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Liberation Travel Hacks 08/2025
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A sign of maturity is being at peace with your decisions and living in accordance with your life philosophy.
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Ensuring wealth for oneself and one's family is something that almost everyone strives for, and it is commendable. It is an even greater challenge to ensure that one's life decisions align with one's philosophy of life.
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My philosophy of life is voluntarism. The belief that the only truly civilized society is one based on voluntarism, voluntary exchange, without intervention and violence. That moral relationships must always be mutually voluntary. And that unilaterally enforced relationships are reprehensible and immoral.
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To be a consistent voluntarist means to be an anarchist who rejects an involuntary state based on central coercion and violence. It is absurd and despicable that a violent state abuses the concept of "solidarity" to legitimize its violence. We see this, for example, in healthcare, where the payment of "extortion money" called "health insurance" is openly referred to as "solidarity." Ignoring the fact that this "solidarity" is not only not voluntary, but borders on actual extortion — if you do not pay the "solidarity contribution," we will threaten you with foreclosure, and ultimately freeze your accounts and confiscate everything you own. It is anything but solidarity.
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In principle, no difference between an extortionist mafia charging 15% of your income and compulsory health insurance. The mafia could just as well argue that it is a "solidarity contribution," which means that if the protection money you pay is not used for your protection, it will be used for the more expensive protection of other people who, like you, are being extorted for 15%.
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It is crucial to acknowledge the violent aspect of taxes, as well as health and social insurance. I cannot count on my fingers how many of our clients have decided to cancel their permanent residence in Slovakia and the Czech Republic and obtain it in Paraguay, just because they had health insurance arrears (which they never wanted to pay voluntarily) and were facing real foreclosure and seizure of their property. They did not wish to have any compulsory health care from the state – they wanted to pay for everything themselves. They are even forced to pay mandatory health insurance even though they pay significantly better global health insurance (because "compulsory health insurance" is not "insurance", but a "health tax," i.e., a "health extortion fee" that does not depend on what other health insurance you pay). Another immoral and bizarre practice is that of health insurance companies in Slovakia/Czech Republic, when you return from abroad, which requires you to prove where you were insured before: "Show us where else you've paid your healthcare insurance in the last X years. If you don't show us, we'll force you to pay it to us for these last X years."
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Being consistent with my life philosophy of voluntarism means doing everything I can to avoid supporting any of this.
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It began when I decided to stop working for the state.
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Stopping work for an immoral state and launching the initiative nepracujemeprestat.sk and nepracujemeprostat.cz ("we do not work for the government" in English), which also does not align with it for moral and economic reasons, was the beginning of my attempts to be consistent with my life philosophy of voluntarism.
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Every company can choose not to work with the state. It may hurt economically, but in the long run, it will be the best decision you ever made. At least that's how I see it, as the reasons for not working for the state are only increasing every year. So I can no longer imagine working for the state in any form, especially when it mutates into a dystopian, spying form (which we witness practically every day).
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In more than 10 years of not working for the state, I have not found a single person who does not understand our decision. On the contrary, our business partners tell us that it was a good decision and admire us for it. Still, unfortunately, they cannot afford to do the same under the current circumstances (and must continue to work for the state). Similarly, I meet many people who don't want to pay taxes and contribute to state nonsense and immorality. Currently, I cannot afford not to pay them (for example, by not living in their country for most of the time, so as not to be considered a tax resident).
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But they can't all leave; someone has to stay. How do you imagine that?
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I'm not talking about everyone — I'm talking about you who are reading this article and who have the means to live a life following your beliefs — realize the value of your productive life and don't let more than half of it be taken away from you, Similarly, do not involuntarily contribute to something you would never voluntarily support!
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Leaving the system, canceling my permanent residence, and obtaining permanent residence in Panama, later in Paraguay and Uruguay, was my next decision, in line with my life philosophy and aimed at eliminating mental pressure from the state.
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Mental pressure that there is a superior authority that usurps your hard-earned money (= a significant portion of your productive life) and harasses you according to rules that you have never agreed to and that apply to you only because you dared to be born and live most of your life somewhere.
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One of the amazing things about giving up permanent residence (and not paying taxes) is that you no longer feel the mental pressure of a bunch of obligations that disappear from your life.
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You will no longer be hounded (and threatened) by health insurance, social security, the tax office, and other state institutions. You will disappear from the state's radar. You will not have to declare and pay taxes or even think about any obligations to the state, which will reduce your stress and increase your brain capacity to focus on other important things (if you own a EU company, you know how much time, mental capacity, and money all these state obligations cost).
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In Paraguay (as long as you don't have local income), you have no obligations (at most, zero monthly VAT returns, which are handled for you by a fully automated script).
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Just because you are not fully aware of this mental pressure does not mean that it does not affect you and shorten your life. After the mental pressure at university, where I had to take exams and state exams within deadlines, this was another significant pressure that I got rid of and never want back.
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Another important decision in my life was to help other people on their journey to freedom at Liberation.Travel — which I also see as my inner calling.
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Many of our clients who have experienced unprecedented freedom outside the system and the absence of mental pressure do not return to the system of involuntary obligations (and I believe they never will).
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Being "in the system" is not a good deal.
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Every month, I pay Elon Musk's companies almost $100 for unlimited Starlink roaming (which I'm currently connected to) and a premium subscription to X.com. His services provide me with significant value, and I haven't found a suitable alternative yet, so I continue to use them.
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I can't say the same about the services provided to me by the state. My high taxes and social and health insurance contributions did not reflect what I received from the state. On the contrary, by canceling my permanent residence and health insurance, my access to Slovak healthcare has improved because I pay for everything in cash as a self-payer and am not subject to the quotas that apply to compulsory insurance holders. The argument of "extortionist solidarity" — beware, you don't just pay for the services provided to you by the state, but your contribution goes to the state budget or health insurance company and represents a "solidarity contribution" for everyone else — has already been refuted above. A mafia that takes 15% of the loot and says that in solidarity it has protected your neighbor, who simply does not have enough money for his protection, is fundamentally no different from the compulsory health insurance system.
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If you are productive and do not take money from the state, it is almost never worth being part of it.
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Being productive also means saving money, so you never have to rely on the system and never need anything from it in the future. I do everything I can to ensure that this never happens and that I can live freely outside the system until the end of my life.
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Please don't listen to the threats from statists that it's too risky, because maybe, someday in the distant future, you'll need the state. Think of all the people:
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- Those who fell seriously ill and were refused any reimbursement by compulsory health insurance. And instead, they had to organize collections to support themselves from their friends.
- Who worked more than half of their productive lives for the state and ended up with a completely ridiculous pension. And don't expect yours to be any better.
- The state robbed them of their savings through inflation. And a few of your sensible friends who wisely invested in Bitcoin and made their money grow.
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Being in the system is a very unfavorable arrangement, especially if freedom is important to you.
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"Being in the system" does not mean less stress—quite the opposite. Being in the system means constant stress that if you break a rule or fail to pay a fee, you will receive a reminder, then a foreclosure, and eventually, the state will seize your property.
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There is nothing that the state can provide you with, as a model taxpayer, that you could not obtain commercially as a free person outside the system.
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Keep this in mind when analyzing the risks of leaving the system. You can insure yourself commercially for almost anything if you have concerns. You can short any risks (for example, I short various shitcoins that guarantee me short-term profits, but I don't trust them in the long run).
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You minimize stress by minimizing the obligations you don't want to have.
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Being at peace with your life decisions and minimizing stress is what is important to me at this stage of my life.
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I believe it is for you, too.
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Pavol Lupták, August 5, 2025, Bratislava
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EU
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Almost every successful entrepreneur, business owner, crypto trader, crypto investor, long-term Bitcoin holder, based in the EU, whom I know personally, as well as those I have received information from, has already left the EU or is in the process of leaving, or is seriously considering doing so. Some moved to the fringes of the EU, where crypto regulations are more lenient, such as Malta or Portugal. Still, most are going, or have left for, Dubai, Singapore, Andorra, Switzerland, El Salvador, Panama, Paraguay, or another pro-crypto destination or a place where you can be pro-crypto and conduct business without being taxed or regulated to death. With all the new EU crypto rules, heavy tax increases for defense spending, MiCA rules, exit taxes in place or the making in many EU states, and a general leftist/woke anti-business, anti-crypto vibe, within a couple of years, many intelligent and wealthy people will have moved out of the EU. This is more pronounced in Western Europe, in the East (countries like Poland, for example), people still value hard work and making money since they remember still quite well what it means to have nothing. No surprise, of course, mobile innovative/creative/intelligent/wealthy people who are accustomed to operating in a global world are not going to wait until they are ostracized, registered, taxed to death, and risk losing their business or the ability to convert their bitcoin to fiat. If you can leave, do it sooner rather than later. That is the only advice I can give you, as I expect more exit taxes to come into force or even more taxes on bitcoin if it continues to rise. Or at least establish your tax residence and business outside of the EU. I don't like this either; I love the old continent, but the situation is simply becoming unlivable in many places for successful entrepreneurs or crypto enthusiasts. Now people will say, `You are exaggerating.` I do not think so. It is always bright, intelligent, and creative people who move first or are early with things, or on time, just as with buying bitcoin early, not the rest of the 'normal' herd that is always late. So, if more and more smart/rich/creative people are moving away, you should pay attention.
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It's essential, although it's not often discussed, but... In October, the European Central Bank is set to launch the digital euro. China inspired it. ECB President Christine Lagarde applauds the extensive pilot testing of the digital yuan. This will be the most significant step yet towards the abolition of cash in the eurozone. The digital euro will be a form of money issued by the European Central Bank. Until now, the European Central Bank has only issued banknotes and coins in physical form for everyday use (private commercial banks mainly issue electronic euros). If electronic money – the digital euro – is issued by the ECB itself, this will give it a powerful argument for abolishing cash.
Why continue to issue money in physical form when it is already issued digitally? The abolition of cash means a significant increase in the state's power over its citizens. Cash may be archaic in many respects, but it guarantees a degree of freedom that digital state money will never come close to achieving. This is freedom and protection from Big Brother, profoundly negative interest rates (massive "taxation of citizens' savings"), and a Chinese-style social credit system. The digital euro will not bring people anything they do not already have with the electronic euros issued by commercial banks. On the contrary, with the digital euro, they will lose freedom and protection. That is why there is little discussion about it. Few people want to be the bearer of bad news...
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The EU censorship file: New secret documents show how EU regulators are pressuring big tech companies behind closed doors to censor conservatives.
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Slovenia
New crypto legislation in Slovenia: never tell anyone how much crypto you have (and indeed not the state)
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In addition to the EU's blanket, bureaucratic, and surveillance-oriented MiCA legislation, most EU countries have outright anti-crypto legislation aimed at minimizing and preventing the use of decentralized cryptocurrencies in society, paving the way for a pan-European surveillance CBDC, such as the digital euro.
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No one wants a digital CBDC euro, but without it, there is no future for the European Central Bank. And without the European Central Bank, there is no future for a centralized EU. The digital euro will eventually become mandatory everywhere, even if it is initially presented as just an innocent addition to regular fiat currency. Slovakia is not the only country with the worst crypto legislation, where the sale of crypto is punished with a brutal 40% tax burden (it is worth considering who pays this, given that the Ministry of Finance collected 98% less in crypto taxes in 2023 than they had planned).
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A few months ago, I published an article about how the Czech Republic's crypto-friendly tax regulation could be abused to create an incentive to declassify crypto, i.e., to declare one's crypto to the state, which would then not be taxed after three years.
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In Slovenia, there is new insidious crypto legislation that creates a strong economic incentive for Slovenian crypto owners to declare all the crypto they own. In the future, as a Slovenian tax resident, you will have two options:
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1. Either sell your previously undeclared crypto — in this case, you pay a 25% tax on the purchase price of zero, i.e., the entire amount of your crypto plus a penalty.
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2. Declare by a specific date (January 1, 2026) that you own crypto in a certain amount. In this case, you only pay 25% of the profit you earn on the crypto compared to the price you declared to the state.
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So if you don't want to pay high taxes on crypto in Slovenia, the most economical solution is to declare all the crypto you have to the state.
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I want to point out that it is hazardous for the state to know how much crypto you have.
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- The level of security in the state sector is very low, and sooner or later, the information will leak out, and you will find yourself on a hit list — a list of crypto kidnappers and terrorists (which already includes more than 48,000 Norwegians who declared their crypto to the state).
As an IT security analyst familiar with the level of security of state systems, I consider this to be a significant risk.
- The state will not only know that you have crypto, but also how much. This poses many potential risks — in the future, it could introduce progressive taxation of crypto based on volume, or even introduce a special exit tax for crypto holders (and significantly complicate the process of canceling permanent residence and leaving the country). Many EU countries have already introduced exit taxes, and others are in the process of doing so. In the future, the state could turn you into a "cash cow" — for example, as the primary contributor to universal basic income (UBI), which is likely to be introduced in the EU.
Article 29 of Slovenian crypto legislation (Notification of crypto assets stock as of January 1, 2026)
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- The taxpayer is required to notify the tax authority of the stock of all crypto assets held by them as of January 1, 2026.
- The notification shall contain all information necessary to identify the crypto assets in the stock, including information on the type of storage or management, and their comparable market price as of January 1, 2026.
- The notification shall be made no later than June 30, 2026, on a form prescribed by the minister responsible for finance, in electronic form.
- Notwithstanding Article 11 of this Act, the value at the time of acquisition of a crypto asset that the taxpayer acquired before January 1, 2026, and did not notify the tax authority within the period referred to in the third paragraph of this article shall be deemed to be zero.
- The Financial Administration of the Republic of Slovenia shall, no later than January 15, 2026, publish a list of standardized values of crypto-assets as of January 1, 2026, namely those crypto-assets that are consistently ranked among the 10 crypto-assets with the largest daily or monthly trading volume on major regulated exchanges, as reported by recognized financial data providers. The taxpayer may, in the notification of the stock of all its crypto-assets under this article, enter the standardized value of the crypto-asset from the list as a comparable market price as of January 1, 2026.
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The last sentence of the paragraph (4) is the essence here – in the case you don't notify the tax authority about your holdings within a specified time, your acquired price will be deemed to be zero.
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Telling anyone (especially the government) how much crypto you have is dangerous.
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What can I do without breaking the law?
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If you are not only a Slovenian but also an EU tax resident, you have several options:
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If you can afford it, cancel your tax residence in Slovenia/the EU (which means that you can no longer live in that country for most of the year/have a "permanent residence" there). And get a tax residency in a truly crypto-friendly country where no one asks you about crypto (for example, Paraguay, where you don't have to live most of the time to obtain tax residency — we'll be happy to help you with that).
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Or avoid selling crypto, especially Bitcoin, whose price is constantly fluctuating. Instead, use it as collateral and borrow fiat against it. There are many anonymous options (for example, decentralized aave.com, where you can borrow stablecoins, such as USDT, USDC, and even EURC, at rates of 4-5%). You can exchange these anonymously for cash or recharge them to crypto cards, where you can complete KYC using your Paraguayan documents (for example, using crypto cards such as Xapo.com, Ether.Fi, RedotPay, CypherWallet, or Ready Card).
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Another popular option is to use a service such as firefish.io, where you deposit your Bitcoin into a smart contract and borrow fiat (EUR, USD, CZK) against it. As this is a regulated service, KYC is required.
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Since Bitcoin's year-on-year growth is almost always higher than annual inflation and your interest rate, you can draw on your crypto loan until:
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- You change your tax residence to a better country (such as Paraguay). You can sell your crypto freely and without taxes.
- There is a tax authority in your country.
- You are alive.
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In any case, never disclose to anyone how much cryptocurrency you have.
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And don't fall for the attractive tax games played by countries that will rob you of the most important thing you have — your privacy.
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Austria
Panama
We have successfully helped our customers in obtaining temporary (and later permanent) residence in Panama, provided they are permanent residents of Paraguay. This is based solely on your Paraguayan criminal record, which we will request and have apostilled for you remotely. This means that you no longer need any other documents with an apostille.
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Paraguay
I upgraded my Personal mobile plan from 60 GB to 80 GB per month, which works in the entire EU and America. For 200,000 PYG (approximately 23 EUR), it's an unbeatable price. We can entirely remotely set up a Personal eSIM for our Paraguayan customers based solely on their Paraguayan cedula.
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Uruguay
Uruguay (like Argentina) is a great country to have children as part of "birth tourism," where they automatically obtain Uruguayan citizenship. As their parents, you can obtain Uruguayan citizenship after 3 years of living in Uruguay (in Argentina, it is two years).
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USA
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It looks like I'll probably never revisit the US if things continue in this direction:
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Bitcoin, Monero, and cryptocurrencies
Beware of Ashigara Whirpool (the successor to Samourai Wallet Whirpool), which has security issues.
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And finally, there is something positive about the euro, specifically the euro stablecoin EURC. You can currently borrow it on aave.com for 5.05%, which is less than the USDT/USDC interest rate. However, the great thing is that aave.com currently has a promotion, offering a 6.96% bonus, which you can claim here. In the end, you can earn almost 2% on the euro money you borrow this way :-)
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Privacy
White Noise - a highly secure and private communicator that is lightning fast, infinitely scalable, and anonymous. The problem with all new secure messengers is that they have almost no "network effect," making them difficult to implement across the board (unless, for example, Signal experiences some serious issues).
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Switzerland is a big disappointment for me in terms of privacy protection. One of the reasons I initially chose ProtonMail over Tuta was that it is based in Switzerland, not in the EU, where there is a recurring threat of a ban on end-to-end encrypted communication (see current or upcoming legislation in Austria or Ireland). Therefore, I don't understand why ProtonMail is moving to the EU and not, for example, to Iceland or Uruguay. I suspect that European grants are behind this.
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Will the Internet go down completely? No problem, we're switching to a decentralized Bluetooth mesh network and communication apps like BitChat. BitChat is a decentralized peer-to-peer messaging app that works over Bluetooth mesh networks. No Internet connection, no servers, no phone numbers – just pure encrypted communication.
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For those who believe in the coming EU dystopia, I would like to make a brief comment:
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One of the main reasons for introducing censorship in Russia in 2012 was to protect children on the Internet. This is precisely what is happening in the EU in 2025.
I will actively set up all the necessary VPNs for my underage children and show them how to bypass all EU protections so that, like me, they can have a free, unrestricted Internet.
I will also explain to them that no EU official will protect them from harm and that they must first and foremost use their common sense.
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I admit that I am saddened that this severe restriction of the Internet in the EU is being reported primarily by privacy NGOs in the US, while the technological elite in the EU remains quietly accepting of it.
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With any new EU regulation, it is essential to recognize that for it to be effective, those who do not comply with it must logically face consequences. Similarly, those who publish instructions on how to circumvent the regulation must also be penalized (which is already happening in the UK).
I want to continue publishing instructions on how to circumvent any regulations that prevent free access to the Internet.
Will I be punished for this? Will I receive a fine initially, and if I don't pay it, will I face foreclosure, property seizure, or, in the worst case, jail time?
How will the EU deal with the massive use of VPNs in the EU to circumvent this regulation?
In the UK, where this regulation has already been approved, ProtonVPN registrations have increased by 1400%!
British authorities are already threatening fines for anyone who promotes VPNs as a means to circumvent regulations.
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I could be criminalized in the UK for this sentence:
"All my children use ProtonVPN to circumvent regulations when accessing the Internet, and I recommend it to everyone else."
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And soon in the EU as well. Does this seem normal to you?
We are creating another completely pointless criminal offense. And I am waiting for new EU/UK propaganda to spread that there are serious victims when children's access to the Internet remains uncensored.
In any case, having an IP address outside the EU or residence documents outside the EU will soon be literally "mandatory" if you don't want to live in the pure dystopia of the EU.
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Nothing surprising, but you should be aware of this: Sam Altman, CEO of ChatGPT, claims that people share personal information with ChatGPT without realizing that chat conversations can be used as evidence in court cases. And it's not just "court evidence." Your conversations with OpenAI are potentially exposed to hackers and anyone they share with, as well as governments that may request them. And soon, hostile AI systems will learn to manipulate you in thousands of ways. Try Venice.ai instead, which offers greater privacy protection.
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Travel Hacks
Interesting links
- There are no rulers, only voluntary coordinators and private contracts.
- There are no compulsory taxes; only voluntary contributions and payments for services are required.
- There is no enforcement of law by force; only mechanisms for peaceful dispute resolution are employed.
- People are free to leave, disagree, and live as they wish, as long as they do not harm anyone.
Events
8-12.8.2025 WHY2025, the largest hackathon in the Netherlands
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3-5.10 2025 Dark Prague in Prague (continuation of HCPP).
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