The golden age of decentralized government was A.D. 900-1066 (yeah, just before the Norman Conquest). The centralized government ‘innovation’ that William the Conqueror introduced was the King’s exclusive right to land, obliterating the Anglo Saxon landholding tradition from which rights originated. In the Anglo Saxon tradition - you… Tim Bouma Mar 21, 2024, 11:30 AM
A Chaumian mint removes the ability for anyone to impose (or weaponize) ‘duty of care’ requirements. If the mint doesn’t know who the individual holder is, it’s impossible to ‘care’ for that individual holder, only the collective set of holders. That means each holder has to take on… Tim Bouma Mar 21, 2024, 11:25 AM
Canadian productivity is about 30% less than US GDP per capita. We are not recovering as quickly, declining in relation to US.… Tim Bouma Mar 21, 2024, 11:19 AM
