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> Oh yeah, and those same people later cry foul when they get robbed of their money because it was not protected in any way. Can you give an example? Do you ac

> Oh yeah, and those same people later cry foul when they get robbed of their money because it was not protected in any way. Can you give an example? Do you actually know any of these people? > Suddenly everybody wants crypto but with protections Not me, So not everybody. > There is a reason why money and banking is regulated -- to protect little guys from getting scammed right and left. The reason is that their protocols are inherently unsafe. Similarly, there is a reason Bitcoin was made to be unregulated -- to protect the little guys from having their share devalued by trillion dollar bail-outs for the super rich. > orders of magnitude better than crypto free for all Better for who? Maybe better for you, but certainly not everyone. > Take a look at The Last of Us if you want to know what happens The video game?? > It lets you live, travel and do business in relative safety. Speak for yourself. Not everyone is safe. That's an increasingly rare privilege as the wealth divide grows, and many people attribute this divide to our monetary system.

JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago
> The video game?? I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect our pop culture is being intentionally Marvel-ized to keep full-grown adults' mental models of the world at a grade school level. (We have to stop Voldemort!! Captain Gandalf needs our support, and people who question him are traitors!!) > Speak for yourself. Not everyone is safe. That's an increasingly rare privilege as the wealth divide grows, and many people attribute this divide to our monetary system. The crux of the issue, I think, and why I doubt decentralized stores of value will be legal for much longer. "Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws!" - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, probably apocryphally
- x-complexity 4y ago
  (twawaaay) > > > Take a look at The Last of Us if you want to know what happens (mike741) > > The video game?? (JPws_Prntr_Fngr) > I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect our pop culture is being intentionally Marvel-ized to keep full-grown adults' mental models of the world at a grade school level. (We have to stop Voldemort!! Captain Gandalf needs our support, and people who question him are traitors!!) This article sums it up: https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555/https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/12/political-disney-world.html#:~:text=Back%20to%20Disney%20movies https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555/https://waitbutwh.... Essentially, what has happened is the application of Disney movie/show narratives taken outside of their intended context: What was meant as the starting point for guiding children on morality has instead been used as the ultimate end-goal & a shining beacon of what is considered to be moral or immoral. In simpler terms, this is the "Disney-ification" of the political world: We're the good ones, they're the enemy, they must be opposed/defeated/unalived. From the article: > In high-rung politics, it’s understood that people aren’t 1s and 0s—they’re all 0.5s, each in their own messy, complicated, unique way. And to people who see people as 0.5s, it’s clear that PDW narratives not only dehumanize their opponents, they dehumanize everybody into fake cartoon people. > https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555im_/https://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/18-dehumanization-1-600x397.png https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555im_/https://28oa9i...
bathory 4y ago
you don't want an insured deposit because you are your own back right? libertarian cryptotard

JPws_Prntr_Fngr 4y ago

> The video game?? I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect our pop culture is being intentionally Marvel-ized to keep full-grown adults' mental models of the world at a grade school level. (We have to stop Voldemort!! Captain Gandalf needs our support, and people who question him are traitors!!) > Speak for yourself. Not everyone is safe. That's an increasingly rare privilege as the wealth divide grows, and many people attribute this divide to our monetary system. The crux of the issue, I think, and why I doubt decentralized stores of value will be legal for much longer. "Permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws!" - Mayer Amschel Rothschild, probably apocryphally

x-complexity 4y ago
(twawaaay) > > > Take a look at The Last of Us if you want to know what happens (mike741) > > The video game?? (JPws_Prntr_Fngr) > I can't prove it, but I strongly suspect our pop culture is being intentionally Marvel-ized to keep full-grown adults' mental models of the world at a grade school level. (We have to stop Voldemort!! Captain Gandalf needs our support, and people who question him are traitors!!) This article sums it up: https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555/https://waitbutwhy.com/2019/12/political-disney-world.html#:~:text=Back%20to%20Disney%20movies https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555/https://waitbutwh.... Essentially, what has happened is the application of Disney movie/show narratives taken outside of their intended context: What was meant as the starting point for guiding children on morality has instead been used as the ultimate end-goal & a shining beacon of what is considered to be moral or immoral. In simpler terms, this is the "Disney-ification" of the political world: We're the good ones, they're the enemy, they must be opposed/defeated/unalived. From the article: > In high-rung politics, it’s understood that people aren’t 1s and 0s—they’re all 0.5s, each in their own messy, complicated, unique way. And to people who see people as 0.5s, it’s clear that PDW narratives not only dehumanize their opponents, they dehumanize everybody into fake cartoon people. > https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555im_/https://28oa9i1t08037ue3m1l0i861-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/18-dehumanization-1-600x397.png https://web.archive.org/web/20210122122555im_/https://28oa9i...

bathory 4y ago

you don't want an insured deposit because you are your own back right? libertarian cryptotard