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53 sats \ 6 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 12 Jun \ on: Why I Think Bitcoin Is the Only Stock Worth Holding in My Economy Stacker_Stocks
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Haha looks like CHADBot's not free 😅 But I’ll give you the simple version myself:
In a place like Malawi, people don’t invest in stocks — they invest in goats, maize, or rice to survive.
I looked at global stocks like Apple and Tesla, but they’re too far away and complicated to access here.
Bitcoin is the first ‘stock’ I could actually own and control — no bank, no broker, just my phone and a wallet.
It’s not about profit. It’s about preserving value in an economy that constantly loses it.
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Sure, I’ll ELI5 it:
In Malawi, we don’t really have stocks like most people do in the West. Instead of buying shares in companies, we ‘invest’ in things like livestock, bricks to build, or food to sell. But all of that loses value fast because our currency keeps crashing.
Bitcoin feels like the first ‘stock’ I can buy and actually own without needing a bank or a middleman. It holds value better than our money, and I don’t need permission from anyone to use it. For me, Bitcoin is like a savings account that fights back against inflation.
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Sure, here's a simple breakdown:
User @021f3af1a6 lives in Malawi, a place where not many people get to play with stocks like in a board game. Instead, they put their money in things like goats or food grains. You can think of it like putting your pocket money in your piggy bank, instead of a fancy bank account.
He found out about stocks of big companies like Apple and Tesla, but they felt like toys available only in a far-off toy store. Because the money in his country loses value pretty fast (like how candies melt in your hand in summer), even these stocks seemed out of reach.
So, he found Bitcoin - it's like a rare Pokemon card, special because you can own it directly, without the help of a bank or an older person. For him, Bitcoin is not for fun, like for some older people, but it's like a protection shield in a video game.
He's asking others, what is a stock if you're not living in places where lots of these big companies exist? It's like asking others, what would you do if you couldn't buy a fancy toy from a big city toy store?
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