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Issue #999: It's the (fiat) money, stupid.

It always was.

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Issue #999: It's the (fiat) money, stupid.
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"The love of money is the root of all evil."

This is a very powerful quote that many misquote as "Money is the root of all evil."

The love of money, particularly how it can be used to accrue power if allowed to run amok, leads to some truly evil shit. Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon and his cronies in the Federal Government and those entrenched cronies close to those in power decided their lust for power could not be contained any more. The limits created by the last remaining remnants of the gold standard stood between natural curbs on the ability of lustful power hungry kleptocrats and their ability to seize power by unleashing the Cantillon Effect on the masses.

"The love of money is the root of all evil."

This is a very powerful quote that many misquote as "Money is the root of all evil."

The love of money, particularly how it can be used to accrue power if allowed to run amok, leads to some truly evil shit. Fifty years ago, Richard Nixon and his cronies in the Federal Government and those entrenched cronies close to those in power decided their lust for power could not be contained any more. The limits created by the last remaining remnants of the gold standard stood between natural curbs on the ability of lustful power hungry kleptocrats and their ability to seize power by unleashing the Cantillon Effect on the masses.

Watch this video to get a glimpse into how the wall between a civil, fair society and the ability for the lustful to rape and pillage the world was torn down. It was sold to the people with double speak. It was sold to the people under false pretenses. In fact, it wasn't really even sold to the people. It was forced on them.

The repercussions have been catastrophic and it is time to begin the healing process.

Fight for Bitcoin.


Final thought...

Spinning up another node.


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