"Investing" in the financial world is merely a symptom of a sinister illness in our money
Oh, and that house you bought is going down forever
I don't make the rules!!!
279 sats \ 1 reply \ @tomlaies 13 Oct 2023
None, people in my family are financially literate for at least 3 gen.
The people that are not into Bitcoin are still smart enough to understand the advantage of a hard money.
Sounds like you just want provocation. Childish.
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19 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 13 Oct 2023
It’s that deep.
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346 sats \ 1 reply \ @kr 13 Oct 2023
pensions are a ponzi scheme
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38 sats \ 0 replies \ @jeff 13 Oct 2023
Similarly, "defined benefit pensions cannot be relied upon, there are scenarios where the payouts are worthless or cropped".
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53 sats \ 1 reply \ @bzzzt 13 Oct 2023
Literally anything not aligned with Paul Krugmans 'economics'
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @k00b 13 Oct 2023
Rough. I'd put myself up for adoption.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @lunanto 14 Oct 2023
Multi level marketing is one of the biggest scam ever
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @027067d654 14 Oct 2023
Advocating for the acceleration of money printing to hasten the decline of the USD.
Saying that paper money is just little pieces of paper.
Saying that fixed income and pensions won't be enough to afford food in the future.
Suggesting taking out massive loans to buy and hold bitcoin (speculative attack).
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @halalmoney 13 Oct 2023
We are all ethical obliged to extract ourselves from the current monetary system. If you are able to do so with only 1% of your wealth but choose not to then you will be on the wrong side of history.
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43 sats \ 2 replies \ @k00b 13 Oct 2023
At least with my dad, "Apple stock is not a risk free savings vehicle."
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 13 Oct 2023
With my mom, "chick-fil-a sandwiches are not an investment class."
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100 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 13 Oct 2023
Oh man my mother needs to hear this too
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39 sats \ 1 reply \ @2bithits 13 Oct 2023
"Inflation is theft" should do the trick
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @chaoticalHeavy 14 Oct 2023
I was just thinking most people can't define what inflation is: an increase in the money supply. You could say: inflation of the supply of fiat but I think that would confuse people who already are confused by the term.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @billiam 14 Oct 2023
Taxation is theft.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @TheBTCManual 14 Oct 2023
LOL that real estate has been going down for the last 40 years, always triggers people, they really think they are building wealth
Oh and that wages are lower than ever, my family can't get their head around purchasing power versus a nominal figure
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 14 Oct 2023
amazing how we all just assume that "prices go up" over time like WTF
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Ray 14 Oct 2023
Interest rates on a hard money standard will reflect the real cost of borrowing money.
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22 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK 13 Oct 2023
At my patent's table we had totally free speech. But they regulated the hierarchy and the form in a veeery strict manner.
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21 sats \ 1 reply \ @PoolcleanerSteve 13 Oct 2023
That fiat money makes people eat tofu to try fix the weather
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @birdeye21 OP 14 Oct 2023
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @duvel 14 Oct 2023
That a large number of politicians are psychopaths looking for absolute control.
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