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Great book. Been telling friends about it. One finished before me. Thanks @SimpleStacker. I plan to write up my thoughts though your review makes me self-conscious about doing so. You really set a high bar.
The system is intentionally confusing. Absurdly so. That is if you want to really understand it to the level I did.
To be clear, this change affects your true up. So even if you don't produce more than what you consume it affects your true up
True... but the "credits" is just the name for the price the energy company agrees to pay you for power you sell them.
@SimpleStacker you may wanna check this out.
Why did I suggest you might be a troll. Stuff like this.
Kepford ignores how the Bitcoin as Gold narrative encourages use of Bitcoin as a speculative commodity and discourages use as a MoE. Kepford cannot see how a world where Bitcoin is mostly used as a speculative commodity tracked and traced and taxed substantially reduces the threat it poses to fiat as fiats power comes primarily from its state backed monopoly over MoE.
I ignore this? I literally describe what people think of when they compare bitcoin to gold. I then go on to explain why their view of gold is wrong. Then I say this
My belief is that people that think bitcoin is only a viable store of value don't really understand bitcoin.
I'm not ignoring anything. You seem to either not comprehend what I write or just don't read it.
I go on to say
So what am I saying? Bitcoin isn't digital gold but its a good analog. If you could make gold digital is would be great money. Bitcoin is a great store of value for the same reasons gold has been. Bitcoin however can be sent across great distances with ease and at the same time it can be stored for long periods of time at low cost. It is better than gold in both ways.
I then literally say what you say I'm ignoring.
It is better than gold in both ways. As a store of value and medium of exchange. I can't send an oz of gold across the globe in seconds. I can't validate the authenticity of my gold with a simple computer.
Yes the state is going to try to keep their monopoly on MoE as long as they can. That's not what this post is about. Its about gold and how it was once a MoE and why it isn't any longer. And also why bitcoin is like a digital gold. One that doesn't have the same weakness that led to gold being only a SoV.
Does that make sense? I think we mostly agree and you just want to argue. LOL.
The average man doesn't understand they they are not enlightened enough to understand all this stuff.
The government is a small club and you and I aren't in it.
Let's be honest. You and I are also self-interested. I don't know anyone that isn't. I'm sure you have been guilty of hypocrisy before. I know I have. We are very good as humans at moralizing our choices and opinions.
Exactly. The slow march to tyranny is paved with this stuff. People wanting to enforce their world view on others. Using the power of the state to do so. Almost always wrapped in virtue.
Its not a popular position but its mine. Both sides are hypocrites
Yes, and so are the other side. Neither side broadly demonstrate while in power the values of rejecting the abuse of power. People of all stripes want to enforce their world view on others that do not hold the same one. They dress it up in slogans but my years of watching and listening to people in the US has taught me this.
To paraphrase Dr Paul. One day these walls could be used to keep people in, not out.
Mandibles. Food for thought.
Is LAPD gonna start mining now? Civil Asset Forfeiture. Tax payer funded mining to sustain the PD...
Yeah, not gonna happen.
Exactly. Its pretty clear that the Washington elites not only don't like the average Joe, they despise them. They view them as simpletons that don't understand how grateful they should be to have such great leaders.
Its not that complicated. You are likely over-thinking it.
The central thing with most of them is that they correctly understand that most politicians do not care nor represent their views or values. These are people that are patriotic and value traditional American values. Trump, to them fights for them. He demonstrates that he cares about what they care about to them. He seems to not care what the typical politician cares about. He can be called names and hated as he holds his ground. He's their champion. He's their strong man. I started to get this back in 2016 when I would talk to his fans. They overlook MANY flaws because of all this.
Most people are not ideological. They want what they want and don't care if it makes sense. They want medicad and all the government for them but not for people not like them. They aren't anti-government. They are anti-government they don't like. They are massively inconsistent. So is the other side.
Realizing this stuff helped me communicate and get along with Trump people. I get it. I don't agree with them but I get it. Its not hard to get. You have to be able to empathize a bit and it helps if you have relationships with people like this. They are not terrible people. Most are not racists or anything like what they are portrayed as. They aren't perfect by any means but they are just fed up with the liberal world order and what it has done in their minds. They have some points for sure. I just disagree with the response.