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68 sats \ 1 reply \ @ContraMundum5 21h \ on: What If We Have THE FED Do That?! (Bloomberg Money Stuff, Matt Levine) econ
The financial system is basically a giant game of musical chairs, except the Fed is always there to add more chairs when things get shaky. Their latest idea? Instead of just lending against Treasuries, they’ll buy them outright and hedge with futures. Same trick, different name. The Fed keeps stepping in as the “synthetic lender of last resort,” making sure nobody has to actually face the consequences of their bets.
Meanwhile, banks keep getting squeezed by regulations, so the risky stuff just moves to non-bank financial firms. The same banks that aren’t supposed to take on too much risk just end up lending to these shadow institutions instead. Problem solved, right?
The whole system is held together by intervention, leverage, and creative excuses for printing more money. If only there were a way to do money, savings, and assets that didn’t rely on this mess. Oh wait… we have Bitcoin.
Fight club…. Just when you think you have it figured out, the film drops a massive twist about the narrator’s identity that changes everything. And then, boom….buildings collapse, and The Pixies play us out
Beliefs are tied to communities. Change happens when we connect, not argue. Want to shift someone’s perspective? Spend time with them. Lincoln said, “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.”
Arguing online often spreads bad ideas. Sometimes silence is the best response.
How can we use this to bring people into Bitcoin?
PlebLab is proving that Bitcoin innovation doesn’t come from VCs, it comes from builders in the trenches. By giving devs a place to create without begging for fiat funding, they’re shaping a self-sustaining startup culture in Austin. With events like Top Builder and Startup Day, they’re bridging the gap between grassroots ideas and real world impact. This isn’t Silicon Valley-style hype, it’s cypherpunk innovation at its finest.
So cloning itself and resisting shutdown? Sounds like we’re speedrunning every sci-fi warning ever written. Next stop: AI filing for legal personhood and running for office.
If you had to rebuild Primal from scratch using only 1990s technology, how would you do it? No modern web frameworks or JavaScript heavy frontends, just raw HTML, CGI scripts, and whatever else was available back then. Could Nostr still work?
What inspired you to start making wine this way, and how has accepting Bitcoin changed your business?
The parable itself is not primarily about economics. It is about God’s grace and the way He rewards people in His kingdom.
Jesus often used familiar earthly concepts to teach spiritual truths, and in this case, He describes a landowner paying workers the same wage regardless of when they started. The key lesson is that God’s grace is not based on human standards of fairness. Whether someone comes to faith early or late in life, God rewards them equally with salvation. Your post argues that because Jesus uses an economic example, it suggests that private property and individualism are “right, lawful, and good.” However, while the parable does acknowledge property rights as part of the story’s setting, the main point is about the generosity and sovereignty of God, not an endorsement of specific economic systems. But I appreciate your point.
Technology is definitely changing the game, but human nature and economics still play a big role. Starlink and remote work make it easier to live farther from cities, which could push up land values in rural areas. But at the same time, cities keep growing because people and businesses thrive on being close to each other. Even with new tech, the advantages of cities, jobs, culture, and services are hard to replace. I think we will see both trends happening at once. Some rural areas will become more valuable, but major cities will likely keep getting more expensive too. Location will always matter, but maybe in new ways.