Rather, the US switched the EUâs energy dependence from Russia to the US.
A lot of criticism of Germany floating about. But Germany turns a blind eye when the US destroys Nord Stream. Who thinks Germany is making its own decisions?
Shoshana Zuboff wrote a book on the topic:
âThe Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Powerâ
Decline of The Dollar:
Itâs well on its way, and I welcome it. I donât want to see the American economy implode any more than the next guy whoâs willing to let his own house burn. But the dollar has enabled the banking industry to raid and pillage third world countries for years. We are an unproductive people, and our greatest exports are democracy and big guns, which enable us to trade proof-of-stake promises to third world populations that give us their real labor and their real commodities. To support a system that impoverishes billions is an unjust existence. Ten years ago, Alfred McCoy made a good argument to me that this would happen around 2035. BRICS is developing nicely. Bitcoin is developing nicely. Our government is chasing its tail and bullying itâs own allies.
"...itâs up to the artist to use language that can be understood. Most of these jokers donât want to use language you and I can learn; they would rather sneer because we âfailâ to see what they are driving at. If anything. Obscurity is the refuge of incompetence."
Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land.
Bam.
Four that fulfill that requirement, in descending order from most challenging yet fulfilling, to least challenging but simpler to digest.
Noam Chomsky: Hegemony or Survival
Chris Hedges: America, the Farewell Tour
Alfred McCoy: Shadows of the American Century
William Blum: Democracy, Americaâs Deadliest Export
Everybody upgrade from their internal-combustion miners!
Whatâs the nicest way to tell somebody that you loveâŠâI told you so.â
Looks nice. Is that a metal door? Whatâs that foam around it?
Yea letâs share some. Whatâs your interest?
Buying a politician IS votingâŠwhen there is no real democracy. Voting functions to pacify the masses who believe their say matters.
Many of our frequent Bitcoin sayings (stack satsâŠBTFDâŠ.HODL) advocate for a hoarding mentality.
This philosophy do little for society, and is self-serving. We should have mottos that propose use-cases, development, privacy, and accessibility to people who have no access to Bitcoin.
Bitcoin as property- rights-for-all does little to excite me. The Stoics taught us that freedom comes from the release from possessions and from desire, not from successfully protecting possessions from third parties.
What excites me about Bitcoin is its ability to protect natural rights. The right to communication, to move freely, to live without oppression.
I imagine most people walking around Vegas are thinking hours into the future. Not generations.
People finally pushed back against feudalism, then again slavery, then against child labor. The capital-wielders had to find another wayâŠ
Taxation of the poor is not about raising money. Itâs about control.
And imagine that 80+% of any mortgage taken in the last five years is going straight to interest.
Most Americans are slaves to the banking industry.
Thatâs excellent. What country?
The one way to assure increased healthcare cost for people, is to inject a third party which extracts a 30% profit between the people and their healthcare.
Call it insurance, and then convince the people that they should pay a year before they need it, for a service that the company will likely deny without a fight.
The Jubilee Year. Thousands of years ago, people understood the dangers of debt slavery as they do today. The norm in the Middle East and Europe when a new ruler came into power, was for them to declare all debts void. This would happen every now and then during many rulersâ terms as well, as a society not laden with debt would allow for more prosperous and productive citizens. Banks have destroyed this power by taking the power of money creation away from governments. Remember, our central bank is not a government agency, but a collection of private banks who lend money into existence.