• explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    OWS existed because banks were getting bailed out and ordinary people weren’t.

    Since then, an alternative money supply with no bailouts has gained tremendous momentum.

    So we’re still protesting, just in a way that’s harder to shut down for “public safety” reasons. And instead of participation making you worse off, it makes you better off. Over time, adverse selection will leave only bailout recipients using bailout money.

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      7 months ago

      People are still getting hosed with that “alternative money system”. It’s the rare person that makes enough and bails out with profits, even rarer gets enough to be wealthy. It’s the “influencer” of money. Everyone thinks they can be the winner, but there’s tens of thousands of failures for each person on the top.

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      7 months ago

      If you’re referring to bitcoin for that alternative money supply then I regret to inform you that it’s manipulated to hell and back, from "stable"coin printing to now ETFs.

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        7 months ago

        Believe it or not, it used to be even worse! The big step forward IMHO is that there’s no privileged party that has an advantage manipulating the price. Congress should be prohibited from owning anything but long-term dollar bonds.

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          The big step forward IMHO is that there’s no privileged party that has an advantage manipulating the price.

          Until Elon Musk tweets out that he will exchange Tesla vehicles for Bitcoin or that Dogecoin is a good investment.

          Digital currencies are somehow worse than gambling unless you’re famous enough to do a pump-and-dump.