The values and ideas of our modern society are deeply shaped by the Enlightenment. It brought us liberal ideas - freeing the individual from oppression and opening the mind to think unbound. The shift sprang from the empowered bourgeoisie rising against feudal structures, unquestioned authority, and religious dogmatism. The outcome? Individual freedoms that peeked first through in tender manifestations like the American Declaration of Independence and the French Revolution. A cornerstone was secularisation, letting people breathe free from rigid doctrines.

But what if we haven‘t reached the end of this journey yet? Perhaps individual empowerment still needs another tool in its toolbox. Secularisation sparked scepticism against unquestioned beliefs, and crumbled the church‘s lever on the state. Yet, the state might have an even tighter grip to restrict the free development of the individual: the control of our money. With currencies shaped by policy and value eroded by the printing press, it tightens the reins of liberty.

So, what if the next logical step builds on that old victory? Ijoma Mangold inspired me to reflect that, after the (figurative) separation of crown and altar, maybe the time has come to separate sceptre and coin - state and money. Just as the Enlightenment loosened dogma’s grip on the mind, the separation of money and state might hand back power to the individual. What if I told you somebody already forged that needed tool? Wouldn’t you want to stand at the forefront of this revolution?