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“The Casino Plumbing”
This isn’t innovation—
it’s installing slot machines on the water main.
The procedure:
1. Dangle the dream (crypto, bets, “financial freedom”).
2. Pump the hope (leverage, FOMO, “just one more trade | buy the dip”).
3. Drain the accounts (house wins, you get a participation trophy).
The platforms?
Not desalination plants.
Reverse-osmosis scams!
Input: your paycheck.
Output: their yacht fuel.
Regulation? A “Caution: Hot” sticker on a blowtorch.
The fix isn’t a warning.
It’s a wrench with a stench like apaches!
Turn off the main line.
Starve the machine.
The house always wins
because they own the pipes.
Stop playing.
Start plumbing.
“The Crypto Manifold”
Crypto isn’t a bug—
it’s a four-chambered beast.
1. Token holders = the pressure pump (loud, chaotic, essential).
2. Pragmatic users = the taps (“Just give us clean water!”).
3. Intellectuals = the membranes (“But is it pure enough?”).
4. Builders = the pipes (“Hold my wrench”).
The friction?
• Pumps think they are the system.
• Membranes act like purity is the only goal.
• Taps just want it to work.
• Pipes are tired of everyone’s complaints.
The twist?
The plant needs all four.
No pressure? No flow.
No filters? Poison.
No taps? Pointless.
No pipes? Just a puddle.
Consensus isn’t “we agree.”
It’s “we’re all stuck with this plumbing.”
Now pass the conductance tape.
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