I never wanted the stimulus money that they sent to us during those years. I would have just as soon went without it. I was lucky enough to keep working though.  Many people were not. That's the one thing I always have to keep reminding myself. I was privileged enough to still be bringing in a paycheck.

The same analogy applies to the black market where people exchange goods and services without paying tax. We have a choice in the era of WEB3 that bring decentralization. 

I used to feel bad about covid, wars and how US was bombing the middle east. And more and more I realized the more I noticed the karma system in play. Some things can maintain peace on earth if certain people are always suppressed and some population gets killed. I supposed 1% of controlling people realized this and kept this world that way. I never expect world to be united on some one cause. So we will continue to have the artificial govt and borders.

I love the hopeful and positive message you end this piece with. In a fight over control of all the money in the world, these centralized governments aren't going down without a fight. And while they don't have the same number as the masses, they have more power and more means -- so a violent revolution seems to be the only way out. There is no way the oligarchy that controls most of the world's major governments is just going to give its control back to the people without a fight.

I've been keeping in the loop of what's going on in USA at the moment. At least a handful of banks have collapsed in the last few months because of all the debt that they can't pay and they don't have any liquidity so the smaller banks are being bought up by the largest banks at a fraction. This is how it starts. It's apparently already worst than the 2008 crash and people believe that when the SHTF, there will be chaos. Bank runs, riots, burning shit down, I am sure it will happen. 

Civil disobedience sometimes is necessary to stop things, but the problem is that mob mentality takes over and when it becomes violent, it's very difficult to stop. 

I saw a headline today that CBDCs are already being rolled out in some smaller countries. 

Centralisation will be sold to the population with some form of incentive and people will fall for it. 

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They must have planned the Covid well enough to use it as scapegoat. But no matter how much they try to make it seem as though the world revolves around them, we will rebel and we will conquer because the scales has fallen off our eyes and we are already seeing that decentralization is the way forward and we will embrace it. 

It's unfortunate to see that history keeps repeating but the governments know that they can get away with it. People need to push back otherwise they will continue to do so. I just think that the managerial class all across the world are out of touch and they just create policies based on their own whims/benefits.

Governments all around the world have mismanaged the Covid epidemic. More harm has been done and continues to be done than the epidemic itself as a result of the policies they have put in place to tighten control over the populace. I see it as a centralised assault, and I think the best way to protect our freedom is by decentralisation. I appreciate the article.

Sadly but it's true that our economy is also disrupt and especially after 2021 inflation rate increase and no one can control it because stupid government destroy it's own self 😐

They print money, they gift money to people, they make the money worth less and less. And now I am reading that USA are risking default this coming Friday as they are seemingly have 60B$ of liquidity that is not enough to pay public salaries and interests on the debt. 

Let's see what will happen! The cryptos may see some further strength after this event. 

My plan to go back to the UK was always of the foolish imagination that things were as they used to be. I was looking at the change in housing prices since I left 13 years ago. At that time, average house price was 150k. Now it's 300k. How have houses doubled in price in 13 years?? That rate is even greater in the past; my parents bought a house for 5 grand. That's like 3 months rent for me at the moment lol. 

And the sneaky thing is, the higher the prices go, the more houses pass the threshold where the gov can implement more taxes - this is the government the majority of which is in real estate, naturally.

Here's me all hopeful after a lifetime of savings i'd land a house upon return, and now I'm just like... what's the point. We're all meant to be impoverished plebs on rent for the MP's in power, clearly. Just bend over, everyone. 

Not sure how related that was to the OP

You knew we'd love the car analogy, the thing is your spot on, head in the sand - we were told many years that adding a couple of 0's to ones bank account overdraft loan whatever it was literally from thin air, not easy to get your head round if you're not in the right space. 

The news yes we don't mainstream yeesh - however we do watch crypto news.

It does seem to be slowly shifting however New AML in Japan from 1st June and the SEC in the US with Galaxy Ripple etc  :)   its a fast changing world, glad we have a few coins, it also looks like Electroneum and its staunch stance on KYC and AML maybe it's strong suit moving forward. In the meanwhile YT revenue and Hive etc keeps income ticking over nicely. Thank you

The covid, I think it was very well planned, just fucked up our life. Buying a house or a car has been a dream in my country. People are working just to feed themselves, if succeed; no social life or any extra thing.

What a joke! 
but does it surprise me ( not really )

Eventually, the joke will be on them though...