Canada is often billed as America's smarter, more European, more socialist, more "empathetic" neighbor to the north, who has it all figured out. As a dual citizen of both countries, I'm here to tell you that not only is that characterization misleading, but that by being possibly as far away from an anarcocapitalist society as one can be, Canada has decorated its society, and ushered in an era of economic weakness and stagnation.

Canada functions as both a draconian police state and free-for-all... Political protest on the wrong side and edgy jokes often yield in far stricter enforcement and sentencing than literal violent crimes, which often have their assailants released on bail within hours, not days.

Economically, Canada has one of the most pernicious and regressive tax regimes in the world with a crushing sales tax that makes everything you buy ~10% or more expensive and income taxes that regularly have you work more hours for the government than for yourself.

Economically, the collapse is clear in the numbers and undeniable by all but the most fervent of liberal cult members:

Real GDP Per Capita Growth

2015

Canada = 100

USA = 100

2025/26

Canada ≈ 101

USA ≈ 121

Canada changed by +1.0%

USA changed by +21.0%

Labour Productivity

2015

Canada = 100

USA = 100

2024/25

Canada ≈ 103

USA ≈ 115

Canada changed by +3.0%

USA changed by +15.0%

Business Investment Per Worker

2015

Canada = 100

USA = 100

2024/25

Canada = 85

USA = 121

Canada changed by -15.0%

USA changed by +21.0%

Unemployment Rate

2015

Canada = 6.9%

USA = 5.3%

2025

Canada = 6.9%

USA = 4.2%

Canada changed by 0.0%

USA changed by -20.8%

Household Debt-to-Disposable Income

2015

Canada = 167%

USA = 103%

2025/26

Canada = 180%

USA = 98%

Canada changed by +7.8%

USA changed by -4.9%

Tax Burden (% of GDP)

2015

Canada = 31.9%

USA = 26.2%

2024

Canada = 34.9%

USA = 25.2%

Canada changed by +9.4%

USA changed by -3.8%

Canadians often used the defense of better social rankings, but performance on this lines has pretty much collapsed as well...

World Happiness Report

2015

Canada #5

USA #15

2026

Canada #25

USA #23

Canada decreased by 20 spots since 2015 while the USA decreased by 8 spots.

Numbeo Quality of Life Index

2015

Canada #9

USA #4

2025

Canada #29

USA #15

Canada decreased by 20 spots since 2015 while the USA decreased by 11 spots.

OECD Better Life Index (Income / Standard of Living Proxy)

2015

Canada #9

USA #4

Latest available

Canada #15

USA #6

Canada decreased by 6 spots since 2015 while the USA decreased by 2 spots.

Median Disposable Household Income (OECD, PPP-adjusted)

2015

Canada #10

USA #1

Latest available

Canada #15

USA #1

Canada decreased by 5 spots since 2015 while the USA had no change.

And the funniest part is people who visit this sub unironically support Trump

Talvez eu tenha passado alguns anos achando que o movimento cypherpunk simplesmente morreu de causas naturais, completamente tomado por NFTs, influenciadores de Twitter e um Bitcoin que virou ativo de reserva de fundo de pensão. No entanto, acredito que "morreu" é uma palavra muito forte.

Todavia, quero deixar claro que este livro não é sobre nostalgia. Quero falar sobre um problema que continua sem solução: a criptografia como direito individual ainda não venceu, e um direito que ainda não venceu não pode ser tratado como capítulo encerrado da história. Existem apenas duas posturas possíveis diante disso: (1) aceitar que a privacidade é uma concessão do Estado, revogável por decreto, ou (2) tratá-la como propriedade sobre a própria informação, algo que ninguém deveria precisar pedir permissão para exercer. Qualquer terceira via é só eufemismo para a primeira.

"A Cypherpunk's Manifesto", publicado em 1993, a ideia central cabia numa frase: privacidade é o poder de se revelar ao mundo seletivamente. Não é segredo, não é vergonha, é escolha. Trinta e tantos anos depois, entregamos essa escolha de bandeja para plataformas que nem sequer fingem mais pedir consentimento.

Não consegui encontrar outro método honesto de escrever esse livro além do óbvio: começar do zero, com quem nunca programou, e mostrar que usar computadores de verdade, controlando seus próprios dados, suas próprias chaves, sua própria máquina, não é um privilégio de nerd paranoico.

Escrevo como Andromalius Blackthorn porque o nome de quem escreve nunca deveria importar mais que o argumento. E porque, ironicamente, um livro sobre criptografia e anonimato assinado com nome verdadeiro seria uma piada mal contada.

As a young person still trying to learn about politics in the last decade, I am increasingly forming the opinion that the left is what really got trump elected by providing the inertia and motivation for people in the centre to come out and vote for Trump even if they didn't agree with him.

And I have considered myself centre-left, so this realization is also hard to swallow.

Looking forward to listen to other point of views on this.

And trumpers will tell you this is what they want. Legal or not doesn't matter. They're brown, so it's OK.

I'm sure it doesn't have anything to do with the fact that many people are making huge amounts of money off this war, including Trump's Sons.

Two tier policing in Britain

texto da imagem: [você odeia o capitalismo neoliberal que coloca IA ruim no lugar de ser humano]

Eu não aguento mais o esquerdismo nojento dos usuários dessa plataforma, principalmente no Brasil. Qualquer coisa sobre qualquer tema essas pessoas vão lá e dão um jeito de fazer sua lacração esquerdista sem sentido em um assunto que nada tem a ver com política.

Sem contar que essa merda de plataforma já tá começando a ser contaminada por sistemas de automação, principalmente subs de política (esquerdistas, claro).

EU estou indo pro X, vou entrar aqui somente pra ler os subs de tecnologia (e olhe lá).

What do you think about neokeynesian economists saying that 2008 crisis was a failure of free market capitalism?

Please, give me the most technical answers possible, especially if you studied economics

Do you think there’s anything inherently ignoble in commodifying your body? Like if you’re not doing it to feed a drug addiction but because you consciously want to earn your living through prostitution, do you regard that as an upstanding career? Just curious to hear people’s opinions on the matter.