Big money, they kind that's to big to fail in other words, has bought into crypto. It's being co-opted. It still has advantages, in that it is "free speech money", for now at least.
BTW, the big exchanges have been co-opted for years, by handing over your data to the IRS.
Interesting shift in the anti-crypto arguments. It's like they forgot they said it was all a ponzi scheme for suckers and worthless and you should buy muh gold and AR-15s. Funny, because anybody with any sense diversifies and has gold/silver/guns/food AND crypto.
And no, I'm not referring to any one person in particular.
Because they are my family, and they are unwitting and unwilling slaves. I have both pity and love for them. Even to my ignorant [evil] enemy the slavers, I likewise have that same pity and love (for they are also my family, and unwitting and unwilling slaves). If they had any idea of the world they are keeping us (all, including them) from, they would weep for the rest of eternity (and perhaps that shall be their punishment).
Agreed.
They tend not to be so forgiving or lenient when it comes to "f*ing with the till".
Yes, and as long as your friends have PHYSICALLY (now, or very soon) everything you will ever need - that could work for a while. The casino chips of crypto are going to return to valueless bits when the "clock strikes midnight". They must be converted to physical asset/commodity immediately - in my view. Having what was, say, a million in virtual currency will not make you super rich in comparison to your friend who only has five - because the bits will be valueless and all you will actually have are the physical commodities and your skills to barter with, and likewise with them unless you stick with the slavers currency as they will, and are, force us to do.
Agreed. Except the crypto will likely become valueless/devalued soon, as the cash currently is - but far worse. They will not accept being cut out of the "deal", because their greed and hubris is insatiable and bottomless - matched only by their ignorance [evil] and heartlessness.
Easier said than done, but I once again agree - wholeheartedly. That makes our (personal) world MUCH smaller, but I (personally) can live with that. Most people I know, cannot and will not.
Same/similar in mine. Our currency is merely paper with no backing or connection to physical reality. The "gold machine", they call it.
I agree, but crypto is not the sound investment. Nor is fiat currency. Anything that can be legislated/whim-ed away with a twitch of the banker's nose and is controlled, one way or another, directly by them. It is clear the bells are ringing, and it is time to have real commodities of use instead, not fictional bits or colored toilet paper currency.
I always ignore them when it comes to money (economics is a scam), but few people are strong enough to do that and to face the societal/economic consequences of doing so.
Anyway, nice talking with you!
I like our talk too :)
You are right about a family. That is a huge problem, but I think it is better not to force them into your world, they eventually will take your side if you show them that your way really works.
However you still miss that crypto is just a technology. Not a money, not a kind of fiat, whatever. It could be used as money, or as casino coins, but that not make it money or casino coins.
Crypto is a way to securely and reliably save and store transactions, i.e. "10 units was transferred from address 123456 to address 654321". And that's all. That units and addresses could be anything you want. And you could easily start your own crypto if you wish.
The same is with cash. If you have some parallel society, you could use anything as cash. F.e. I have a bag (literally) with old Russian banknotes from the times of hyperinflation. They are still have a necessary feature for cash - it is hard to fake them. And they cost absolutely nothing now. It is just a bag with painted paper. But anytime I could share them with my friends and we could easily use them as our cash for exchange of food, service, work, whatever we have for a trade.