@jeffcliff examples of the state and should ideally be forbidden. The state instantly turns it against its own (yes I cound the police as well) to benefit its political class.
@jeffcliff Very much true. I think self-defense is necessary, but military in the modern sense, is a huge drain on the economy and basically just a welfare program for people who are not so intelligent.
I'd much prefer a gun in every home and guerilla warfare if someone attacks, or the wonders of the threat of nuclear bombs, biological warfare, or blackmailing the leaders of the invading nation (if you have something to blackmail with).
Military in and of itself, is one of the most revolting
@jeffcliff Woho, I'm No Apologies Right!
Deeply conservative with a hard-edged approach to politics, they strongly support gun rights, restrictive immigration policies and a limited welfare state. They place high importance on American military power and view the U.S. as superior to other countries.
Don't know where the military power thing came from though, that could have been a misclick.
@truthbait If it is, it is most certainly working. When I'm retired, and no longer have family obligations in the EU, I would strongly consider selling everything to emigrate to the US.
Very interesting times! My biggest customer has expanded his business with me with 200%, so that means that now I'm "graduating" from hosting my stuff on Hetzner, to buying U:s in a data center instead.
Due to the recent price hikes announced by Hetzner, it will actually be cheaper for me to buy used servers and host them myself.
As an added benefit, I might then be able to sell small VM:s to friends, family and acquaintances who would appreciate having their VM:s in a very libertarian frien
@matthew More should do this! In my ideal world, all the wonderful libertarians on the fediverse would be independent contractors and business owners, utilizing aggressive tax planning and companies in low tax countries. This would be very nice!
@Incal Yawn... wait until:
1. You see the list of excemptions, and...
2. The deep state simply ignoring the rules.
Sweden has used this trick already. On the surface, "yay... finally!" and in reality, immigrants keep coming and no big change.
So to summarize... I'll believe it when I see it.
@sun Actually I do! Read exactly what I wrote before, and do it.
@airikr Det är bekymmersamt, för det finns då en risk att folk överlag kommer att tro att du är rädd, för evigt.
Å andra sidan kan man bara strunta i cloudflare och i vad andra tycker och leva sitt eget liv. Det brukar vara det bästa alternativet i 99% av alla fall.
@rogeradolfsson Pro-tip! Titta på vad Trump gör och vad som händer. Han skiter fullständigt i vad som står i avtal och på papper.
@sun Sounds more like begging to me. Pro tip! If you're serious, put together a prospectus and a presentation. Without that, you just look like a beggar and no one will take you serious.
@Dan_Ramos This is the way!
@Bernard Good luch with that. Most likely not gonna happen.
But for others who read, let it be known, that the EU is a socialist and authoritarian government, and that while in the EU, you _must_ _not_ _criticize_ moslems, homos, women and immigrants.
If you do, it could lead to fines and prison.
So let no one tell you the EU is free, it is a sinking shithole.
@waltercool Great commercial for legal services! On the other hand, the advice is sound.
I consider the police my enemy. They have never helped me when I needed them to, and on top of that, they caused me to lose a lot of time for administrative b.s. that never led anywhere.