GM #[1] and have the same too with a piece of dust from PV đź«‚
Thank you #[3] for pointing me to #[1]'s latst coup on the "Fiat Self". đź«‚
"Even further, continued ownership [of bitcoin] implies shouldering the responsibility of providing value to society. Money does nothing but circulate, so you will have to do something that other people find valuable. If you fail to do that, you will quickly find yourself out of bitcoin. Nature will force you to part with your sats, because everyone—including you— has to eat." -- #[0] in #[1]
"Many a bitcoiner’s journey can be summed up as follows:
* What the fuck is this?
* What the fuck is that?
* What the fuck?
* The fuck?
* Fuck...
* All in." -- #[0] in #[2]
h/t #[1]
"“HODL!” and shouting “we will make you [fiat] obsolete” [...]." "[T]he deeper truth of these memes, the fact that these memes come from a deep conviction that a mathematically and thermodynamically sound system is preferential to a political one." -- #[0] in #[1]
"You can only orange-pill yourself, as they say. Nobody can force Bitcoin down your throat." -- #[0] in #[1]
"It’s easy to get depressed once you’ve identified the ills of the fiat system. Many bitcoiners who are filled with optimism today were hopeless and fatalistic before they took the orange pill." -- #[0] in #[1]
"Bitcoin is [...] [n]ot only a lifeboat, ready to be boarded by anyone who is in need, but also a cure, providing meaning and optimism where there was none before." -- #[0] in #[1]
"As if happiness was the ultimate goal in the first place, the end-all and be-all, the reason for our existence. What about the pursuit of something meaningful, something that is hard, something that requires sacrifice, which implies pain and suffering?" -- #[0] in #[1]
"Is it any surprise that bitcoin is spreading into the “sound food,” “sound farming,” free speech, and human rights communities? That bitcoin is quickly and easily understood by people who are literally close to the ground, connected with the base reality of things?" -- #[0] in #[1]
"I believe, however, that Bitcoin has the power to win the minds and hearts of people very quickly, if said minds are open or culturally aligned enough; or if the change in their environment is drastic enough." -- #[0] in #[1]
"I realized that money printing is simply wealth redistribution and that centrally planned wealth redistribution is an impossible task" -- #[0] in #[1]
"To me, it seems obvious that these crazy times are a result of the fiat monetary system and the economic as well as the memetic consequences it brings with it. It is a system that is completely disconnected from reality, an artificial and highly political environment that, whether we realize it or not, is the economic operating system of our world. To me, the fault line of society is best summarized as “bitcoin vs. fiat.”" -- #[0] in #[1]
"In Bitcoin, we are dealing with an incredible opinionated tool, one that is intimately wrapped up with us." -- #[0] in #[1]