It is unfortunate, but it is currently the case that we are being subjected to censorship. The internet, which at first was thought to be a tool that would bring freedom to the individual, is now a tool used to control the people. What we see and how we think is formed in great part by the information that reaches us through media. It no longer is free flowing information, though I am not truly certain it ever was. The exchange of ideas and history is what creates our reality. However, when a minority has greed for control and wishes to rewrite history, discard the past and create a new reality without it being reached at by consensus it becomes a dictatorship of thought. This is where we are today.
The real freedom warriors are those risking their own comfort to speak truth to others. This is no little risk since in today’s age bullying has been promoted from out of the childhood classrooms to the halls of politics and business. This is occurring all over what at one time was known as the free world. Is there a free world anymore? When you cannot speak your mind for fear of being canceled or losing your ability to earn a living. I say no. We now live in a battle zone. A battle for reality. A battle for truth over relativism. A battle where we are being told black is white, up is down and all our past is wrong, and we have to throw it all out for a totalitarian ideal that is being forced upon the masses without our voices being heard.
I am constantly reading and open to other’s thoughts and opinions. It does not mean that I accept their often-erroneous position, but I listen. There is a religious passion for which the masses are being instructed to destroy their past and suffer for the greater good of their country, the world, or the environment. The instructions and direction do not make sense and they even are often obviously self-destructive economic policies. This goes against the natural order of self-preservation; I mean the preservation of mankind.
What would drive humans to go against their natural inclination to take care of their families and neighbors? Most humans want to live at peace with each other. Sure, sometimes we have people with serious disorders that are driven to heinous murderous crimes. However, in our most recent history it appears that government’s lust for power over people has been behind massive bloody wars. Wars where millions of people are killed, and the final outcome does not really improve the situation for society. In most cases, only for the select few has the outcome of war been profitable.
Looking into the past through my lens as a person that has been ingrained in the financial markets since the 1980s, I believe that I have uncovered certain truths that remain buried to most people. The realization came to me when I was preparing for my recent presentation at the IPMI on value and its management in history. Simply put, the most powerful weapon of mass destruction has been and continues to be the Central Bank System.
What?! Yes, you read it correctly. Prior to the creation of Central Banks System governments could and did run out of money to finance their wars. They would have to think twice whether they actually had the capacity to enter into a war. Later Governments have resorted to borrowing money by issuing bonds, a form of IOU. Which is what a US Dollar is as well. Hence the governments, have been entering wars or supporting wars in other arenas through the issuance of debt which is also financed through the liquidity created by the increased money supply for the prospective government waging war upon another nation, managed by the Central Banks. Has it ever crossed your mind to ask, how the USA can with the blink of an eye give $50 billion dollars to the Ukraine?
Without this Central Bank system to perpetuate wars, the death machines would stall sooner, and millions of lives would be saved. There is more I can say on this topic and about the actors behind the perpetuation of this system, but it will have to be reserved for the purview of a book.
However, in our current society the value of your brother, father, mother, or sister is nothing in comparison to the defense of democracy or the nation. Poppycock! It is time that this system be dismantled. Not for economic reasons but for the safety of our children and families.
As if what I have written here is not already enough reason to dismantle the central bank system. The international central bank community has created another reason. They are currently aware that this entire system is being threatened by the demand for freedom and better assets by the masses. With Bitcoin and gold gaining more adoption by the public, a concern that governments will lose control and no longer be able to enslave their citizens by control of their earnings has led them to search how to maintain their monopoly on currency (value).
This is why they are now testing Central Bank Digital Currencies. The bankers like you to believe this is for your good. However, it is not. This is just to maintain the current status quo of government’s ability of value creation by decree and control. This will not solve any monetary problems with the current system or be a betterment for the good of society. It will only condemn to continued servitude the people to the existing system and increase the level of control over individuals that has never previously been at their command. This will give them access to every human being that uses it, and they will be able to shut down or cancel, as we now call it, any individual that does not tow the party line.
The governments in recent decades have been increasingly eroding human dignity and individuals’ rights. This is always done for the greater good. This mantra is used by every government within any economic system. The elites in power look at the general populace as another utility not as if we have inherent rights from the nature of being given life by a creator. It is obvious that while they feed the populace with falsehoods with the help of their media elites to propagate and promote racism and sexism causing division among the people, their endgame is the gain of power by persistent discord. United we stand and divided we fall, is one axiom that is without fail true. We as human beings need to unite around one of the most important issues of life, the seeking of peace and liberty. The way I see it, this means the dismantling of the current monetary system.
The only way to dismantle the system is to have another that may be able to replace it. Gold is one way to protect the liberty and rights of individuals while taking away the power from the governments. However, it is impractical and difficult to transport. Its value is recognized but not easily verifiable to the public. Hence, this idea, though promoted by many can only play a smaller part in this revolution.
If you have read my other posts then you may have surmised my next recommendation. What the world needs is a means of the transfer of value outside the control of a central governmental authority. The purpose being to keep your personal earnings and authority in the political sphere. This would enable citizens around the world to have a voice with their tax dollars. The only way to achieve this is to have a decentralized monetary system.
Looking back at myself, a short twenty years ago, I would never have even thought of this concept. I did not even realize our system was corrupt. I just was busy trying to make a living and support my family. Meanwhile, the persons I had trusted in government were not making any strides to fix the true underlying problems of the economy and the world. Even a few years ago, I had no belief in the prospect of a different system outside of that which exists.
Then, with the advent of the FTX exchange collapse I was forced to read, learn and gain a greater understanding of the digital currency landscape. This also led me to watch the congressional hearing that followed its aftermath. It was then I realized a few very important things. One, half the people in Congress are uneducated when it comes to cryptos and what happened with FTX. The second, there are a group of very antagonistic characters within congress that were taking the opportunity to besmirch the entire digital currency concept. Finally, that there are only a few politicians in favor of, with most against, the adoption of decentralized digital currencies. This is when the scales fell from my eyes.
At this stage of our evolving value system, the only prospect that has the properties that would be required to protect human rights and life is currently Bitcoin. This digital currency sits on a robust system. It currently has 15,579 nodes as of this writing. This means that a disruption of any kind, to this value system is unlikely. The type of disruption necessary to destroy this network would have to be nuclear devastation. In the end analysis, if the world gets to the stage of using these weapons, all is lost anyway. This means, the system is fully functional, and I would say successful. Especially, since I with a natural prejudice born of being in the foreign exchange and commodities business against such an advancement have changed my mind on this subject.
In Africa and Latin America certain countries are trying to adopt Bitcoin to take the survival of their peoples out of the hands of the more powerful global economies to which their own currencies are always devalued on regular basis. They are doing this for the simple reason that they see it as the only way to escape the bondage they are under to these global Central Banks which are the true manipulators of markets.
In Latin America there is now a push for a regional currency. This will upset the Central Bankers of the world. Yet, if they come out with a currency with the same Central Bank scheme, they are doomed for failure. Their only escape is a decentralized currency system, and it should be Bitcoin. But sadly, it appears that greedy bankers are already pushing for the continued control via a Central Bank digital currency system. This only propagates the already proven corrupt currency system that keeps their people and economies devastated while enriching the global powers.
I had no hand in the birth of Bitcoin. I have no hand now in the future of the monetary systems. Though, in time I hope that real change will come to this tired world and mankind can find peace and harmony. If in some small way my posts help spur change, then I have done enough to help future generations escape suffering at the hands of the rich and powerful.