I beg to differ, as I see it, it's both. Solving the problem necessarily entails punishing the malicious actors attempting to subvert and demolish our governance, justice system, society and way of life. Allowing Jan 6th to go unpunished at the highest levels was a key factor in what brought us here.

> demolish our governance, justice system, society and way of life

"Our" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. There were many "ours" whose ways of life, governance, and society were destroyed on the road to making the Jan 6th thing possible..

That's true, I was referring to the United States.

Go away, 'batin'!

You're a fool if you believe this. Nation states will still have utter impunity. That's why they build, buy or bully backdoors to secure design. The Epstein class will still get away with murder. All the little poeple will cower in fear of reprisal for speaking their minds.

None of what you said is of any relevance to the point at hand.

Makes me look at steganography in slips on sunglasses an entirely new light.

Take the slop to moltbook.

If a technology, backdoor or capability exists, it's not a question of if it will be abused, but rather when, how, and by whom.

Stop being obtuse.

Technophobic take tbh

No, this is an entirely pragmatic take. Show me where it's not been proven correct.

It's in fact an argument in favor of strong encryption, privacy by design, and security by default.

Tell that to the millions of Hasidic Jews in the United States who do not believe that a Jewish nation should exist at all.

Thanks for this information, I'd like to offer something in return.

Only certain Hasidic groups oppose Israel, including Satmar Hasidim (over 100k followers), and Neturei Karta (fringe, only about 1k supporters). That's less than millions, and a minority within the Hasidic world.

Theologically, they oppose it based on an interpretation a Talmudic passage saying that establishment of Israel has to happen after the coming of the Messiah.

Additionally, there are a lot different denominations of Jews within Israel, some of whom have more pragmatic views. But a significant, politically influential minority believes in their duty to govern all biblical land.

He said what he said.

Remember when he said he couldn't imagine raising a human child without AI?

Why are we still pretending this man is anything but a middle-distance gazing charlatan selling snake oil?

And anyone who is under sanction or lives in a nation under economic sanction, and wants access to a means of sending payments across borders that would otherwise be closed to them.

And anyone who lives in a polity whose local currency may be undergoing rapid devaluation/inflation.

And anyone who needs a form of wealth that no local authority is technically capable of alienating them from - ie: if you need to pack everything in a steamer trunk to escape being herded into cattle cars, you can memorize a seed phrase and no one can stop you from taking your wealth with you.

And any polity who may no longer wish to use dollars as the international lingua franca of trade, as the global foreign exchange reserve currency, to reduce the degree to which their forex reserves prop up American empire.

Sadly, all of these use cases appear increasingly relevant as time goes on.

ok - I am willing to be educated. Thank you.

You're welcome. Glad you found this helpful, truthfully. Rare enough for any signal to cut through the noise online, these days.