The Dark Ages
A little science distances you from God, but a lot of science brings you closer to Him.—Louis Pasteur
I went to the DDR in the 80’s.
The “German Democratic Republic”.
Leipzig, Dresden, Karl-Marx-Stadt (now restored to its real name of Chemnitz) and more.
It was during the peak of communism—dark ages indeed.
Most of the buildings were black.
Seriously...black! You see, they burned “brown coal” back then for their heating, and the soot turned ALL of the buildings black.
After a day of walking around an East German city, you could take your once white T-shirt off, and smell the braun kohle in it!
Besides the permanently red eyes from the lovely air quality, I had an eerie feeling...
It was a strange feeling; I could leave the DDR whenever I wanted, but my relatives could not.
One of those relatives was my cousin Daniela:
We were walking around town one day, and we came to a building.
Right next to me on the right was a square of concrete.
As if something had been there before; it was just a smooth ground down piece of concrete in the grass next to the sidewalk.
I said, “Why is that there?”
“It was a cross,” she said.
“What do you mean? Why is it gone?”
“In communism God is illegal. So they ground it down after the war, and just left the rest of the pedestal there,” she said.
I looked on—stunned—in amazement.
Another quote comes to mind,
“To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you're not allowed to criticize” - Voltaire
In communism you’re not allowed to criticize the government.
That’s why the cross had to go; because Karl Marx professed that communism is based on science. And science says there is no God.
With Karl Marx and his communist manifesto scientISM was born.
Before I went to East Germany, I already had a “healthy” hatred for communism.
Now, at this point, I had a crystal clear vision as to why.
In communism God is illegal.
Dark ages indeed!
So who will lead us to the light?
Talking about communists...
Aren’t you tired of “Communists in disguise?” — well actually, they are not in disguise anymore, they just come right out and say it:
As usual, the master persuader’s response was epic:
So what does all this “communist talk” have to do with Bitcoin?
Simple:
1. What if your government’s communist central planners decide to print more money? So much money...let’s say 3 trillion dollars, that it causes hyperinflation and destroys the buying power of your money?
Well...Bitcoin fixes that.
Fixed supply dude—there will only EVER be 21 million Bitcoins. And no communist A-hole central planners can change that.
2. What if your government suddenly turns communist, and decides to ILLEGALIZE gold—confiscate it, and make everyone who owns it a criminal?
Well...Bitcoin fixes that too.
The bastards cannot confiscate your Bitcoin...unless you let them.
3. What if your government decides to close the banks and literally steal your money in them?
Well...Bitcoin definitely fixes that too. You can’t steal Bitcoin from anyone, without some other kind of illegal activity like hacking, violence, or similar.
Bitcoin is not only a bulwark against communism, it is the #1 freedom device.
Regardless if your government calls itself a “democratic republic” or not, no one can take your Bitcoin, nor devalue it.
We are witnessing the United States become a centrally planned communist manifesto right before our eyes.
Bitcoin is the only hope in the world of disinformation.
Bitcoin
What’s the deal with MasterCard and Bitcoin BTC?
There is this really cool theory going around that Mastercard invested in Bitcoin so that it could control it.
And that’s why the small blockers won the block wars.
It really does make sense: If I want to destroy my competition, I take it over and then hobble it so that it can’t scale.
That’s exactly what happened in the block wars...BUT... we cannot prove that Mastercard directly did this.
Price action
Best Posts of the Week
My fav! Jordan Peterson— “Inflation be damned!”
Best Podcast of the Week
If you can only listen to one, listen to Bitcoin Audible.
Guy Swann delivers another GREAT podcast about the ramifications of Bitcoin, the amazing EXPONENTIAL possibilities, AND the similarities it has with Nicolai Tesla, and what he could have done if Bitcoin existed during his time.
“Tesla could have, hypothetically, self-funded his experimentation with mining rewards. The more successful and efficient his prototypes were, the more successful his mining would become, and the more funding he would secure to scale up his operation."—Level39
NFT’s
Oops! Another keyboard warrior didn’t watch the DECIMAL point!
Dude loses thousands by misplacing the decimal point of the bored APE.
Another One Bites The Dust
The Bitconnect co-founder is going down!
Memory refresher—Bitconnect was one of those SCAM sites that ripped people off. The founder of Bitconnect is on the run and can’t be “found”...
But honestly, who would fall for this?
Kumbhani led the team that promised investors the company would utilize its proprietary “volatility software trading bot” to trade their money and make on average 40% in returns. On its website, the now-defunct exchange claimed that it guaranteed 1% in daily returns or 3,700% annually.
That’s it for this week my dear HODLERs!
Have a great weekend!
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