First let me get this off my chest...This Sucks....no clearer way to say it.
Watching my early retirement dreams (and I'm not that young as it is) evaporate 50% with no end in sight...is a very depressing reality...sure...I could have gotten out sooner...I had a feeling things would get ugly...this ugly? But let me tell you why I didn't...I'm an old time American...
I grew up in a country where things like "Home of the brave".... "democratic values"...."We the people"..."Let freedom ring" meant something....And when I was in school...we learned history...actually I believe it was called Social Studies back in the day...we believed in the concept that there was such a thing as "good" guys and "bad" guys...we went to war based on the belief that all people should have the right to "Pursue happiness" and express an opinion without consequence...
So ...I remain at Valley Forge to fight another day... I don't abandon ship....I believe a small force can out maneuver a larger force if their belief in the cause is greater than those they oppose....
And so it is now...a Wall has been put up once again by a "controlling" government in an attempt to do away with the 'People's Currency"...but the real hypocrisy is...it won't go away...it will just be set up in a way that allows those with the wealth...the "high net worth investors"...to get in on the new ground floor and reap the rewards...the little guy or gal...once again gets squeezed out left only with the crumbs...
Don't get me wrong..I don't have a problem with reasonable regulation and reasonable taxation...I do have a problem with total control and causing massive damage to regular citizens of the world desperately trying to make ends meet...
And this is about the citizens throughout the world...this is a "borderless" currency...governments should be afraid...a "decentalized" wealth transfer system that needs no government intervention to operate is the beginning of a world without walls...could not a world government someday operate on a blockchain?
This is something bigger than what it appears...like the early internet days...no one knew where it would lead...the internet allowed people no matter where they are to communicate and interact...the blockchain takes it to a whole new level...because if you create a system that people trust that can create contracts...monetary interactions...and whatever else...you eliminate a lot of your country's governmental responsibility and shake up a lot of institutions...
Myself...I am hanging in because I believe this offers some hope for value not if...but when...the dollar and world currencies tumble...interest rates rise...and the sh_t hits the fan....So rather than pull a muscle trying to lug gold bullion around to purchase needed necessities...I was hoping all I had to do was whip out my cell phone wallet and have something another party trusts to sell me the goods...
A fantasy? Perhaps...but America was built on fantasy...and right or wrong...continued to fight for its fantasy...and as I stated...I am an American...an "old time American"...one who believes FDR's famous quote..."The only thing to fear is fear itself"...and I can't help but picture Winston Churchill in a bunker smoking a cigar....determined to fight at all cost the Nazi regime at the time fearing for his life with his city getting bombed to smithereens...
So this is not a call to arms...but a call to Crypto...the best way to fight is to have every man woman and child purchase at least one coin...send a message...the Wall must come down...Crypocrisy must not win...