They can raise rates and they will. They did it in December 2015 when guys like Schiff said they couldn't. And now again, the same people are saying they can't, but they can and they will. And the markets

I appreciate your input. Agreed they are buying up assets. Also agree manipulation and corruption is rampant and they're probably doing a lot of things we're unaware of, probably in conjunction with ECB,

Been watching this as well. Both camps make good arguments. Consensus among elite seem to hint at a rate hike in December, but who knows? If the Fed is strictly politicized they will hike after the elections.

The Chinese are by far the biggest holders and miners of Bitcoin. It's good to hope but right now Steem and Bitcoin are two very different animals.

There must be order in the structure of decision making and someone has to make the tough calls when consensus among the Elite of the Elites provides no solution, so there is One person at the top of the

Agreed. It is a vast waste of talent and energy. At this point the only realistic change is going to be brought about by FinTech innovation. The creation of a great decentralized set of app/tools, near

"Someone should do something about this."

G20 hinted at a possible Yuan devaluation so the Chinese started buying up BTC. A Yuan deval is definitely possible in the near future so Bitcoin could be looking at a strong run into the end of the month

I use the term capitalist in the sense that people generally want to make money. Statesless forms we've never seen is kinda like peering 100 years into the future. But then again, in 20 years we may have

Ooh. Voluntaryism. I like it. Gracias, amigo.

My theory is this: there are a handful of authors/curators who actually care about the success of Steem, but the rest are primarily seeking passive income and selling as soon as they can. I really hope

I still don't understand the incentive to buy Steem power. Clearly everybody who is contributing is seeking a monetary gain so who would actually buy Steem?

I've only posted once and was secretly expecting this... But got this instead... I do think @velourex is right about timing. Posting at 10PM probably wasn't a good idea for me. Thanks for your UpVote though,

Good information in this post. I wonder sometimes what RC3ev's big picture game plan is with the banks. CB's are certainly mulling over digital currencies to remove cash from the picture and alleviate