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100 sats \ 3 replies \ @guerratotal 3 Jun \ on: Revenues from Tariffs Spiked to $23 Billion in May, up by 168% (wolfstreet) econ
Tariffs are just another form of stealth taxation. When corporations dodge income taxes, the system finds another way to extract value — this time at the border. But let’s be clear: tariffs don’t hurt the corporations in the long run; they hurt the people. They distort markets, raise friction, and punish productivity.
It’s fascinating how fiat systems always end up feeding on themselves — squeezing producers, consumers, and entrepreneurs until there’s nothing left but debt, inflation, and trade barriers.
Bitcoin fixes this. A neutral, borderless monetary network with no central authority, no tariffs, no manipulation. Just voluntary exchange. The more the fiat system tightens its grip, the more people wake up to the alternative.
But wouldn't it be reasonable to think that if they can't print money, that taxes will go up even more?
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Yep, exactly. If they can’t print, they’ll squeeze harder with taxes. That’s how fiat works—always shifting the burden to the people. Another reason why Bitcoin matters.
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I can't really imagine an outcome where the current form of governance, with huge, inefficient, warring nation states, will be capable to deal with a situation where they can't print or tax excessively.
To this day I see Bitcoin as a tool for the people, not states, not corporations: Bitcoiners opting out of the larger system, not the larger system opting in to Bitcoin. I don't really see a need for all-encompassing adoption.
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