“I just think, sadly, people just aren't that bright, and people are heavily propagandized to believe in government as the source of money, and they're heavily propagandized to believe that government dictates what money is, and they, you know, people love their chains, and people grow used to their chains, and they cannot conceive of a world without their chains, and they'd rather laugh at the person who's telling them that they could get rid of their chains than to try and actually move and realize that their chains are actually in their mind, because it's really actually very straightforward to get rid of your chains.
Since Bitcoin has been invented, that's it, you know, you've got the key, you can just unlock them and move on with your life.”
From The Bitcoin Standard Podcast: 279. Bitcoin and Tether: Las Vegas Keynote, Jun 24, 2025
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