the wrong question
you're asked it all the time: where are you from? it's innocent enough, but it boxes you in, forcing a label that never quite fits. especially if your life spans continents, cultures, connections that defy maps. a senator just dropped a bill to ban dual citizenship—the exclusive citizenship act of 2025 by bernie moreno. pick one flag, renounce the rest. five million americans would face that knife-edge choice, slicing away parts of themselves.
as your guide, i've navigated this tangle. born in canada to indian parents, married to a colombian whose family still calls bogotá home, running bitcoin meetups in toronto. my honest answer? earth. no borders define me fully—it's the places i've lived, the people i've loved, the lessons from crossing lines. constant travel reveals the toll: every border demands currency swaps, each conversion skimming a cut, flags acting like toll booths on your freedom.
then bitcoin entered the picture. one money for every country, no middlemen, no permissions. send value across oceans in minutes, untouched by exchange rates or regulators. it's not just efficient; it's liberating. the senator behind the bill? he immigrated from colombia as a kid, renounced his birth citizenship to embrace america. now he pushes others to do the same. but identity isn't paperwork—it's the mosaic of your experiences, not a zero-sum game.
you're the hero here, weaving your own global story in a world that tries to pin you down. perhaps you're an expat juggling visas, a digital nomad bouncing time zones, or someone with roots in multiple soils. the bill threatens that fluidity, but it misses the point. borders are illusions, growing thinner in our connected age. bitcoin proves it: a borderless asset thriving despite bans, like the one we fought in india. we won in court, but the real win was seeing how unstoppable true sovereignty can be.
the wrong question is "where are you from?" it anchors you in the past. the right one: where are you going? forward, into a world without artificial divides. embrace tools like bitcoin that let you flow freely—hold it, use it for cross-border payments, build around it. ignore the noise of restrictive laws; focus on what empowers your journey. your identity is yours to define, expansive as earth itself. step into that future now. what path will you carve?
