so I’ve basically given up ever arguing with normies about bitcoin coz I feel like I put in a good shift and it’s not rewarding anymore. occasionally I’ll dive back in if the idiot in question is famous enough for the audience to make it worthwhile. but for the most part my attitude is that it just doesn’t matter: we are going to win, and it doesn’t matter whether or not the high priests of fiat understand what is happening.

but I just realised something pretty hilarious. the high priests of fiat *really do think this matters* because, in their clown world, winning the argument literally is affecting reality. that’s how fiat works: whoever convinces the most, and the most important, people, gets to do what they want with the money.

it’s not about accurately reflecting reality. it’s not about capturing time or causation. it’s not about being mindful of unintended consequences. it’s entirely about *sounding* impressive.

it’s pretty fun to think about how this will play out as the collapse of fiat accelerates. my prediction is they will get louder and louder, thinking this grants more and more influence over the reality that is increasingly spiralling out of their, and anybody’s else, control.

and when they try to argue, I’ll just shrug.

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Nice shrug. 👍🏻

bitcoin is infinitely divisible so it is not hard capped or scarce.

Check mate. Good bye

When fiat crashes, who will take your precious crypto? How will you buy ..... anything?

You will use zaps! Lol!

Love this, Allen.

"We're going to win because we're going to win"

Wow, you sound just like a Q boomer.

Keep on trusting that (bitcoin) plan!

no, we are going to win because of people doing, not talking.

there literally is no plan. that’s the point.

Everyone that disagrees with me is an idiot - a children’s guide to arguing about bitcoin.

I really wish that Crypto was the solution but it turned out to be worse than what we have

Much of the world operates this way

💯 Ego battle is a waste of effort . Love the term Fiat high prices though lol. On a diff issue, I was watching Hassn Minaj’s daily show with Kevin O’Leary as his guest. He is now teaching in Harvard and MIT too after the FTX saga. And he shrugs off FTX as just another 8/10 failed startups. I don’t get how people ignore the major con job . But they do.

Prices = priest ! Scattered brains !

At the end of the day, the people you’re talking about are the ones we want to figure this out as late as possible…

If you don’t believe it or don’t get it, I don’t have time to try to convince you. Sorry

Because you want financial dominance over them? That seems like a very sus motive.

This. By fiat they will fall.

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Bitcoin teaches you about responsibility.

Your own level of freedom is directly correlated to the level of responsibility you have taken. This extends to all aspects of your life without exception.

It's not on me to explain & save others from doing something stupid. I'll do what I can & when i feel like it, but it's on you to make decisions that align with your goals & desires.

I used to think it was necessary to convince others that Bitcoin is the answer. Now I know they'll get it when they're ready & there's little I can do except wait for their readiness.

There's so much more to bitcoin than the asset/resource & I'm a little over discussing that aspect.

You can teach someone about bitcoin but you can’t really convince them to take personal responsibility.

It’s all about emotions for them

Its nice that every 4 years new people graduate from bitcoin university.

Halving beats propaganda.

I got to this point a while back too. In my mind it's either:

- bitcoin wins, so they'll have to accept it eventually

- bitcoin disappears, so they didn't need to understand it anyway

Either way, arguing makes no sense, and it's such a time/energy suck anyway

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I'm at this point when folks criticize badly

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