Daniel @daniel@campduffel.social

I've heard it said that the older you get, the more conservative you get. For me though, the older I get, the more I identify with Hawkeye, at least politically. #Russia #Ukraine #politics

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@MMA and @itztheschnitz in a Toot reminded me of the book 1984.

When I first read 1984 way back in 1972, it seemed so far out there that I figured I would never see any of it happen even though the "cool" rock stars and lefties of the day warned against it.

But in 1973 my city got it's first police helicopter. Soon the first personal computers arrived and law enforcement embraced them. Coupled with the radios they had it was now possible to run warrants during a traffic stop.

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The Euro was launched in 1992, it's 30 years old this year.

Bitcoin was launched in 2009, it's 13 years old this year.

In 2024 bitcoin will be half the age of the Euro.

I wonder which will last longer?

They are very different projects.

Bottom up vs top down.

The modern dollar and GBP launched in about 1972 when the gold standard ended. They're about 50 years old. Bitcoin's been up over 20% of the time that the modern dollar has existed.

Probably the dollar and the pound will be replaced by central bank digital currencies rather than properly collapse I suppose.

That's basically just a state bank-account. Tax auto-deducted. Benefits auto-paid. Blockable by the fuzz in the event you're accused of a crime, rightly or wrongly. For legitimate or political reasons.

The future of money looks weird and politically charged whether a top-down or bottom-up system would take over.

Either way we may regret giving up cash money.

Wtf I'm bugging out.

FTMFW

It deeply saddens me that JP is the voice and face of truth. God bless him.

Watch "Canadian Freedom Convoy is WINNING?!" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/czdJqC3ujRw

This is amazing. Printing gifs.