You live in a democracy Guy right? And you're middle class I suspect. Hence why you're losing (we're it not for Bitcoin). Everyone else is doing better. Free or cheap at your expense.
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I can assure you Guy is *not* losing. I know you’re talking about the marginalized middle class, but that’s a large, ever changing group of people. Smart members like Guy were always going to get ahead regardless of Bitcoin. The poor definitely are not winning though, they’re just growing in number, and the government services they depend on are paid largely by taxes from the rich and inflation from everyone else. The wealthy and powerful are definitely doing better at our expense, but is it sustainable? As long as people keep coming to bitcoin, their house of cards will start to crumble.
I'm not sure what relevant point you are trying to make with this comment, to be honest. I didn't really say anything about class or country or anything of the like.
I'm simply talking about the nature of money and its relationship to general prosperity.
If 3 wolves and a sheep are deciding what's for lunch, advances in BBQ technology developed by sheep are not going to accrue to sheep.
There's a productive group that's the cash cow of a democracy. If someone is a member of that group, BTC might allow them to get ahead while simultaneously being milked.
Modern democracy hasn't been around very long. Maybe what I'm observing is inevitable. Church possibly helped keep this all in check. But that influence has been undermined.
If you're jsut trying to say that democracy is a bad political system, I agree.
It's not optimal for the minority, but arguably works well for the majority. Not convinced that any other system would work better though. And with the advent of AI, the chances of it changing are even more remote than they might have been otherwise. MMT here we come. But working with what we've got rather than what might be better, BTC is a lifeline.