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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @Solomonsatoshi 18 Nov \ on: Trip Report: The chocolate coins inside the Bank of Japan bitcoin
Japan is monetarily and militarily a subservient tribute state to the USA.
Just like the EU. UK, Canada, S.Korea, Australasia.
Monetary and military systems are highly aligned.
It is the power structure by which empire is sustained.
Whether Bitcoin can truly overcome these power structures is questionable.
Yes Bitcoin provides an alternative monetary system but sweet fuck all people are using it as such.
Most have been successfully convinced that Bitcoin is a scam and even those who are involved with Bitcoin are mostly NGU hoarders, not using sats to make P2P payments.
The narrative has been largely slyly and successfully manipulated toward Bitcoin being a KYCed and Taxed speculative commodity- not a P2P payments alternative to fiat.
As a speculative commodity Bitcoin is little to no threat to fiat monetary and power structures. Instead it is easily increasingly captured and controlled by them- and this is what has been happening.
Not really into international politics, but have aligning views on Bitcoin's big bang being in P2P payments. This seems indeed not get much attention. Any ideas for a remedy? I for one think that most people just do not understand what money is, and thus take the charades around it at face value. This is likely a problem.
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Exactly as you suggest the most obvious solution is more people understanding what money is and thus understanding the value of Bitcoin- but this will take time, if ever, and depends on enough people valuing freedom over conformity.
Even here on SNs, one of the few intentional circular Bitcoin economies accessible globally some who should know better (eg @DarthCoin) are deliberately not using sats p2p when they are more than capable of attaching a wallet.
Individual selfishness can sometimes over ride stated ideals and principles.
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