Have you read the Great Taking by David Rogers Webb?
If not nostr:nprofile1qqstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqpzdmhxue69uhkzmr8duh82arcduhx7mn9qy2hwumn8ghj7etyv4hzumn0wd68ytnvv9hxg8mv947 has it on his podcast!
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This is an incredible exposition!
I heard about The Great Taking when Luke Gromen started to talk about it. I think that it was a few years ago. I am shocked that so few Bitcoiners know about it.
Bitcoiners are into ecash, custodial lightning treasury companies, etfs..... Sounds like entitlements just the same to me.... Maybe they just don't care
It is a great and scary read/listen at the same time. Thanks for sharing
David Rogers Webb and his gang have made some small progress at a local level. Stuff like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VlQXP0_CJzo
Nothing big but at least people are talking about itā¦ A bit.
A funny story about this topic:
When I heard about The Great Taking, I already knew about Bitcoin and therefore understood that not everything is what it seems. So, I decided to take this The Great Taking stuff seriously.
I contacted a few relatives (Keynesian no-coiners) and made a presentation about this topic. It was a lot of work, so I promised them a bit of money for seeing my presentation. Otherwise, they would not pay attention. And I knew that they could not resist fiat.
Considering the fact that these Keynesian no-coiners donāt own hard assets, I assumed that The Great Taking presentation would pique their interest. It didnāt. They did not find it interesting at all.
Instead, they evaluated my communication skills (it seems I have a lot to improve), my mental health (I should not believe this kind of conspiracy theories) and David Webbās character (he is too arrogant).
Then it was time for me to make the payment.
Then a few years later I was walking outside and thinking about these Keynesian no-coiners. I was thinking to myself that how they cannot see that some version of The Great Taking could happen, because all the signs are there (āYou'll own nothing and have no privacyā talk coming from the WEF, digital IDs, CBDCs, EUās wealth confiscation plans, etc, etc.).
Then it hit me.
They think that I am predicting a future, where a prime minister or a president of a country goes on TV and says āThis is the great taking. We will confiscate all your wealth, and there is nothing you can do about it!ā with an evil laughter.
Thanks for sharing. I know it is progress, but watching the video is frustrating as the arguments against ownership are so confusing.
My needs are simple. When I buy a security, I expect to own the security without any counterparty risk. The risk Iām taking is related to the underlining business and that should be it.
I look at the new features that my brokerage account offers to gauge where we are. Partial shares, no fee transactions, buying using credit cards, and permitting to use funds as collateral in exchange for yield. Iām not liking what Iām seeing.
Thank you for posting it and thanks to nostr:nprofile1qqstnem9g6aqv3tw6vqaneftcj06frns56lj9q470gdww228vysz8hqprpmhxue69uhhyetvv9ujumt0d4hhxarj9ecxjmntqyt8wumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnswf5k6ctv9ehx2aqnyf3zj for the read
I have been on this since it was released. It was the primary reason I stopped trading capital markets and went all in on Bitcoin
Loosely related to The Great Taking, have you seen āAmerica: Freedom to Fascismā? Itās a 2006 documentary by Aaron Russo, who would definitely be a Bitcoiner and a Nostrich if he was still alive. He died in 2007.
āAmerica: Freedom to Fascismā is about the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the income tax, Federal Reserve System (FED), national ID cards (REAL ID Act), human-implanted RFID tags, Diebold electronic voting machines, globalization, Big Brother, taser weapons abuse, and the use of terrorism by the government as a means to diminish the citizens' rights. If you have not seen it, CHECK. IT. OUT!
Rumble:
https://rumble.com/v6qfai8-freedom-to-fascism-aaron-russo.html
YouTube:
And watch the interview in the end too. Itās really good.
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Yes š finally people are talking about it