Well, that's not saying a whole lot because the political discourse in most countries is insane. For example shutting down the electrical generation capacity, the masses are asses... But in America, the elites are either insane or corrupt, so there's nobody in The System saying "hey, we want to reduce crime, but not by causing everyone to have scary police encounters all of the time, lets optimize this..."

You know what one of the crazies things about the US is? A cop can pull you over on the side of the road and be like "Please take this breathalyzer test" and you can say "no" because that's your right. But he can also say "please step out of the car" and if you say "no" then he'll beat your ass and claim you're resisting, because that's not your right. So the word "please", in US legal parlance, has 2 meanings: 1. Would you please wave your right not to do this? 2. By my authority I am compelling you to do this. And they won't tell you which one it is, or they may lie about which one it is, and if you do it and you had the right not to then it's assumed you waved that right. (AFAIK)

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Imagine if you didn't know about Israel and someone just told you... > wtf is Is Real? > Country > Bro you're kidding me, I'm supposed to believe that shit? > Lemme guess, there's also a country called TotallyNotMadeUp?

Here's my hot take: Cats secure food and shelter by manipulating human child-rearing instinct, this makes them technically a brood parasite.

Remember this one?

For some reason, every European muscle car is a sleeper.

Agreed with that too. But central banks are between a rock and a hard place. USD is screwing them over, but BTC is the end of their entire business model, and there is no 3rd choice.

I didn't say it will last forever, I said that no other fiat thing will be able to replace it. IMO Bitcoin WILL edge it out over time.

My prediction is that USD will be the last reserve currency in history. The FED will flog the whole world like a red-headed stepchild because they know they can, they know every central bank needs USD to remain solvent and they get to print it. BRICS coin and other joke projects will never get off the ground because everybody wants to be the guy printing the money and giving it to the other guy, and nobody wants to be the other guy. Same for UN Kumbaya World Currency bullshit, no chance. Because the FED is perfectly happy being king of the world, and everyone who is not the FED doesn't fucking matter. Likewise, no other crypto will ever threaten Bitcoin because it's a greasy pole, you have the guy on top and you have everyone else. Even after the billions of dollars floated into Ethereum, and even with a decade long PR war against Bitcoin, ETH still failed. Bitcoin is the kryptonite of banks, because if you lend Bitcoin you don't have, and then suddenly everyone decides to take custody, boom, you're bankrupt. Story of every exchange that has ever been wiped out. When the USD finally collapses, it's most likely in my opinion that the world reserve will become Bitcoin. That's because for all it's faults, it at least doesn't require you to trust anyone.