Crypto was/is a tool for self determination. Its not good or bad in the same sense that carpenter's tools are not good or bad, they are tools.
Giving away your tools, and allowing someone else to determine the house you will live, because only they can use the tools to build your house, is how the whole thing distorts.
I believe in voluntary governments. People should be able to organize, have true democracy. We have none of that. We have mafias who take turns plunging the resources and giving the people the impression that they care.
Some are sneaky about it. Some are blatant assholes about it.
Democracy is a flawed system as it can put corrupt people into power, but it's what we have. Politicians are just people and they will be flawed. I think the US system has swung to an extreme position and we have to see if it can recover. Others are at risk of going that way. I tend to regard extremes of anything to be bad be it politics, religion or whatever. People just want to live their lives.
It's generally all corrupt people who wind up there. 99% easily. Surfs paid 20% to the kings. Here in America I pay 15% to New York State and another 30% to federal government. We live in a totally corrupt system with. Media who shills the line. The rare times we do get someone not corrupt they destroy them.
I'd disagree with a lot of that. Do you know anyone in politics? Most of them are not getting rich from it. Taxes are a fact of life and we have to hope they are well spent.
That said, the current US regime is profoundly corrupt and incompetent IMHO. The Republicans let it happen.
great, another Hiver with TDS.
Yeah it’s just the current one that stands out as corrupt. It wasn’t a totally corrupt system until Trump 🤣 ok pal
We’ve chatted in past and you are generally smart and very common sense. But I have to have this reaction to an insane reply. It’s beyond lazy and ludicrous to present it as but but current admin is totally totally corrupt. It’s just silly to pretend it’s more corrupt now. It’s always been corrupt.
Oh tRump is the deranged one, possibly with dementia, but he has the party and a lot of business under his thumb. Don't pretend he has a plan apart from getting rich.
I think it's lazy to say it's always been totally corrupt. As I said, it's all just people and they are not all the same, any more than you and I are.
Have a !BEER.