Geneloper

Hi kikkakutonen! I'm a developer in Hong Kong. What do you write? Why are you a developer? I haven't found any FDRers in HK, so I guess Taipei is close enough. How's Taipei? Why Taipei? Ron Paul 2008 was where I got started too. I moved on when I realized there was no way he could become president, nor could he realistically change anything. The story of my life since learning about libertarianism and FDR has been about being true to myself, self-introspection and debugging. I want to meet people who are consciously doing the same and on the same road. I try to be as authentic as I can. When I am not, I accept that I'm not, try to figure out why I'm not and see what I can do to fix it. Like getting over my anxiety over rewriting code. I realized I was afraid of creating bugs and making mistakes, because mistakes were a really bad thing back in school and at home. Once I realized where my fear was coming from and how it tried to protect me, I became grateful and able to realize that it's different now, and that making mistakes is a path to learning. I like to talk anything from tech, psych and philosophy. Feel free to PM me or skype:eugenewong2010!

Thanks for the heads-up! Very disturbing. Does this mean that encrypted data can be retained and processed until the code is broken? Once again, I guess this is one war we cannot afford to lose.

Welcome!

Today (11-12-2014), as Occupy Central is being cracked down and cleared away to become immortalized in history, every occupier is asking the same thing - What can we do? I believe this video explains it best. Back in 2008, I believed that the Ron Paul REVOLution could really change things. This video explained clearly why trying to change government, violently or non-violently, makes it worse. The only way to win is not to play. You will not live to see this stateless society without government. Peaceful parenting and therapy are the only viable solutions I understand to work. Instead, realize how free you are already, stay as free as you can, and make your own life count. Disclaimer: I am from HK. I have been in Occupy everyday from the beginning to the end. Violence brings out the worst in all of us. Violent people love it when the peaceful become violent - it means you have condoned violence. Violence is a dead-end, a vicious-cycle. HK people know better.

Good point! Price is subjective. The government may be stealing as they have always done, but today, we the people have all the means and freedom to protect ourselves and our property. Nobody has to keep their savings in the USD and be stolen from. There are employers than are willing to pay you in Bitcoins. More bartering can be done than ever before. Free your minds!

Today is the end of Occupy Central as it has been for 72+ days. Instead of violent and pointless confrontation with police, Occupy will stand peacefully until the end. It will take far longer than HK's occupiers previously thought. Nobody's giving up. It takes far more self-control to be non-violent than to go with the urge and fight aggression. Instead, Occupy realizes that the only way to keep pushing for freedom is through community service and engagement in the housing estates and communities. To watch it LIVE (11 DEC 2014)

It's freedom vs tyranny, a fork in the road!

I love that idea... and the 8-Core i7! Still, it doesn't seem all that different from installing linux on any ultrabook. When will we see all open-source hardware?

Hasn't bank deposits always been paper investments? I mean, they have fractional reserve banking and all that...there is no guarantee of you getting your money back, no guarantee of interest rates. I don't see this as necessarily a bad thing. I see it as a recognition that there is no absolute, ultimate store of value, only better ones, defined by the free market. Also, if there's a market for safer deposits, something else will take the place of bank deposits. I'd vote with my money. And as the saying goes, cash (liquidity) is king. Cash is flexible. Cash pays for things the fastest. Cash cushions losses. There are many good reasons to have cash. As long as we need cash, we will need a safe deposit for the cash, whatever that might be.

The Hong Kong protests will be in vain, but at least they didn't just stand by and give silent consent. Nobody expects anything to change, but they had to try - HK really did think that the PLA was going to come down here and impose martial law. If anything, the lasting impact is huge. It's been a great platform for getting to know like-minded freedom lovers, even if they have other ideas about how to achieve it. People are realizing that police are agents of the state, and that government is based on violence. Democracy is really besides the point now - they just reject being lorded-over, being spied on, housing prices being jacked up... just like everyone else here. It's not a psy-op, the problems are very real. This is an entire Facebook-generation awakened to the possibility of having no state, and as Occupy comes to an end, they are looking for solutions. We have lots of solutions here on FreeDomainRadio, so this is where I'm directing them to!

"And I realize how much the adults don't really know. I came to see everybody as equals." "How do you know when you are actually free?" That's a good question. My criteria is simple. I want to have fully processed my childhood, without re-occurrence of depression or helplessness. With consistent therapy, supportive people and full honesty, I think I am well on my way to this. On goals, I want to be completely confident in myself and the people I surround myself with. And of course, I want those rights and freedoms supposedly guaranteed by the laws here. No... I haven't been protesting outside of HK. But I have been spreading the truth about government and peaceful parenting wherever I go. I find it's far more powerful and easier to swallow, than any political message about democracy or rights. I admit that the culture of self-censorship is high among most of my mainland Chinese circles. My experience is most will avoid the topic and if I press the point, will often dismiss their own intellect with an "I don't know...<shakes head>". Communist party members I know are staunch defenders of all government decisions, which makes them lots of fun to debate. In any case, China has a long way to go to statelessness. Protesting in #OccupyCentral. (I'm sorry if this is a bit long. There are many aspects to the protest.) Occupying a bland part of road in the middle of a business district is not easy. People need entertainment and food, phones need charging, toilets need cleaning, students need to study and so on... And solutions arrived overnight - people donated enough supplies to last months, generators provided electricity, volunteers cleaned the toilets and tutors came to help students for free. The enthusiasm was amazing. Everyday at OccupyCentral, I witness practical anarchy in action. Right outside China's PLA HQ (the organization that brought us the TianAnMen Massacre of 1989), under government headquarters (which keeps lying), beyond police cordons (the police 4pm press conferences are a satire sensation.) It couldn't be more starkly contrasted. http://time.com/3523217/occupy-central-hong-kong-harcourt-road-admiralty-democracy-anarchism-anarchist-collective-china-protest/ We joke about how Occupy is solving HK's housing problem (it's one of the most expensive cities to live in and young people can't afford reasonably-sized housing.), yet we know it's no joke. It really could. Just live on the road. Cramped housing. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/property/propertypicturegalleries/9888398/Overhead-photos-of-cramped-apartments-in-Hong-Kong.html?frame=2489581 All things considered, I think there's no place I'd rather be or feel freer in, than here in the rain, with people who believe in freedom and the NAP. If it could be summed up in a phrase, I'd have to say an anarchic collective rejecting the initiation of force, demanding political freedoms from one of the most oppressive regimes ever. Ironic and hilarious. But what can we do in the short-term? Beijing keeps trying to shut the door to greater political autonomy and tries to push censorship, SOPA-like laws. Except HK likes Facebook, Whatsapp and Twitter, I like Youtube and we're fans of not being censored. (I'm happy Freedomain Radio isn't blocked! .) And in the midst of police brutality (which some people call mild compared to western nations), there's no better time to spread the word about the widespread effects of childhood abuse, violence and peaceful parenting. If anything, this is a great opportunity for the real solutions to go mainstream. To finish, this is a video (former live-feed) of where I've spent, will spend many nights. (狼英下台 means "Down with the ruthless chief-executive") ) Cheers!

Hello everybody! I have been a long-time listener since 2010. Recent events have alerted me to the urgency of spreading truth around. I had a rough childhood. I have always thought that something was wrong with myself. In kindergarten, I found it hard to play with other kids. In primary school, I was a top student but somehow, always managed to be bullied and ostracized. I couldn't understand. I hid in the library and made friends with other recluses like me. In middle and high school, I had terrible acne that put down my already low social confidence. To make things worse, I had discovered procrastination and my grades, which were about the only thing I felt great at, took a dive. I became depressed during exam periods and sought counselling from the school social worker. Before 2012, I didn't understand any of this. I thought my childhood was great, my family relationships were perfect and it was all my fault. But I kept being victimized, and everytime I was, I went in search of answers. And answers I did get. In 2008, I found Ron Paul, thanks to widespread youtube spam. That led me to libertarianism, free markets, Austrian economics, Zeitgeist and Ayn Rand. And I realized how much adults Then, one cold winter night procrastinating in my college dorm, I was feeling meta and youtube-searched "procrastination". I found Stefan Molyneux - Putting off Procrastination (https://www<DOT>youtube.com/watch?v=h1WC6hNTONg) I remember thinking "Gee, this guys spot on". I began to look for my real passions, identify my false self, pursue self-knowledge and seek help. And I listened more. I would cry myself to sleep every night, after major insights that shed light on my psyche. And in the morning, I'd wake up feeling lighter, more happy. I've learned and changed more about myself in the past 2 years than my entire past. On this Thanksgiving, I feel more grateful, even lucky, that I am what I have become and all that I can be - I will be. I guess my main reason for joining the forum, is to be amongst my tribe. But why join now? My motivation was simple - the recent "Occupy Central", or "Umbrella Movement" in Hong Kong. For the past 3 months, people have been realizing how little we really need government for, how terrible governments are and how anarchy works in this technological, connected age. And while the banners say it's protest for democracy, the real issue and reason behind the desire for democracy seems to be government oppression, threats to human freedom and the immorality of the initiation of force. I have been spreading the message of freedom and stateless society here. People here understand the non-aggression principle, at least in the context of violence. Many are looking for answers - unwilling to back down in a face-off with one of the most powerful and ruthless regimes in the world (China's communist party), yet unsure of how to continue and finish what's been started. I'd like to close with perhaps my main question. I agree that a stateless society will almost certainly take more than my lifetime and the solutions proposed will take quite a while too. How does one work to empower and free in this lifetime? How to defend my freedom and that of others now? Looking forward to the discussions! Sincerely, Geneloper.