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Pam Bondi still can’t give release date for delayed Epstein files a month after missing deadline (www.independent.co.uk)
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[–] -4 points 9 months ago (8 children)

This is why a general strike, while difficult to pull off, is the only way to fight back.

Try to escalate with violence, insurrection act, more dead innocent people.

You've got to fuck with the money. Money is the lifeblood of capitalism, and capitalism has stolen too much from the common person.

They can either fix capitalism and make sure we all benefit, or we have to burn it down and find something better.

Also,. Bitcoin is financial sovereignty. Make sure you're not one of the last ones to figure that out. And no I'm not interested in arguing about that with anyone.

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  • [–] 10 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    You had me until the last line. Yuck.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    While I agree with you, it should not be something that divides us. It's a debatable point between reasonable people. Let's settle the big stuff first, and look at the details later. And withhold judgement

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    The issue is more about tieing such a great point (general strike) to something divisive and unrelated (bitcoin). It muddies the message of the former while attracting discussion about the latter.

    On top of that, I can't imagine what the barricades will look like if bitcoin is required/accepted there. If money is involved, the revolution is already lost.

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  • [–] 1 point 9 months ago

    See this is the problem, people's knowledge of Bitcoin is still so meagre that comments like this while well-intentioned, come off as ignorant to those who actually took time (and many years) to understand it.

    Tieing it together, what you're framing as a criticism is exactly the point. Bitcoin is a direct threat to the economic forces that allow corporations to use policy to unfairly enrich themselves at our expense. And no one has been able to touch it, let alone kill it. You hear about Bitcoin ETFs, banks buying for high net worth clients and sovereign strategic Bitcoin reserves....and people still think "scam"? No, that's capitulation. You can't beat them so join them.

    If someone reading this has honest to god not taken the time to learn about Bitcoin but has been a loud critic over the years, give your head a shake. At least learn about it so you have a rational argument against it.

    I've posted this many times before, and I'm sure I will again, but still, to this day, no one has been able to offer me an actual argument against Bitcoin that holds up. It's always based on false assumptions ("It uses too much electricity" = True, but no one can enforce a ban without hurting themselves economically, therefore the electricity problem is inevitable....."It has no fundamental/material value" = I have no idea how Bitcoin actually works, so I can't envision how an immutable blockchain with a hard supply limit and massive network effect can possibly have any value)

    I said I wouldn't argue but I can't help screaming into the void. I did it with climate change 20 years ago, did it with MAGA 10 years ago, and I'm doing it with Bitcoin now. I talk about Bitcoin not because I want other people to drive up the value of my holdings, but because it's actually an amazing and elegant solution that was given to humanity as a gift, and I wish more people would see that.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    Thank you. This means more for me, and genuinely makes me happy.

    Edit: In the interest of trying to be a good guy, I'd like to suggest that if you agreed with me right up until the end, you might want to consider why someone with very similar feelings and beliefs has this kind of conviction about Bitcoin. If you're just an "all crypto is trash" person because of vibes, you're no different than MAGA believing the things they do without bothering to learn.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    If you can't help but flash your bitcoin-shaped dick during a completely irrelevant conversation, I'm not the one who has a problem.

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  • [–] -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

    Ok, I don't feel like being a good guy anymore.

    If all you have to say about a demonstrably relevant topic is that you're too fucking stupid to even try to understand it, then I sincerely hope you don't bother to.

    One of my favorite quotes I like to lean on when dealing with the aggressively ignorant is "Bitcoin is everything people don't understand about computers combined with everything people don't understand about money." That's you pal, good luck!

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