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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @alamino 13 Jun \ parent \ on: Which Countries Have Universal Health Coverage ? earth
I don't expect to be annoying here, but I clearly understand that the term free, in this context, means everyone can go to a medical center and be attended without providing an account or a credit card. Obviously people are paying for that, but not only the person who is in the hospital. So, in some sense, it is "free"... But doctors are being paid, hospital location, equipment.... In Brazil you will never receive a bill for the ambulance or the surgery you made in public system.
I will talk about the second point.
If I want to buy a house and I cannot afford it, I will wait till I have the money OR, till the price falls and I can afford with my savings. Maybe I'll buy the house next year when the price drops a little more or buy a bigger house. Why wouldn't I buy the house if I really desire to? Well, maybe I will just live for rent and no problem too.
We already live this situation with smartphones... Each day they're getting cheaper and we are buying them. It is a stimulus to the companies make them better. Anyone, nowadays can afford a great mobile phone even with a few bucks.... Imagine a world where anyone can buy a GOOD house, even with a few bucks. Maybe that is not the best analogy, but it is definitely the point to understand a deflationary currency world.
We are so used to an inflationary currency world that a deflationary is a paradigm break...
I don't believe people will cash out in the DAY bitcoin reaches 1 million. It really does not make sense. Price raising is gradual, full of downs. It is like the frog being boiled.... There is no "people cashing out and going into consumerism". People are cashing out when they have to use money or they want to. Again, the reality is that Bitcoin is a success. ETFs are the evidences. Just stack and be happy. Bitcoin is Money. Anyone does whatever he/she wants.
Never forget the coins lost forever... Bitcoin is (will be) far scarcer than we might even conceive.
I believe older people who were used to TV, radio and newspapers as the only media might be the majority of these 32%. I would like to see age segmentation.
TL;DR by ChatGPT: The author discusses the evolving nature of colonization, suggesting that a new form of colonization, namely data colonization, is emerging. The focus is on the significance of real-time knowledge in the information age and its implications for privacy at both individual and national levels.
The author outlines three historical forms of colonization: geographical, financial, and posits data colonization as the next frontier. They argue that data colonization involves the collection of vast amounts of personal data by countries, leading to a potential shift in global influence based on information control.
The negative aspects of data colonization are highlighted, including social attacks on privacy preservation, virtue-signalling fascism by governments and corporations, deeper surveillance capabilities, and the potential for false flags and mistruths to manipulate public opinion. The author emphasizes the need for tools and choices to counteract these negative trends.
On a positive note, the author suggests that freedom can fight back against data colonization, emphasizing the importance of critical thinking and personal responsibility. They anticipate innovations in privacy-preserving technology and foresee a demand for cybersecurity and privacy professionals. The author encourages building communities, tools, and advancing personal privacy as a means to combat the challenges posed by data colonization.
As a Portuguese native speaker, I empathize with you. The least I could do to help you in your brave journey is give all sats I have in my account. Thanks for your courage and dreams. I know many of us who would like to do the same as you but are sitting and waiting for people like you to represent the community.
Thank you!
Once upon a man who thought he had to exchange his workforce for colorful paper made by rich men in hist country. This paper is supposed to be used as fast as possible, as the rich men are producing and getting more paper.
The man, eventually, realized he could exchange his worktime for a finite piece of a limited and rare digital bit. Those bits could be stored inside his head and no one would ever know he owns all the time he spent in his own head. As the time passes by the time he he exchanged could afford more and more things to him.
That was the first time a man could really be free from others.
There is a site with a lot of good resources: https://bitcoin-only.com/
I have already answered questions like that before. This is an impossible scenario. People are different. The want to get "money". They see a little profit and they take it. Many people will sell their BTC in a 100% profit. Not all bitcoiners are thinking exactly the same way...
People eventually need money and must sell their stack. Economy is a chaotic environment where one cannot predict all other moves...