Discuss this Quote- Garfield (not the cat)
655 sats \ 8 comments \ @grayruby 17 Mar BooksAndArticles
Trying something a bit different this week on discuss this quote. Typically I like to focus on a quote that I really enjoy and get stackers' interpretation and thoughts on it.
This week, let me try something bitcoin adjacent and see what kind of conversation it elicits.
In what seems to be a paraphrase of Mayer Rothschild's famous comment "Give me control of a nation's money and I care not who makes the laws.", former US President James A Garfield once said:
"He who controls the money supply of a nation controls the nation." - James A Garfield
There is your red meat stackers. Have at it.
Looking forward to the discussion.
Cheers, GR
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269 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 17 Mar
I'll answer your quote with another quote:
"He who pays the piper calls the tune."
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 17 Mar
Oh I have one about teaching
I've come to a frightening conclusion that I am the decisive element in the classroom. It's my personal approach that creates the climate. It's my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I possess a tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous. ~Haim Ginott
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23 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 17 Mar
Probably why Rothschild didn’t care who made the laws because he was “calling their tune”.
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80 sats \ 3 replies \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Mar
He who controls the money supply of world controls the world.
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64 sats \ 2 replies \ @grayruby OP 17 Mar
Yes, definitely a more connected and globalized world than it was in Rothschild and Garfield’s time so I think that would be an apt adaptation for modern times.
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50 sats \ 1 reply \ @0xbitcoiner 17 Mar
bitcoin fix this ?
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64 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby OP 17 Mar
Let’s hope
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50 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 17 Mar
Oh for sure.
Using Singapore as an example. It has approved Circle to operate here, is investing heavily in CBDCs & allows us to pay for our utilities bill with Bitcoin
It’s earning revenue from all sources haha
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