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For the record, I retired early at 55 years old, and part of the reason I could, is because of my past luck with bitcoin. I was also smart with my money, stayed debt-free, etc, but bitcoin helped a LOT. So I'm very biased, and this is just my personal opinion. Do not take anything I say as advice! YMMV

Also, crypto IS gambling, so only buy as much as you can afford to lose.

With everything going on in the world right now like bank drama, inflation running wild, global uncertainty, it’s honestly kind of wild that bitcoin is holding up as well as it is. A lot of assets would've dropped off a cliff by now. But bitcoin’s just... sitting there. Doing its thing. That says something.

One of the biggest reasons is that bitcoin isn’t like everything else. It’s got a hard supply cap. There’ll never be more than 21 million of them. That’s a huge deal in a time when governments can print money like it’s nothing. Bitcoin doesn’t play by those rules. It’s simple supply and demand, and when demand spikes, there’s no printing press to bail anybody out.

People like to argue that it’s too volatile, but honestly, that’s just part of how this asset works. It’s newer. It’s still growing. And yet even with all the fear and chaos out there, it hasn’t tanked the way you'd expect a “risky” asset to. If anything, it’s been weirdly steady. You’ve got big institutions quietly buying in now; the same ones that used to trash talk it.

Sure, it might still swing up and down. That’s part of the ride. But every time bitcoin’s written off, it comes back stronger. And lately, it’s been doing a better job holding its value than some so-called “safe” assets. That’s not luck, that’s evolution. It’s maturing in real time.

Nobody’s saying go all-in or bet your retirement on it. But at this point, pretending it doesn’t matter? That’s getting harder to justify. If the last few years have shown anything, it’s that bitcoin was built for moments like this. And so far, it’s proving itself.

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As much as I would like to believe that the economic destruction will one day reverse and common-sense will prevail -- ie. from global beaurocratic bloat (governments growing year-over-year and becoming increasingly less efficient), and ie. government decisions that prioritize immediate spending to transfer wealth from the public sector (our tax dollars) to private contracts (like military spending) -- I base my decisions on statistics and probabilities.

And the statistics say that what has happened over the last 55 years, since the debt snowball accelerated in the 1970s, it will continue well into the future, as this gigantic debt snowball continues to grow and speed-up in momentum.

At this point, it would take a miracle from God Himself to reverse the coming economic catastrophe, as no human or group individually anywhere on this planet has the ability to stop it.

Lacking group consensus and determined will, which is not there, I no longer believe this global economic situation is salvageable without extreme harm to everyone.

And so, judging by past government actions and decisions, and projecting what has been to what will be, the odds favor an acceleration of money printing and inflation.

There's also a saying: "when all else fails, they take you to WAR."

The crumbling global economic mess is creating a lot of war mongering trigger-happy politicians who are, right now, increasing military spending and building up reserves of troops and munitions.

So not only will they destroy the economy, but they are adamant at distracting us with a tangent; once the wars begin, we'll forget all about the financial problems.

Needless to say, I would appreciate if this reality doesn't come to fruition, and I would willingly take a cut in my Bitcoin investments to be proven wrong.

However, I will not hold my breath for a last minute saving grace to steer us away while we're driving 300 km/h into a brick wall.

For this reason, I place my bets on Bitcoin.

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