And "Individual sovereignty" my foot, that's the one thing nation states do not allow, and they won't allow it with BTC.

Because they serve different purposes (art Vs function). There is only one Mona Lisa. AI cannot replace the original's rarity. BTC serves function: A function that can be forked and improved upon. And improved upon it has been. There are cryptos technologically faster, less traceable, and with more utility. For now, BTC is mainstream and is being treated like a get rich quick scheme. When that pyramid scheme ends, BTC's prices crashes from a long way up. It's wise to hedge against a possible crash. When MySpace users saw Facebook, everyone deserted MySpace. Think also Nokia -> Blackberry -> iPhone.

Real estate is a good hedge against fiat IF... and only IF... you can keep your ownership anonymous like non-KYC crypto or gold. Otherwise, the regime can take it from you.

This has no bearing on what I said. Care to address why BTC's price isn't inflated by speculators? Or that there are not technically superior coins out there already? If a new asset comes along with more profit potential -- could be a new crypto or some new AI stock -- while BTC's "number go up" phase eventually runs out of steam (inevitable), the speculators take their money out of BTC to jump on the next shiny new thing. What happens to the BTC price then? This is all the fault of people treating BTC as a get rich quick scheme instead of a decentralized currency. Now the sheep have their BTC tracked, taxed, and even confiscated. BTC is little different to a CBDC now.

It's not much different to a CBDC at this point.

Gotcha. I don't touch those OS's with a barge pole, because of craziness like this.

Let’s kill the myth once and for all. Art is not an “investment.” It’s a tax optimization tool, a reputation veil, and a money laundering pipeline, wrapped in a canvas and beautifully framed. The only ones who push the narrative that art is a store of value or long-term investment are the dealers, galleries, and auction houses who make obscene margins off you believing that nonsense. They market it like Wall Street markets NFTs or CFDs: all talk, no fundamentals. Why Art Isn't an Investment:​ - No intrinsic value. Art generates no cash flow, no dividends, no rents. Its “value” is entirely subjective and dependent on hype, social signaling, and insider collusion. - No real market price. The art market is opaque by design. Most deals are private. Prices are fabricated via insider bidding at auctions, then used to justify valuations elsewhere. Try selling that “$2 million Basquiat” and see how liquid your investment is. - No yield, no compounding. You’re not earning interest. You’re paying storage and insurance for something that can’t even be proven to hold value over time. That’s negative carry in disguise. - No market efficiency. Unlike public markets, art is illiquid, unregulated, and driven by artificial scarcity. That’s not a market. That’s a stage show. Now for the real use: What art is good for:​ - Laundering money. Buy art anonymously. Ship it to a freeport. Sell it later through a related party at a new price. Voilà: clean capital gains. No one asks questions. No FATF compliance. No KYC. Just “taste”. - Parking wealth. A painting is portable, discreet, and immune from the banking system. For oligarchs, traffickers, and politicians, it’s the perfect way to store value when gold is too obvious and Bitcoin too traceable. - Reducing taxes. In the US and many other countries, “donating” art to a museum at an inflated valuation gives you a massive tax write-off. Often worth more than what you paid. Even better: the museum might let you keep it on your wall. - Cross-border capital movement. You can’t wire $10M out of certain jurisdictions easily. But you can ship a $10M “painting” on a plane. Customs? “It’s personal property”. The Real Con:​ Art dealers sell the illusion of investment to the dumb money. Just like watch dealers pumped “Rolex as investment” until speculators flooded the market and prices crashed. The smart money doesn’t buy art to invest. They buy it to hide, move, or erase money. If you think you're the next Medici for buying a digital ape or an oil-on-nothing for $500K, you're not investing: you're the mark. Morale: Art is beautiful. Just don’t confuse it with a portfolio.

The UK is in desperate need of regime change.

On Appe and Google phones, or GrapheneOS? Surely you'd need to drop the ball somehow and let their malware in.

Same. I try to onboard people to Signal as that's the most WhatsApp-like equivalent.

The privacy violations keep getting ramped up. Ofcom's Online Safety Act was just another step. This is the latest new violation: Stamps in people's passports will be replaced by biometric checks for people travelling in and out of the EU from 12 October. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8deq8qm504o

He presents a false choice, in turn based on a false premise. This is how propagandists talk.

How would they scan Signal messages? Via iPhone and Google Android backdoors? That's the only way I can think of. Always use a custom ROM like GrapheneOS.

The problem is, that 80% enables the regime to impose themselves on us. Think how mass compliance allowed lock downs, mask mandates, and prosecutions of those who didn't comply.

Terrifying and depressing. The only reason big tech gets away with this is because the sheep comply.

That would be a version of a victory but not the only version. The image you see here means mass surveillance of your BTC via KYC, your BTC being taxed, and your BTC being confiscated if they so choose. That isn't what BTC was supposed to be. But this is what BTC is today. If suits get involved, they could have got involved as a libertarian, post dollar governance, or even not getting involved at all would be better than this.

Brainwashed Britain has no hope.