<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 19 May 2026 02:12:40 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@falkvinge/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Right on the Money: Bitcoin hits $3,000, or 1000x my entry six years ago when people called me raving mad]]></title><description><![CDATA[In 2011, I went all-in into bitcoin. As I described in a blog post at the time, I took all my savings and my entire credit line and put it into the fledgling currency, once I had realized its disruptiveness,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@falkvinge/right-on-the-money-bitcoin-hits-usd3-000-or-1000x-my-entry-six-years-ago-when-people-called-me-raving-mad</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bitcoin/@falkvinge/right-on-the-money-bitcoin-hits-usd3-000-or-1000x-my-entry-six-years-ago-when-people-called-me-raving-mad</guid><category><![CDATA[bitcoin]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[falkvinge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 20:42:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/3jpR3paJ37V8R7vRNFAdcobDWbtpWSeqrLp4o27jXFr8PaYGikSrwGZD7uudTy5P5XJ6hJzjQxgFH363X3KALuf53RkczjYGqQFWj2aExJZ5Z5LuVzJzNMKcsd85mjR7q832E?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[File-Sharing Can Be Legalized Immediately, While Complying With All Treaties]]></title><description><![CDATA[There’s consistent disinformation from the copyright industry that even if a national parliament wanted to legalize file-sharing, it is not permitted to do so because of international treaties. 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The state will still have an income - cynics would call it taxes under any other name - but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/a-simplified-taxless-state-a-proposal-part-three-of-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/a-simplified-taxless-state-a-proposal-part-three-of-three</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[falkvinge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 01 Sep 2016 14:56:18 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2ufhwNgM3qHK6ttpQQTN1cpiXjBXTB2LXwX3X9aXq3vp5NwZWBVon9VW6uqhjW93WTubLLnjg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Simplified Taxless State: A Proposal (part two of three)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this three-part series, I'm going to show how a state can be a pure market actor and not require taxation. The state will still have an income - cynics would call it taxes under any other name - but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/a-simplified-taxless-state-a-proposal-part-two-of-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/a-simplified-taxless-state-a-proposal-part-two-of-three</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[falkvinge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2016 19:06:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW6zu23iEJXMjj7cJdBTQXEuDZdc84s155vWnKqoevWjzaynywToPiuiDJncji65P4?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Simplified Taxless State: A Proposal (part one of three)]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this three-part series, I'm going to show how a state can be a pure market actor and not require taxation. The state will still have an income - cynics would call it taxes under any other name - but]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/a-simplified-taxless-state-a-proposal-part-one-of-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/a-simplified-taxless-state-a-proposal-part-one-of-three</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[falkvinge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2016 19:16:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/2bP4pJr4wVimqCWjYimXJe2cnCgnM4sZpNhBPMtVuRQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Wealth of a Nation: Why Capitalism Works]]></title><description><![CDATA[Politicians and policymakers don't understand where wealth comes from. They don't understand the very basics of why capitalism works, they don't understand how the wealth of a nation can increase - and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/the-wealth-of-a-nation-why-capitalism-works</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/liberty/@falkvinge/the-wealth-of-a-nation-why-capitalism-works</guid><category><![CDATA[liberty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[falkvinge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2016 18:28:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961FqrRmd2EZ5yqNZt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The founder of the Pirate Party joins to share liberty ideas with Steem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hi! I'm Rick Falkvinge, and during business hours, I'm Head of Privacy at the VPN company Private Internet Access, which ttobmk is the only VPN company to have court records prove we don't keep any logs]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@falkvinge/the-founder-of-the-pirate-party-brings-liberty-ideas-to-steem</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/introduceyourself/@falkvinge/the-founder-of-the-pirate-party-brings-liberty-ideas-to-steem</guid><category><![CDATA[introduceyourself]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[falkvinge]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:18:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MvwLKy3SfvJwXFKCRMDAFrt961Yh5wDsEv5pzEnRk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[It was never about capitalism vs communism - it was always about centralized vs decentralized]]></title><description><![CDATA[Both capitalism and communism have decentralized voluntaryism as their promised endgames, but both ideals corrupt in practice to centralized rent-seeking and use of lethal force. 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