Tariffs are often touted as a way to protect domestic industries and boost economies, but they’re really just putting lipstick on a pig when it comes to the deeper issue of a debt-based monetary system. Slapping taxes on imports might prop up local producers or rake in some short-term revenue, but it does nothing to address the root problem: a financial structure built on ever-expanding debt, where money is created through loans and interest, trapping nations in a cycle of borrowing and inflation. This system’s flaws—centralized control, currency devaluation, and unsustainable growth—can’t be fixed by tweaking trade policies. Only a decentralized, finite alternative like Bitcoin, which operates outside the grip of banks and governments, offers a real escape by redefining money as a scarce, trustless asset that doesn’t rely on debt to exist. Tariffs are a superficial patch; #bitcoin is the surgeon’s knife.