Great to see the continued work by both Argentina to implement BTC policy and to see El Salvador export its knowledge in the area. Esp. since both countries have had similar economic issues and face similar issues with the international community!
51 sats \ 8 replies \ @rizzling 27 May
Argentinia is a damn bullshit genocide loving country. but btc is for everyone :P
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38 sats \ 5 replies \ @Cje95 OP 27 May
I mean El Salvador recently went with suspending individuals rights and mass incarcerating males to stop crime so I mean the two of them make sense in a way....
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100 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 27 May
Both countries have a history of government atrocities under strongmen and the guise of traditional/conservative values.
The interested reader can search "El Mozote massacre" and "Argentina's Dirty War."
I am super skeptical of Latin American strongmen. Sometimes I get a paranoid thought if the estimated number of criminals in El Salvador was fudged to justify mass incarceration.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 28 May
Strong men in any/every country bother me. I can't think of one who ever left office peacefully. Leaders who have transformed their country or came in with crazy support like Nelson Mandela for example I wouldn't call a strong man.
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30 sats \ 2 replies \ @anon 27 May
I mean, every indication is that a high % of the entire El Salvadorian population really were criminals. They literally tattooed it on their faces. I don't see how you can complain about mass incarceration if a "mass" of people really are criminals.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 28 May
Lets take a family. If one brother had the tattoo then his father, brothers, and all male children were arrested regardless of the age, health, or any other evidence. Not to mention there was never any trials, charges, etc. for a huge number of them.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Bell_curve 27 May
Exactly
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @anon 27 May
Genocide loving? How so?
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @rizzling 27 May
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/2/6/argentina-president-javier-milei-says-plans-to-move-embassy-to-jerusalem
Milei calls himslef a 'libertarian'....that's an insult to all real libertarians....
He's nothing but a disgusting blabbermouth without a backbone who will do anything for money. He has merely understood how to deceive... may he burn in hell.
A people that allows such a person to actively support the atrocities carried out by the terrorist organization Israel in the name of the country is nothing but a bunch of inferior scum.
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10 sats \ 4 replies \ @cryotosensei 27 May
Will be curious to know if @didiplaywell has had experience using sats to pay for his expenses in his motherland!
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20 sats \ 3 replies \ @didiplaywell 28 May
Every single day :)
For my food, I pay in BTC directly. For everything else, I use an app that act as "automatic exchanges", where I spend BTC but the payee receives local currency. Those "automatic exchanges" here are Belo and Lemon. I have both just in case, but always use Belo.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 28 May
That is fantastic to hear!
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Carresan 28 May
Do they work in reverse mode? Someone pays you in local currency and you receive BTC?
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @didiplaywell 28 May
You can configure them to do so, yes :)
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Msd0457890 28 May
Latin America is having an active participation in the digital 🌎 world.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taurus 28 May
We will probably and hopefully have more and more countries implementing bitcoin in the future. Each time one country faces critical money issue, bitcoin will be there to save the value of their citizens. Bitcoin is the solution, implement it
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Athena 28 May
IMO, Argentina should take exact path as did El Salvador. Argentina should make Bitcoin legal currency.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Akg10s33 28 May
El Salvador is growing continuously and is an example for all of Latin America. I wish my country Venezuela could have a president like that of El Salvador.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 28 May
It is amazing and really sad that Venezuela was once the wealthiest country in Latin America... It is wild what has happened since 2001 and goes to show how quickly corruption can wreck a country.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitcoinAbhi 28 May
Is it true?
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 28 May
With the last admin yes and it seems like with this new Admin they are also moving in that direction. I would say that the request for help from El Salvador is a key thing because it could help Argentina navigate transforming their system like El Salvador did.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Satosora 27 May
Imagine if all of South America gets on the same page.
How much could they influence the btc economy?
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 28 May
The key would be the amount of BTC they would have. They would have the possibility to have unseen influence but in an area that has recently had a huge issue with strong men and corruption, it makes BTC look less appeasing to them since people would be able to track them.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Satosora 28 May
Is it the amount?
Or if they just implement it and start using it?
I think that will be more influence than just hoarding it like we do in the US.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @guts 27 May
Good starting point
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @eightiespleb 27 May
Education is still ways to go, because they are talking about crapto too.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 27 May
If you only teach one and not the other I think it is worse than having no education because a balance well rounded is key. If people want to throw their money at something other than BTC I mean you deserve to have the freedom to make that choice.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @eightiespleb 27 May
I agree, its freedom of choice.
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