Why are the US and China holding so much? 🤔 Do they see the writing on the wall but refuse to publicly acknowledge it?
Actions speak louder than words.
Just because you can say anything you want doesn’t mean that you should.
The internet would be a much less incendiary place if people spoke to each other as they would face to face in the street.
Being able to back up your opinions with well reasoned, logical, fact based arguments would also make the discourse more productive.
1) I don’t know for sure but I don’t think he was Muslim.
2) Islam doesn’t have a monopoly on violence committed in its name.
Not exactly. The kid who did the stabbing was born in the uk.
They are rioting because fiat money allows the government to print money to finance unsustainable policies which inevitably leads to inflation and an increase in the cost of living. Most probably don’t understand this cause and effect and see the immigrants as the problem whereas in reality they are a symptom.
Yes but not exactly. When you deposit bitcoin the mint will ‘mint’ ecash of the same value. This ecash can then be moved around (spent) within the mint with almost no friction. From my understanding if you want to send ecash to another mint that happens over lightning but I believe that is handled on the back end.
I think the incentives are different and I think that’s important.
Likes cost nothing and so can be thrown around with abandon whereas zap have actual value. I can’t see too many people zapping bigots and trolls for uninformative rage posts (at least that’s what I hope) which means the best, most valuable, content will rise to the top because people will be prepared to zap it.
US stocks tumble on fears over slower growth
US stock markets follow Asia and Europe down, amid fears of a downturn in the American economy. #press
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6p224j24x0o?utm_source=press.coop
nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a I watched this BBC report on TV last night with the context of your note about the interest rate increase in Japan being the starting point. It’s the first time I’ve watched any main stream news in quite a while. I was shocked at how superficial it was and didn’t even mention Japans rate increase.
Exactly. And fiat money enables those short term incentives for politicians.
Even when people identify that the politicians have these short term incentives they rarely connect that these incentives are linked to / enabled by the ability to create money out of thin air.
UK Protests
For years, the government has allowed, in lockstep with big business, the influx of an unsustainable number of migrants to such an extent that they have no idea of the numbers involved. The Office of National Statistics thinks the population will increase by 6.6 million (9.9%) between 2021 and 2036. The British people are proud of the many cultures that make up our nation, but the levels are far beyond what is feasible for a country to assimilate, and our own culture is being lost. The cause of the immigration, as I see it, is a flawed Ponzi scheme economy that needs an ever-increasing (cheap) workforce to pay the debts of the previous generation (and dependents on our state).
We have hotels that are full of migrants, with food provided, an allowance given, and medical and healthcare services provided. Yet, they remove the winter fuel allowance for our older generation, amongst other cuts and unresolved homelessness. We see boatloads of migrants, primarily fighting-age men. We see hotels that are full of fighting-age men. We are told they are fleeing persecution, but where are the women, and why are they not staying to protect their country?
The outcome of these policies affects, for example:
Housing: The government has a target of 1.5 million houses to be built by 2029, yet in 2023-2024 only 143,000 houses were built. Already, houses are everywhere, rammed up together, with people living on top of each other, peering into each other's gardens, and sprawling into our countryside (such as in the small village I live in, which is having 10,000 houses built on its doorstep). With supply and demand, house prices are unaffordable to the next generation (our children).
Healthcare: Our healthcare system can no longer cope. If you want a doctor's appointment, you have to wait weeks or go private. I've been waiting since December last year for an ultrasound scan. They send me texts asking if I still want the appointment and if I don't respond, they cancel it.
Transport: The roads are deteriorating—they are congested and full. From personal experience, I've spent thousands repairing suspension damage from potholes. Similarly, the airports are way past capacity, according to my travel experience.
Crime: Sexual assaults on women have doubled for children aged 13 or over since 2013. Knife crime is also up significantly over that period. Our most recent headline crimes are perceived as caused by a group in our society who do not share our values and culture—that group being (presumably) extremist Muslims.
Community in mourning after three girls killed in knife attack:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cd194zkw4d9o
Two guilty of Lee Rigby murder:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-25450555
'Soldier beheaded' in Woolwich machete attack: as it happened:
Woolwich: suspect believed to be involved in attack - video:
https://www.theguardian.com/uk/video/2013/may/22/woolwich-suspect-attack-video
Newcastle grooming gang jailed for raping 13-year-old girl:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-68446855.amp
Grooming gang sentenced to nearly 350 years for rape of eight young girls:
Huddersfield grooming gang: Men convicted of sexually abusing vulnerable girls and jailed for 220 years:
Yet simultaneously, they inflate the money supply, causing prices to rise and devaluing their citizens' savings. They also increase taxes and provide an education system that indoctrinates our children.
The most recent attack in Southport was by Axel Muganwa Rudakubana, who ran into a dance class of children and stabbed and murdered three young girls aged 7 or so, with others critically injured. The press was slow to clarify who committed the atrocity, which I think exacerbated the situation. Axel is aged 17 and is a child of immigrant parents from Rwanda. I don't think his family are Muslim, by the way.
So, yes, people are angry—very angry—and rightfully so. It takes a lot for the British public to protest. They have been betrayed by a government that doesn't listen to them, does not control immigration, and now labels it as "far-right thuggery." They are not far-right; they are working class (of all colours).
There is a two-tier policing system that lets one group run around with knives and machetes and protects Antifa. Yet when the working class protests, they turn up in riot gear, with dogs, and charge them down, inciting violence. In response, the government declares how they will increase the use of facial recognition and come down hard on anyone involved (including online), but there is no mention of how they will resolve the issues that have caused this outrage.
The most recent protests have been against the hotels profiting from the migrant situation. I hope that innocent people are not harmed and that the anger is directed towards the government that is complicit in causing this, not on our fellow mankind.
That said, I don't have live TV, and I am fortunate to live outside of the large towns where the protests are being held (generally up north, in Labour [left] voting towns, interestingly). I respect others' opinions, as it's difficult to see the whole picture from any one viewpoint. One thing is for sure: if the government continues not to listen and indeed acts against the working class, this won't stop here.
"When I see an actual flesh-and-blood worker in conflict with his natural enemy, the policeman, I do not have to ask myself which side I am on." - George Orwell
Sources:
Net migration to push UK population to 74m by 2036, ONS projects
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68139947
Starmer condemns 'far-right thuggery' on UK streets and says those involved 'will regret it':
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c0jqjxe8d1yt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpwddpzyxpzo
How Winter Fuel Payments are changing – and what other support is available to pensioners?:
Knife crime statistics England and Wales:
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-briefings/sn04304/
How many violent attacks and sexual assaults on women are there?:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/explainers-56365412?trk=public_post_comment-text
Labour wants to build 1.5m new homes - can it really deliver on its promise?:
You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned basis the inflation of the money supply by the government as an issue. However these protests have not been against the cause of the problem (mismanagement of the economy by the government due to short term incentives) they are against a symptom (immigrants, who are the product unsustainable immigration policies made possible by running budget deficits).
According to the BBC they were right wing nationalists who went to protest in front of a mosque because of misinformation on social media that the stabber was a Muslim.
Do you have a different information set?
What taxes might Rachel Reeves raise?
The chancellor says taxes will have to rise to fix the public finances - but which ones could go up? #press
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cv2gxkln5elo?utm_source=press.coop
I guess reducing spending isn’t an option…
#bitcoin
Just to clarify; I think people wearing bandages on their ears in support of someone who is also wearing a bandage on their ear is stupid therefore I’m a homosexual communist?
Genuine questions:
Did these change because everyone has the right to own a gun?
Did civil rights activists improve the situation for black Americans through the use of guns?
Was the federal government stopped for outlawing pornography and music with guns?
I’m just not convinced that having the right to a gun is the panacea that those that are pro gun believe it to be.
You say that but the “land of the free” is not as free as it once was and so far I haven’t seen the possession of guns limiting the erosion of freedoms.
Imagine trying to train for pole vault, hammer throw, skateboard, surf, cross country MTB, 10m diving and dressage!
I wonder what the best strategy would be. Try and be really good in a few things or not terrible at everything.
Man accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity gets standing ovation in US congress.
Wouldn’t it be nice if those weren’t the only options.
Imagine what if would be like to vote for the best candidate rather than the least bad.