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1198 sats \ 14 replies \ @siggy47 5 Nov 2023
I put on the tin foil hat I keep close at hand and listened to Whitney Webb on TFTC last night. She's convinced that a cyber attack false flag will hit the financial system within the next year, with the purpose of implementing CBDCs and a new user ID/KYC internet. I didn't sleep well.
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547 sats \ 1 reply \ @TomK OP 5 Nov 2023
Always think of the incentives. The Fed owners clearly have no interest in a retail CBDC. Wholesale (FedNow) yes. Look at the ECB: As I told You they now need at least another 5 years to start a test. Not going to happen. Resistance is growing especially here in the south.
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41 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 5 Nov 2023
She did mention fednow first, followed eventually by CBDCs.
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1199 sats \ 5 replies \ @elvismercury 6 Nov 2023
Marty Bent = poster child for audience capture. It's sad, his was one of the first btc-related media I read every day. Now you know everything that will ever come out of his mouth.
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152 sats \ 2 replies \ @bitcoin_rationalist 6 Nov 2023
Interesting, you are the first bitcoiner that I’ve heard be critical towards Bent. I’m curious- do you think he is not authentic?
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438 sats \ 1 reply \ @elvismercury 6 Nov 2023
Oh no, there is no question in my mind that he's authentic. The question is: authentically what?
He went from "hey maybe this btc thing is important, maybe I should learn about it" to swallowing the hook on every possible conspiracy or tinfoil hat thing he ever brushes against. He recognizes that existing systems produce some bad effects, and instead of digging into the complexity of the world, he sort of relaxes into his circlejerking like it's a warm bath. You probably have hyper-liberal and hyper-conservative friends who do the same thing. It's a familiar archetype.
He seems like he's got a good heart. That's half the problem.
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152 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoin_rationalist 6 Nov 2023
That’s a good perspective @elvismercury, and also a good check for me when ingesting his podcasts 🤜🤛
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173 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 6 Nov 2023
Did you post this article recently, or did I read it somewhere else? Good link.
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238 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 6 Nov 2023
I post it every time I realistically can ;)
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342 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 5 Nov 2023
That interview was an eye opening for many.
Because is fucking true.
https://i.postimg.cc/Kz3vS74B/darth_cbdc_compliance.jpg
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248 sats \ 3 replies \ @grayruby 5 Nov 2023
That was a wild episode.
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70 sats \ 2 replies \ @siggy47 5 Nov 2023
It's strange watching her as she speaks. I expect her to take out her knitting as she describes a global financial meltdown.
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310 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 5 Nov 2023
At least You have a discussion. Over here there is nothing. Silence. Stupidity and agony
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248 sats \ 0 replies \ @grayruby 5 Nov 2023
I didn't watch it. Only listened to audio but yes she is pretty nonchalant considering the subject of discussion.
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10 sats \ 0 replies \ @bitcoin_rationalist 5 Nov 2023
Must watch.
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295 sats \ 1 reply \ @BitByBit21 5 Nov 2023
Not your bank, not your money.
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 5 Nov 2023
That's it. And now we need to educate the herd... uuufff
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16 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 5 Nov 2023
CBDCs are coming
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8 sats \ 0 replies \ @blocktock 5 Nov 2023
First...
- Chaos.
- Social unrest.
- People calling for Government help & intervention.
A playbook as old as time itself.
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52 sats \ 1 reply \ @lightwalker 5 Nov 2023
They have only one goal. Trying to prevent people from using Bitcoin.
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11 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 5 Nov 2023
And hodling the sh.t out of it for themselves and their rotten camarilla of political parasites.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @fm 6 Nov 2023
clearly russian hackers..
or north koreans..
no wait.. hamas.. its hamas for sure
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21 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 6 Nov 2023
Noooo. It's the Taliban using US equipment
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nullama 6 Nov 2023
GrapheneOS for mobile phones.
Linux or BSD for computers.
You don't need an account from a big tech to use your devices.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @lonestarr 6 Nov 2023
Probably a manufactured excuse to make FedNOW look like our savior from old and decrepit ACH. Interesting times
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 6 Nov 2023
FedNow is a wholesale ''CBDC''.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @gnilma 5 Nov 2023
Meanwhile, we're here going tick tock next block.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TomK OP 6 Nov 2023
That is what is all about. I do not want to say ''enjoy'' the sh.t show but in a way... it's interesting watching Fiat Fantasyland crash
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @BlokchainB 5 Nov 2023
😕
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