Still reading War and Peace. It's been a slow grind, but I press on. #books #nostr

GM one day closer to Christmas

Chipping away! nostr:note1s60p5ujdjw5028h3yxhjefqn3ctxzd5thdvn4npar63c3ally30q633fv0

Wow I’m so not looking forward to patrolling power lines in the bush tomorrow. Switched my app to Fahrenheit to make me feel better. Although the numeric temperatures aren’t much different between Celsius and Fahrenheit down in this range below zero. I long for Costa Rica.

#fuckingcold #canadianwinter

Hey Dude, sorry for the delay. My Damus app isn't working at the moment. It was GREAT. It feels like the foundational piece from which all contemporary themes of 'end the FED', 'broken money' etc. come from. It is, in my opinion, a MUST READ. It's very dense. Griffon did so much research and work. But it is absolutely essential. He pulls apart the whole sweater. I hope you read it and find it valuable.

I couldn’t agree more! Followed you. 🫡⚡️

GM. 🚁😎

excellent book

New to #nostr and love crypto and privacy. #introductions

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#bitcoin #ethereum #monero

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Happy ATH! #bitcoin

You can still buy bitcoin with fiat wake up people this won’t last

The Greatest Crime in Human History

Few people are aware, but there is a monumental crime spanning generations, involving powerful families that control the global financial system. This crime not only shaped the world as we know it but also stole something essential from humanity: real money. In its place, they gave us fake money. Here's how it happened, step by step.

Real Money: Gold and Silver

Since the dawn of free trade, gold and silver emerged as natural money. Their exceptional properties—durability, divisibility, portability, and scarcity—made them the preferred currencies in market competition throughout history.

Free Banking: Banks in a Free Market

Practical challenges with gold, such as transportation, purity verification, and divisibility, were resolved by banks operating in a free-market system. These banks safeguarded gold in custody and issued their own notes representing stored value. This enhanced trade efficiency without compromising the foundation of real money.

1913: The Creation of the FED

Everything changed with the establishment of the Federal Reserve (FED), a central bank controlled by an oligopoly of bankers. This system centralized gold control, forcing banks to surrender their reserves to the U.S. Treasury, which issued gold certificates to the FED. This marked the first step in the capture of real money.

1933: Gold Confiscation in the U.S.

Through a controversial law, the U.S. government banned citizens from owning gold, threatening fines and imprisonment for non-compliance. All confiscated gold was transferred to Fort Knox, consolidating the FED's absolute control over real money.

1944: Bretton Woods

The Bretton Woods system established the U.S. dollar, backed by gold, as the global reserve currency. Other countries began using dollars instead of gold as monetary reserves, leading to a massive concentration of gold in the United States.

1971: Nixon’s “Default”

With the U.S. printing more dollars than its gold reserves could cover, President Richard Nixon unilaterally ended the dollar’s convertibility into gold. From that moment on, all currencies became debt-based. The capture of real money was complete.

1973: The Petrodollar

To sustain demand for the now-fiat dollar, the U.S. struck deals with OPEC, ensuring that oil would be traded exclusively in dollars. This maneuver linked the dollar to energy, securing its global dominance despite lacking real backing.

Fake Money and Repeated Crises

With the collapse of the gold standard, instability became the norm. Since then, we’ve faced recurring crises:

- 1979: Oil crisis.

- 1982: Latin American debt crisis.

- 1987: Black Monday.

- 1990-91: Economic recession.

- 2000-02: Dot-com bubble burst.

- 2007-09: Great Recession.

- 2020: COVID-19 crisis.

Each crisis resulted in more money printed by central banks, worsening inequality even further.

2008: The Birth of Bitcoin

Bitcoin emerged as a response to this corrupt system. It is decentralized, unconfiscatable, and limited, offering an alternative to the fake money imposed by central banks. For the first time since 1933, we have the chance to use real, sound money again.

2020: Lockdowns and Infinite Money

During the pandemic, central banks printed trillions of dollars to fund “relief” packages. In reality, this policy accelerated the breakdown of the financial system, the consequences of which we are experiencing today in 2023.

2023: The Rise of CBDCs

With the economy collapsing, governments presented Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) as the solution. These digital currencies offer an unprecedented level of monetary surveillance and control, enslaving populations in ways never seen before.

The Consequences of Fake Money

Since 1971, fiat money has caused:

- Rising income inequality.

- Constant inflation.

- Corruption of moral values.

- Growing debt.

- Unaffordable housing prices.

- Periodic financial crises.

All of this enriched financial elites while the working population bore the cost.

Bitcoin: Our Only Hope

Bitcoin offers humanity the only opportunity to return to natural money, protected from capture. Fully respecting property rights and resistant to manipulation, adopting it is a moral imperative.

With Bitcoin, we can dream of a future where:

- Economic freedom is guaranteed.

- Financial inclusion becomes a reality for everyone.

- Individual autonomy triumphs over centralizing elites.

Adopting Bitcoin is a crucial step toward rebuilding a fairer, more prosperous world free from arbitrary monetary policies.

Join this revolution and reclaim control over money and the future of humanity.

If this cycle will be same as previous, you'll get your chance to load on cheaper sats after next panic sell off

I’ve never told this story before but it’s a cautionary tale so here we go:

My dad was pilot for a major airline for 25+ years. In 2008 right before the major market drop he received his pension in a lump sum ($2mil) and proceeded to trade his pension after the GFC making nice returns on Qualcomm and other tech stocks.

In and around 2012 he went down a rabbit hole of the central banking cabal and market manipulation which drove him to invest in physical silver and silver mining stocks. I followed his lead, I lost thousands and he lost millions literally.

His response to these losses were to become increasingly disgruntled about the manipulation which is real but something we can’t control…my response was to find a better money vehicle. I’ve leaned in on Bitcoin (even though it took me 10 years and many stupid bitcoin sells) while he’s still all in on silver as well as other shitecoins like Theta but the saving grace is that he still has one bitcoin from when he first started getting into “crypto”.

It’s been hard to watch them spending their golden years so tight on money and it’s a cautionary tale for those who don’t fully invest in learning about bitcoin as they become aware of the world around them.

My 2025 outlook --

Read books - knowledge is power.

Go to the gym - strength is respect.

Stay humble - arrogance blinds.

Chase purpose - not comfort.

#asknostr

#health #healthstr #grownostr