do you find it weird that Lugano has so many btc merchants?

i mean, from what i see from most normies, they don't care much, they're walking right into a digital prison and too busy watching tiktok to notice

Matthew Kratter did a video on him today, the chump has learned zero lessons and has failed to consume any humble pie!

pretty shocking, might be an idea to post on reddit too as they are probably more in the loop of crypto scams (since it wasnt just btc on the wallet)

that is extremly scummy!

i mean how would an AI bot be able to get my btc in cold storage?

for something like a browser hot wallet i get it, i remember a few years back in the nft craze how many peoples metamask were getting hacked from clicking things, random airdrops etc

i think in most things in life a weakness can sometimes be a strength and vice versa, depending on context.

In the case of this kid, it can also be good for you, because it forces you to become a better teacher and figure out new strategies for dealing with kids like him.

i would say the reason it doesn't exist is because Western democracy, while far from perfect, is more robust and has a lot more checks and balances.

Meanwhile, Putin can just say whatever he wants, and it's immediately rubber-stamped into existence.

people like that, self-development practitioners, i would say are more grifters, it's the lost lamb suckers that can't help but be parted from their hard-earned cash that need educating

the EU is made up of many countries and they take forever to agree on the smallest of thing, so they're basically hindered by their own inefficiency.

they would never be able to get to a Russia or China level, or though im sure they'd love that power, as all politicans would

good shout, i'll remember that for my next political tirade lol

Good he was able to get a vpn at least. My in-laws over 50 are all tech illiterate with, unfortunately, no desire to learn.

Honestly, it's so disgusting to watch all this unfold, like things in 2012 were night and day different. Unlike China where it was always hardcore state censorship.

yeah, never go full China

Up until the war, anyone in the West could happily choose their source of media, from RT to aljazera, whereas in Russia, every single piece of media is state-controlled, every newspaper and all influencers have to join a state registry.

Alternative content gets labeled extremist, and you can be labeled a criminal for anything now ,basically.

so while the West has 100% been going down the wrong path, there is still a vast difference in the type of censorship and legal ramifications.

Russia is basically going full China

This is the tip of the iceberg when it comes to terrible legislation, I can say anecdotally that many of the younger Russians are using VPNs, all the girls are still on instagram and shitok etc

the older gen, like my wife's parents, and probably the 50+ can't be bothered to do anything so they just accept that youtube doesn't work anymore etc

this kind of stuff does 100% make most people learn about vpns for sure, anyone with half a brain knows to be careful now with what they are posting on social media and even in group chats etc, people are snitching on each other left and right

the difference is that when a ponzi collapses, it does so because the mastermind has skipped town or has been arrested or has spent all the money (or both).

if the pension system or social security fails, it will be because of fiat money, a falling birth replacement rate, and it probably won't fail in the trad sense, just they'll increase the age, reduce the payout etc

they transcend boarders lol

yeah, then go through hell trying to get a payout