• explodicle@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    OWS existed because banks were getting bailed out and ordinary people weren’t.

    Since then, an alternative money supply with no bailouts has gained tremendous momentum.

    So we’re still protesting, just in a way that’s harder to shut down for “public safety” reasons. And instead of participation making you worse off, it makes you better off. Over time, adverse selection will leave only bailout recipients using bailout money.

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      5 months ago

      If you’re referring to bitcoin for that alternative money supply then I regret to inform you that it’s manipulated to hell and back, from "stable"coin printing to now ETFs.

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      5 months ago

      People are still getting hosed with that “alternative money system”. It’s the rare person that makes enough and bails out with profits, even rarer gets enough to be wealthy. It’s the “influencer” of money. Everyone thinks they can be the winner, but there’s tens of thousands of failures for each person on the top.