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OneGrassRoot

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24. Dave Troy has been warning about this for ages. He has been warning that Trump et al plan to crash the economy...
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 09:56 AM
Yesterday

and try to set bitcoin as our new currency, when the only people that will benefit are -- surprise -- the tech bro oligarchy.

This is from before the election. He may have written something more recent. I also just copied and pasted the first four paragraphs because I don't have time to search for the most applicable to your thread. But for anyone interested, please do find and read more of his warnings. He has been spot on for a long time.

https://davetroy.medium.com/to-split-the-world-in-two-a-closing-argument-5ac36de9f419

This election isn’t just about the future of the United States, it will determine the future of the world. It is a linchpin in a strategy to split the world into two warring factions; the side that wins will own the future.

The vision offered by Putin and Xi (with Musk, Thiel, Vance, Trump, and RFK Jr as their surrogates) is a world where men trump women, rape trumps consent, Ukraine is Russia, Taiwan is China, and the Dollar is trash. In this world, Bitcoin, DogeCoin, and gold matter more than your 401(k). A vote for Musk is a vote for xenophobia, and a world where science only matters when it serves your interests. It is a vision for the end of America, because henceforth, it shall have a king.

Their vision is one where climate concerns will be worked out by the free market and, magically, through “abundance” — of both fossil fuels and CO2. They acknowledge we will have many problems, certainly, but they will be solved by entrepreneurs, philosopher kings, and their neo-feudal army of non-unionized wage slaves, all “competing” in the free market for the benefit of humanity. And our reward, they say, will be to colonize Mars — a truly uninhabitable hellscape that will likely never support human life.

Electing Harris will not stop this attack. But it will slow it down and allow some time to mount a response to this threat. Putin, Xi and a growing list of autocratic allies are joining forces to render democracy extinct. They believe it doesn’t work, they believe our populations are too infantile to make decisions, and furthermore they insist not only that our democracies don’t work, but that they will demonstrate it by capturing them and disabling them. If democracies are to survive globally, we must offer more than just an extension of the status quo: we must offer a vision of a democratic future that is more compelling to the majority of the world. By many measures, we have failed, so far, to meet that challenge.

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These too. milestogo Yesterday #34
Lol Faux pas Yesterday #35
NEXT: Trump wants U.S. to invest trillions in Florida timeshares dalton99a Yesterday #2
Too bad the Ginsu Kives, and Parachute Luggage guys never made it to the White House, huh? Attilatheblond Yesterday #8
If the U S. government starts buying, the price will skyrocket. John1956PA Yesterday #3
Mutual funds are at least underpinned by actual businesses. Lonestarblue Yesterday #17
more like investing in a ponzi scheme that has run out of new "investors." rampartd Yesterday #20
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+1 dalton99a Yesterday #6
A trillion-dollar pump-and-dump from the treasury into crypto bros offshore accounts PSPS Yesterday #5
Crypto fluctuates along with gold, most of the time bucolic_frolic Yesterday #7
Based on the stock market Blue Full Moon Yesterday #12
"...with Bitcoin knowledge" sop Yesterday #9
That didn't take long. Kid Berwyn Yesterday #10
They used to at least distract us fighting over nickels for welfare underpants Yesterday #14
GOP has the transfer of wealth down to a science Kid Berwyn Yesterday #22
👍 underpants Yesterday #33
He is desperately trying to impress Elon Walleye Yesterday #11
He is hell bent on being the richest man in the world with his schemes and scams. Irish_Dem Yesterday #13
Not popular around here hueymahl Yesterday #15
Pfffft Prairie Gates Yesterday #23
Lol hueymahl Yesterday #29
FFS... IT'S A HEIST! FalloutShelter Yesterday #16
I have an acquaintance who is very,very techy. Phoenix61 Yesterday #18
Interesting video about crypto Blue Full Moon Yesterday #19
Post removed Post removed Yesterday #21
Dave Troy has been warning about this for ages. He has been warning that Trump et al plan to crash the economy... OneGrassRoot Yesterday #24
And the bitcoin market shrugs. unblock Yesterday #26
There has not been an announcement yet. hueymahl Yesterday #30
Ah, I was going to say, this has been a known plan for a while... unblock Yesterday #32
There are only about 1,000,000 bitcoins left to be mined VMA131Marine Yesterday #27
Thank you. How is Bitcoin limited to 21 million? Who enforces this limit? surfered Yesterday #36
The limit is in the Bitcoin mining process itself VMA131Marine Yesterday #37
The end game? Blue Full Moon Yesterday #28
Some employee will leave the Bitcoin keys on a web server where a hacker will steal them. Jacson6 Yesterday #31
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