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Yeah, but it isn't. Censorship prohibits free speech. Adding information is manipulative, persuasive, maybe even intimidating. But it's not censorship. Be careful not to become the child crying wolf.

“Democracy”

Good morning fellow psychopaths 😏

Listened to Peter thiel on Rogan, what was interesting to me is that thiel, despite being one of the richest people on earth and most influential people in tech was visibly nervous for the first hour of the pod.

Really shows the power of Rogans platform.

Words have specific meaning. Using a certain word to refer to something that it is not cheapens and ultimately dilutes the meaning and significance of words. Sometimes that is bad, sometimes it is a non-issue. Regardless, it is transformative

Nothing about what I said made any suggestion one way or another about "association with a govt." It's literally a USD stablecoin. Why would anyone claim that it's not US related?

That said from the company standpoint specifically, they are scared shitless about doing any business with any US company or being attached in any way to US markets. Like very paranoid about it. So if you are saying they are some US govt project then I'd argue that doesn't really add up. I think the US thinks Tether is undermining their power and control, even though from the standpoint of someone who understands, it actually is a significant support for the US dollar and treasuries. I simply think the political system is only just now waking up to that and trying to figure out how to take advantage of that.

Tether is not a CBDC.

It's literally a BDC

Tether is not a central bank, they don't issue notes of an independent monetary unit. They aren't associated with any govt. Tether is just a modern banknote with most of the same problems, risks, and trust issues. The difference being it is available to anyone with a smart phone without an account -- which is actually a significant improvement over the old garbage.

Tether is custodian issued digital banknotes. Literally in every use of those terms this is the accurate thing to call it. "Cash" has always just referred to banknotes issued that were redeemable in gold or at a bank that was a bearer asset. The difference with a stablecoin like Tether and physical cash is the oversight/surveillance that the institution has for the digital alternative. This is why ecash is actually the only thing that digitally shares basically all the characteristics of physical cash (txn privacy from issuer and bearer asset). Tether is far easier to freeze accounts and spy on what everyone is doing. Obviously why people want to label it "something bad."

My point is that the CBDC label is NOT accurate, and when we use words and labels arbitrarily, it desensitizes people to them. If people just become "whatever" about Tether (because if you don't use it, who cares), and everyone calls it a CBDC, then after a few years of this people are just going to think "CBDCs are fine, who cares?"

Calling everything we don't like a CBDC is a HUGE BENEFIT to actual CBDCs.

Bank digital currencies are not a problem. They will remain solvent as long as the "bank" does. They are a much better option than credit cards, and the option of being able to issue ecash is even better.

BDCs are certainly a far cry from the #Bitcoin sovereign world that we are building and have nothing to do with it, but they are ALSO a far cry from a genuine CBDC.

So please, stop using words that matter in a stupid and cheap way, because when we REALLY need them, you'll have sucked them of all of their power and meaning.

This is why CBDC and UBI are such a perfect fit.

UBI is the carrot for CBDC, and CBDC is the control on how UBI is used.

An issue with Universal Basic Income that I haven't seen addressed is that it would become an annuity that people will find ways to borrow and spend against.

Thus degenerate or desperate recipients will just make purchases today against their "credit line" of future annuity payments. Not sure how you'd prevent this in practice.