The funny thing is that if the government wasn’t busy venture funding every jackass imperialist war, and domestic boondoggle they wouldn’t need the money so desperately, and therefore wouldn’t feel the need to monitor every last transaction to squeeze the last drop of blood out of the stone.
At the same time they wouldn’t have to worry about the rest of the world hating us and potentially planning terrorist attacks so they wouldn’t have a security justification to monitor everything either.
In essence their argument is that because of our own bad behavior you need to sacrifice your rights to which I respond with an utterly sincere
Btw, I think you completely nailed it on the head with your Costco - gold “conspiracy theory”…I was a sentence into that portion and immediately it clicked in my brain as well, where you were about to go with that, and it also immediately made absolutely 100% clear and ‘perfect sense’…but that’s my broken brain I’m talking about now, sooo….🤷🏼♂️🫨
UPDATE: Phoenix Wallet leaving the US...
https://x.com/PhoenixWallet/status/1783878658014249027
Text from the the X post:
"On May 3rd, 2024,
@PhoenixWallet
will be removed from US app stores.
Users from the US should empty their wallet:
- Settings > Close channels (Android)
- Settings > Drain wallet (iOS)
We highly recommend *not force-closing* channels, as on-chain fees could be significant."
Back to Mike, now: The "fight you" stage of crypto in America has dramatically intensified this week.
The funny thing is that if the government wasn’t busy venture funding every jackass imperialist war, and domestic boondoggle they wouldn’t need the money so desperately, and therefore wouldn’t feel the need to monitor every last transaction to squeeze the last drop of blood out of the stone.
At the same time they wouldn’t have to worry about the rest of the world hating us and potentially planning terrorist attacks so they wouldn’t have a security justification to monitor everything either.
In essence their argument is that because of our own bad behavior you need to sacrifice your rights to which I respond with an utterly sincere
F you
I still want to have a beer with this author. So good.
Btw, I think you completely nailed it on the head with your Costco - gold “conspiracy theory”…I was a sentence into that portion and immediately it clicked in my brain as well, where you were about to go with that, and it also immediately made absolutely 100% clear and ‘perfect sense’…but that’s my broken brain I’m talking about now, sooo….🤷🏼♂️🫨
‘Liked’ and absolutely HATED that update all at the same time. Fuuuuuuucccckkkk……