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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 10h \ parent \ on: What I *still* cannot understand is the tone-deafness and absolute fantasy... bitcoin
I want to know what exactly it is you expect bitcoiners to do? Violence? really?
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I would prefer it not get to violence. However, using history as a guide, I don’t believe it’s possible. I think “The Creature from Jekyll Island” (TCFJI) is only allowing Bitcoin to exist today because Bitcoin is not threatening their system at all. I think they probably orchestrated something in the early days (2015-ish) of Bitcoin to ensure it would remain benign. If and when Bitcoin starts to seriously threaten the fiat system, they will turn this into a real fight.
They won’t attack it directly. They’ll start a global war or something, and use the cover of the war to destroy small Bitcoin communities and node runners.
There are only 3 possible outcomes.
  1. Bitcoin remains a KYC’d, “investment”. Digital Gold. It NEVER threatens the fiat system.
  2. People start using Bitcoin for trade and daily transactions so much that the fiat system becomes seriously threatened. TCFJI can’t do anything about it because there are so many node runners and hodlers around the globe. Bitcoin pulls off the trojan horse narrative.
  3. People start using Bitcoin for trade and daily transactions so much that the fiat system becomes seriously threatened. TCFJI fights back. They have infinite resources, and have been preparing for decades. Bitcoiners are faced with a choice to fight or to lay low and let TCFJI execute their plans, thus continuing to enslave the world.
I think #2 is what Bitcoiners think is going to happen, and I think they’re wrong. Option #1 and #3 are much more likely, in my opinion. Option #2 is naive.
It’s not that I want violence. It’s that I want to see Bitcoiners ready to take it that far if need be. There needs to be a greater distaste for fiat. I’m not saying we should start a rebellion tomorrow. I’d be satisfied if I just saw more of an effort to STOP using fiat, even if it means being seriously inconvenienced or jailed.
I don’t want to see violence, but I’d like to see a sense of urgency which I feel is non-existent in the current culture.
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