anybody would abandon those ideas is because they are harder than the alternative, they require strong character.

That being said, in my country, work is work and feeding yourself and family comes first. If the money you earn is going to establishing your own self reliance then it is money well spent.

I think that there is a misconception about individualist not being able to work together because they only do things for themselves, but this is not the case. The values of integrity and reputation allow individuals to work better together as each individual does the best they can for the given project, so that they get chosen for the next project. Maybe I'll do a post on it, hopefully we can work together!