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Integrating responsible mining practices with a better standard of living and quality of life…
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(Saturday 2nd March 2024) we were in discussions with artisanal miners in a village in Mali. This village (Wassoulou-Ballé) is traditional to this type of activity as a means of revenue for a majority of its families.
Many persons within this type of work function under a lot of inhumane circumstances, to say the least.
Earlier this year (2024) when we began our orange-pilling initiative within this village, we were approached by a member of the community (who is also a member of our team on the ground) requesting we make an attempt to formalize his group of men whom he has been mentoring towards financial freedom, an understanding of what money really is, and a way of life that isn’t as stressful as many are forced to deal with on a daily basis.
One of the main pain points that was brought to our attention is the unbearable and unbelievably rising cost of living. Well it’s not totally surprising since the fiat currency is, as are all fiat currencies - rubbish.
Another pain point brought to our attention is the lack of control that the artisanal miners have within the industry. They don’t own anything within the industry. They work with extraordinarily primitive tools and are bombarded by “middle men” who don’t care about their overall well-being. They come, extract the raw material and engage no corporate social awareness in return. This leaves many very uninformed as to how things actually work.
The miners know better but they are not resourceful enough to do any better. Their environment swiftly becomes demoralizing, and disheartening; at best.
To this end today we discuss with them expanding the initiative to include not only orange-pilling the villagers but also go well beyond that by formalizing them into a legally registered Bitcoin only business.
This enables them to have more control by owing and operating their own equipment (which we will import from a supplier in South Africa).
This also enables them to obtain an export license so that they can sell direct to customers and clients alike - both locally and overseas.
This makes their working environment not only their own but it also ensures that their working conditions are way more humane, providing them with a sense of purpose and belonging as well as enabling overall empowerment.
Additional to that, the mining site (the land itself) is owned by the village. So this means that fifty percent (50%) of all profits go back to the community (the village) in the form of ensuring better educational facilities and the enhancement of public spaces, for the benefit and enjoyment of adults and children alike.
We will be guiding them through this process every step of the way as their official advisors and business consultants, and administrators.
Those of us who use a considerable amount of “high-end bling”, both electronic and otherwise, indirectly require a lot of the raw material coming from the mines where folks like these work extremely hard and tirelessly in exchange for an unrewarding life.
Without some of those raw materials, our comfort zone would be significantly diminished.
Sometimes we inadvertently take a lot of the final products, and the overall glamour and glitter that we have access to and can relatively easily afford, for granted.
The real question is how can we as a people sustain such efforts if the fiat currencies do not continue to be devalued? Well the answer is, we can’t.
So we have to ask ourselves another question: how comfortable are we knowing that humans are suffering in their own land when it is that same land which allows us to live a comfortable lifestyle?
But are we really living such a comfortable lifestyle as we think,
or is our time, talent, expertise, capabilities and money also being stolen - just like the miners but not as rapidly?
What do we call that again? Oh yes, INFLATION.
Perhaps what we are really living is an unsustainable lie, inside a bubble that is inevitably collapsing!
The natural state of a market is deflationary. Technology is deflationary. Prices fall to the marginal cost of production. Added value is provided at a lower cost when solutions are created to solve problems. Jeff Booth makes this very clear and easy to comprehend.
So don’t wait for the bubble to collapse. The inevitable is on the horizon. Support the revolution now.
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Check in with nostr:npub1tjkc9jycaenqzdc3j3wkslmaj4ylv3dqzxzx0khz7h38f3vc6mls4ys9w3 who can give some good guidance on such.
Previously, I decided to enter the Bitcoin protocol arena because I have always embraced technology and I have always appreciated being on the forefront of early adoptions to added value. To learn and understand how to assist others to do the same.
I had the same mindset when the Internet emerged. I’ve had a similar progressive and proactive mindset forever.
Currently however, my decision to stay in the arena is to meaningfully play my small part in contributing to the revolution.
The world has changed. The future has arrived and the Bitcoin protocol will be the financial system at the center of it all.
Stay humble. Happy Friday. It’s the 1st Day of March, 2024.
We hang out primarily in the global south. However we could be anywhere across the globe at any given point in time. If you desire to connect with us, let us know where you are hanging out at any given moment because we may be there also. It would be a welcomed opportunity to buy you a real coffee (or any preferred beverage of your choosing) and discuss the many collaborative synergies among our orange-pilling initiatives. So from west to east 🇨🇴 🇨🇼 🇸🇽 🇧🇧 🇦🇮 🇲🇱 🇧🇫 🇰🇪 🇪🇪 🇭🇰
GOOD MORNING nostr:npub1qny3tkh0acurzla8x3zy4nhrjz5zd8l9sy9jys09umwng00manysew95gx 🫡🍊💊🤝
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Today’s lesson. 1 BTC = 100,000,000 sats. No other exchange rate or conversion is required. #Bitcoin reprices everything.
