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Yes, and they just want to "own the libs".

They will find excuses to cut funding for the liberal universities.

I hope so 😁

They really should get the domain we.ro

Imagine, you need a payment and just send a link like we.ro/john67

Economic mobility is usually determined by things like IQ, EQ and other marketable skills. So I don't really know if your proposal is the right way to measure it. But such data would at least give some insight.

In the USA, most research I have seen says they have low economic mobility, because the rich have access to the best schools, etc.

But still, it's not zero. Both JD Vance and AOC are examples of economic mobility.

One of them still fights (or appears to fight) for the class they came from, the other is successfully recruited to serve the interests of the ruling class.

Were they born in 1908 (and ignoring race and gender for the moment), then probably both of them would have been leaders for the working class.

True, but nowadays most people don't work in factories.

The modern equivalent would be the cashiers of Walmart and the baristas of Starbucks.

Again, why comment on something when you don't understand it?

You definitely don't need a stable supply of energy to own and trade Bitcoin. You don't even need markets or exchanges. You don't need a stable internet connection, or an internet connection at all. You just need the ability to send a minuscule amount of data to the internet. And you could even do it by passing a piece of paper to someone who has the ability to connect to a proxy.

Fucking poor kids in Africa own bitcoin. Usually through a very cheap prepaid mobile phone plan that doesn't even have proper internet access. In fact, it is rapidly replacing USD cash as a store of value in the third world. Don't talk out of your ass if you've never been to a third world country.

Only mining is energy intensive, but it can be done anywhere.

Also, when it comes to Russia, Ukrainian intelligence is top notch due to historical ties.

But TBH, I do think Europe needs to find a way to make peace with Russia and with the Middle-East, specifically Turkey, Egypt and Iran.

They are our direct neighbours. The cold war idea that we could have a powerful friend across an ocean, while having strained relationships with our direct neighbours just isn't going to be a good strategy going forward.

Correct, but there is a lot of nuance.

Indeed, when things get bad, the public is willing to take risks. When everything is good enough, they don't revolt.

However, successful revolts do require intelligent and capable leaders.

What the rich have realized, is that if they ensure smart and skilled kids get picked out of the drudgery and get comfortable working for the rich, then the exploited class will not really have anyone to lead them.

Put another way, in 1908, every factory had a few leaders working at the lowest levels. And they are the ones who spearheaded strikes and such.

Nowadays, society is really stratified in terms of skill.

Anyone who grew up poor, but had talent to organize, probably ended up in some kind of middle management or professional job and makes 2x the average.

Convincing these people to have class solidarity is difficult. Only a few of them actually see the bigger. Those tend to become middle or upper management or politicians, making 3-5x the average workers salary. And of those, only a very select few are willing to fight for the common man.

So yeah, the rich engineered a system that they can control. To actually change anything is going to be very difficult.

No. Why comment if you don't understand the technology?

If done properly (i.e. self-custody and good OpSec), no one can know if you own bitcoin and how much. And if you are really paranoid, the more obscure privacy coins like Monero make it very easy to conceal your holdings. Which is why they are getting banned across the world.

So no one can take it through force, because they don't even know you have it.

Imagine walking up to someone with a large wrench and beating them until they give you the keys to their Monero.

Maybe 0.001 percent of people actually have Monero. The other 99.99% of people you torture will not have anything.

So what if Gilead takes over and you have to escape to Canada to be safe?

Good luck taking property or physical assets across a border. But crypto... Easy peasy.

Lmao, this is obviously a troll.

It's not even satire, just straight up trolling.

When you use the cover, guess what gets blocked? The cameras.

So no more sentry mode.

This just makes the cybertruck an even more attractive target.

Respectfully disagree.

Sure, there are scam coins that benefit Trump.

But Trump doesn't control bitcoin and other decentralized coins. No country can control it. Therefore, it's a safe haven in times of uncertainty.

And I rather hold Bitcoin than physical gold. Much easier to protect, transfer and sell compared to physical gold.

Yes, we want that. But sadly those incentive structures don't exist to my knowledge.

In my company we are looking at a relatively big niche IT purchase.

The European alternative is quite good, and more innovative than, but not yet on par with, the US alternative.

If 2-3 companies like ours would choose the European competitor, they would have enough references and revenue to be able to compete on a global level.

The irony is that there is a non-European company from a very small country that is also very good and their country is known to really stimulate domestic production.

In the EU, our IT policy really sucks.