Opting Out of the System

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paul.stakeHero Member
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#1Aug 26, 2020, 08:09 PM
You were never really meant to be free. This whole lack of freedom wasn’t a mistake in the system's design. It’s intentional, not some result of "economic scarcity." Just take a look around. There’s more wealth in the world now than ever before in human history. We’ve got more energy, better automation, and way more productivity. What used to need a whole community can now be done by just one machine. You’d think this would make life better for everyone, right? But it hasn’t happened. Instead, people grind away for 8 hours a day at jobs they can’t stand, just to afford cheap soy burgers 'cause real meat is out of reach. If we let automation actually help everyone, folks wouldn’t be in such a rush. And if they weren’t in a rush, they’d start to think. And if they started thinking, they’d realize something really unsettling: the people at the top aren’t contributing in line with what they take. You’re not kept busy to help the economy grow. You’re kept busy so you don’t notice what’s really going on. Inflation isn’t just some economic hiccup; it’s a tool for keeping everyone obedient on a global scale. It’s the thing that prevents the Uncomfortable Questions from coming up. Bitcoin isn’t scary because it can’t be censored. It’s scary because it remembers. It has this unchangeable record. Once something is written on it, it stays there forever. The biggest weapon of the powers that be was never brute force. It was their ability to rewrite the past. To change history so that the present can’t be evaluated against it. Every ten minutes, Bitcoin serves as a reminder that it refuses to forget. When people can save without their money losing value, they start thinking about the future.
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t0m2020Senior Member
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#2Aug 26, 2020, 09:06 PM
And how we forget, just being able to read this is a privilege, just being able to comprehend the message, and agree, says that we have that opportunity to be dangerous. And a shame if we did not take it. For those who cannot. For those who will never see this message. For they are kept busy. And illiterate in every possible way.
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hypergasFull Member
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#3Aug 27, 2020, 02:16 AM
Let's give more merit for this topic! I don't have any to give. You posted one of the best things I've read recently. Bitcoin still gives hope to some people, and several of your points are a good reminder of that hope.   Also, "none are so blind as those who refuse to see" since many people know something is wrong, but they are too scared or already gave up.
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jakeminerMember
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#4Aug 29, 2020, 12:26 PM
Damn, that hit hard. Reading this felt like someone finally said out loud what I've been piecing together for years. You're right there's never been more abundance in raw terms, tech, energy, food production, we could all be living way easier lives. But instead, most of us are grinding harder than ever just to stay in place, eating the cheap processed stuff while the real wealth concentrates at the top. It's not an accident, it's by design. Keep people exhausted, in debt, chasing the next paycheck, and they don't have the bandwidth to question why the game's rigged. Inflation as a control tool? Yeah, that rings true. It's like a hidden tax that erodes savings quietly, forcing everyone back into the treadmill. No wonder sound money ideas like Bitcoin scare the hell out of the system, it's not just about payments, it's a ledger that can't be fudged, can't be rewritten. In a world where history gets edited to suit the powerful (straight out of Orwell, something that remembers forever is revolutionary. It gives people a shot at real long-term planning, at building something that isn't diluted away. The moment you see it that clearly, yeah, you do become a little dangerous. Not in a violent way, but because you stop playing along blindly. Appreciate you putting it so raw. Wakes you up.
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p1x3l365Senior Member
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#5Aug 29, 2020, 01:23 PM
For as many as needed the freedom is a threat to those who don't want you to be free. So also is as many of them who enjoys supremacy may enclave and blindfolds you with Job opportunities to keep you busy so that you don't even know how poor and vulnerable you've been made, you may feel cool because at the end of the day, week or month you'd get paid but doesn't realize your privileges is cut short. Definitely money rules the world and so many of them that're tasty of power will discourage you from adopting bitcoin and projects you to the system where they can have dominion over you. As many of them are also indulged on corruptions under a system that their transaction histories can be wiped against future reference, so they'd be scared to adopt bitcoin that stores transaction histories forever. So to them it's like NOWHERE TO RUN and NOWHERE TO HIDE instead, they lays propagandas that bitcoin with its concept is a technology for illegalities. Meanwhile their fear that compasses the attributes is how they'd be catch-up in due time with bitcoin Wallet address being able to be on track.
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hypergasFull Member
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#6Aug 29, 2020, 04:26 PM
This thread is/was too good to end so soon, if it was about gambling** there would probably be 8 to 10 pages by now. **Hey, maybe talking about gambling - related to the main topic - will help  When you understand core concepts about freedom, you become "dangerous", and you are gambling with your future. Do you want to the take risks involved with trying to be free, or gamble your entire future on things somehow getting better?
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HyperSageFull Member
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#7Aug 29, 2020, 07:59 PM
We are AWAKE people. Those who are not you need to turn off that snooze and listen up! The soundest money in history is here giving you the ability to move an entire fortune with the click of a mouse that knows no restraint and cannot be stopped by a government authority or communist nation from siezing your entire fortune if you are smart and prepared and have made the necessary arrangements which of course is not all that hard to do. We have seen it time and time again in recent history in vietnam they shut everyones bank account, during recent wars bank accounts were seized in some countries and people without this kind of asset  (BTC) were pretty much screwed. Be prepared and stay with the times! Bitcoin is an insurance policy on your wealth.
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mike100Senior Member
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#8Aug 29, 2020, 09:56 PM
Imagine 8,000,000,000 people living in the same planet, 80,000,000 controlling them in hierarchy, 195 countries have it's own one man administration with a team of 200,000 people covering positions and titles. The question is what number do you have and what do you want to have.
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