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mcelroyj's avatar

Once again I am reminded by George Carlin and his bit about religion being one of the greatest bullshit stories of all time. If he were alive today, he would remind us that there has never been a concerted effort to democratize finance for the people and cryptocurrencies are no different.

Think about the balls it takes to tell ordinary people, to trust this vault of coin that anyone can own and track via technology, and time stamping, but is stored in technological netherworlds, has massive swings in valuations, regulation, and the feeble ability to cash out during a meltdown? It's like a new world order bullshit story of epic proportions for people who play the lottery or take on massive student just to belong to a profession.

Lastly, the fact that the powers that be, who control finance, media, and technology companies, have not killed it out right means that the empire has found it useful in some way -- so this alone is enough to be wary of the product. And we should be vigilant in NOT forgetting that the world's reserve currency (the dollar) is under massive pressure in the future by our own hand (Ukrainian foreign policy - Multipolar world order economic arrangements in other parts of the world). One quick look at this (https://www.usdebtclock.org/) - $30 Trillion should indicate that we have a massive debt, currency, and military spending problem in the future. And considering our history in the world of finance (Theft, World Trade extortion, Massive inequality in the wealthiest country, and pursuit of perpetual dollar dominion), the 2008 Fin Crisis may turn out to be a walk in the park to what happens next.

The rot in this country is unbelievable.

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who cares 73's avatar

its money. throughout history, the power that concentrated wealth gives people makes them craven. smoking gun proof is the rise of tenure & multibillion dollar endowments at the ivy leagues. Look at the things they teach young people now. The pursuit of truth has been replaced by the pursuit of boutique ideology that only serves the elites.

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Postimpressionist's avatar

Look at the college loan debt relief SCAM. Only college students with Title One status can apply. All students working their way through school, they get no relief. Biden's MANDATE:

Stop working and let the government support you but only if you give away everything you own. "You will own nothing and you will be happy".

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GadflyBytes's avatar

Or Mars, lol

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TN Mountin’ Man's avatar

I can't believe they call him a communist. He is arguably the worst red-baiting, Russophobe of all time!!! This Ukraine business and Russia mania is as indefensible as it is incoherent. Russia stole the election? What a joke!!! How do you steal an already stolen rigged-ass two party election?!!!

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Postimpressionist's avatar

They want you to question VOTING because they want to get rid of it:

This whole thing was planned long ago:

“We are grateful to the Washington Post, the New York Times, Time Magazine and other great publications (Biden's FREE advertisers) whose directors have attended our meetings and respected their promises of discretion for almost 40 years… (censorship)

…It would have been impossible for us to develop our plan for the world if we had been subjected to the lights of publicity during those years. But, the world is more sophisticated and prepared to march towards a world government.

The supernational sovereignty of an intellectual elite and world bankers is surely preferable to the national autodetermination (VOTING) practiced in past centuries.”

David Rockefeller

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TN Mountin’ Man's avatar

The only thing he left out was you'll own nothing and be happy.

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TN Mountin’ Man's avatar

Exactly, TY for your understanding. Wanna know what is real? Propornot. (as in, is it Russian propaganda or not... Guess what kind of journalism was on the list...) Taibbi had a brush with this nonsense. How about Obama era Dems using Ukrainian intelligence (post coup) to target American journalism in an effort to rid our press of any actual liberalism? Is it treason if you farm that sort of authoritarian behavior out to your puppet govt in a faraway land or are you just a traitorous loser? This war has been on the calendar for ages and Biden is the perfect brand ambassador for our weapon makers. It's almost as if he were put there or something. Like, doesn't he feel a little pushed out there when he brags about the BILLIONS we've dumped into weapons for Ukraine? I can't prove it or anything, but I just can't believe he actually won the Dem primary. I don't know a single actual person that voted for him here in Nashville! But beware, RUSSIA!!!

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Postimpressionist's avatar

I fear for my grandchildren.

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TN Mountin’ Man's avatar

If you can't say it kindly, say it accurately. You're not wrong...

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Robert Hunter's avatar

They own everything, the politicans, the bank's, the courts etc. It's a big club and you ain't in it. Lot's of truth in comedy and GC was a giant.

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mcelroyj's avatar

Spot on RH, Spot on!

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Robert Hunter's avatar

Sometimes it pays to listen to fool's. Trump being one said a few profound thing's. Fake News, it all is. Wall Street is the biggest casino in the world, it is followed by the city of London. It would be a good idea to get along with Russia, of course but not for the MIC who donate. "You think we're so clean" referring to all the military and financial evil the USA does in the world. Even Ray gun said trust but verify. Listening pays!

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GadflyBytes's avatar

Carlin was an unmitigated genius. He also said “‘Bipartisan' usually means that a larger-than-usual deception is being carried out."

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Robert Hunter's avatar

A giant, gave me much laughter and pleasure speaking truth in his inimitable way. RIP Mr. George Carlin, you are missed.

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Postimpressionist's avatar

FED says if Congress votes to raise the Debt Ceiling, FED will devalue the dollar. We're coming to the end.

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Fukitol's avatar

> to trust this vault of coin that anyone can own and track via technology, and time stamping, but is stored in technological netherworlds

It wasn't supposed to have been done that way. At least, that's not how it was designed. *You* are supposed to store your cryptocurrency, on a computer, a smartphone, or a small portable gadget. Technically you're storing a sort of key or title to it that proves it's yours and gives you exclusive control over it, but that's beside the point.

Naturally the first thing grifters did was to spread FUD that this is "way too hard and complicated for normal folks" so they could offer an alternative: "give us control instead!" And then shortly after that came the easy money schemes, the margin trading, the fractional reserve banking for crypto, and all the other things that poison normal markets.

But of course it was going to go this way. People are trained to be gullible, or at least their natural gullibility is refined and exacerbated, by the schools and the media on behalf of the con artists who own them and most of everything else. You can design all the theoretical, algorithmic, and technological perfect systems you want, but tech isn't magic and it can't fix stupid. The banking system works on paper too.

The rot in our country is apparent, yeah. If you still have a nose to smell it. If you're not rotten, desperate and conniving yourself. I suppose to a maggot rot smells like the sweetest of bouquets.

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Charles Holiday's avatar

Almost no one who "owns Bitcoin" from a Coinbase like entity can explain the Bitcoin algorithm, or even explain how it works in vague terms. It's become a complete shit show.

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GadflyBytes's avatar

Economics and politics are the new religions and they are clashing with the old religions (Catholicism, etc), but only because every religion is a power grab by people who want to use new ideas, technology or some symbol to get a free ride from the rest of us. How do we know if a new ideology is also a new religion? The purveyors of said philosophy will try to silence you, if your doth protest too much or even just try to bring rationalism into the debate. How many women and men who resisted the Catholic Church's expansion across Europe or the world lived to tell their tales?

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Robert Hunter's avatar

True and after your death provided the entertainment, the church split your property with the prince, not a bad racket. They also used and still use social ostracizing to control you. Of course they want to control your sexuality, your life force. It all works because Homo sapiens can believe anything and the ruling classes have always been able to exploit the flaw. "One priest is better than a hundred police, cheaper and more effective"! You could say the same for a teacher or media person. Remember, Edward Bernays the father of modern propaganda / or was an American. Goebbels learned from him.

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who cares 73's avatar

Well...the delusions of religion seem able to pass on for millenia, & maintain a modicum of civil order as people self regulate under fear of gods judgement. Today the woke & corporations sell gender ideology, sin without forgiveness and a 1984 vision of society. I would suggest the religious BS has more staying power than the Woke religion of todays elites, which is mutually assured destruction. Ever notice religious black people are happiest & hopeful ones...vs the woke version.

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Robert Hunter's avatar

Agree! The Pope used to burn you alive for saying that the world was round. Now the Pope has his own astronomer. Religion is based on emotional needs and it's not amenable to reason. Just another tool in the toolbox of the ruling classes. Fortunately or unfortunately as the case may be, many people, not just black people are happy and religion is a big part of it but as us motorcyclists say "if I have to explain it to you, you wouldn't understand"! Thankfully I can have deeply religious friends because both them and I are tolerant.

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Robert Hunter's avatar

That's easy; money. Lot's of atheists but even the jihad people believe in money and it's 100% faith based just like the invisible man in the sky. It's got a whole bunch of rules just like religion. Rule of law is a distant third, again, a giant fraud. The ruling classes have lots of tools in their extractive toolkit and it all starts as soon as you are born with your parents. Now, of course your parents mean well and so do "mostly" the schools. The media and the churches, not so much. The biggest lie is that they are teaching you critical thinking whereas you are born with that ability and their job is to take it out of you and they're very good at it.

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