Tell that stupid phrase to the face of someone who is below the poverty line, let's see how you do. If opportunity is the only reason then we wouldn't have any poor people plus, the opportunity you talk about doesn't mean that everyone can get one, take those people in war zones, they will grab the first opportunity that they can get out of there but if no one reaches out the proverbial olive branch then there's no opportunity.

You might be thinking that right now but we know that people will get more than they ask for, eventually someone will further the advancement to the point that AI becomes sentient, it might sound silly if not stupid but we know what humanity is capable of, when we put effort and time into something, we usually get astonishing results.

I think we all know why USA is the biggest economy in the world, that article won't be enough to cover the whole reason why they are what they are right now. If you've been in most conflicts around the world on both sides selling weapons, then it's no-brainer that you're going to have a good economy, not to mention that you have been placing dictators in a lot of countries* to prevent "Communism" when in reality you're just trying to monopolize trade with that country. Another reason is you're the current reserve currency, meaning that you can influence the global market since USD is the pegged currency for countries to trade.

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A lot of smart people have warned us of consumerism, Palanhiuk, Carlin, Marx, Huxley, Baudrillard to name a few, that's why I said that we should change the one's at the top, when new people are in charge, the system will adapt to what they mold it into so if you have corrupt neo-oligarch puppet masters behind the scenes, then you would get what they want the world to be but it's a big task and we need lots of intellectuals to do what's necessary.

That's why we need to change the people who runs the system, when change is apparent, the masses will follow soon, idk whether you like it or not but, the masses is a sheep, they will go with the flow. Regarding forced obsoletion, the easiest solution is for someone to step up and make the change. It's difficult to do it with technology though since progress is fast, the current technology needs to adapt really fast.

That depends, if you plan to use your bitcoin for trading and you don't have any skills in trading that can help you grow that loan then it's a bad debt but if you do have the skill or the loan isn't that restrictive and doesn't need to be paid anytime soon then it's a good debt, good or bad is just a matter of perspective, I think anyone can agree on that.

Defaulting a loan is a disaster, most got lucky because they don't serve jail time because AFAIK, you can go to a small claims court if your borrower defaulted the loan. I totally agree that it's a follish game to do especially that no one can win. It's alright to borrow money to invest in bitcoin or any type of investment, I mean businesses do it all the time, and it's in billions if not millions but you have to understand that loan is a social contract that you need to fulfill at your end.

This statement is contradictory in a sense because there won't be an emergence if you don't replace the existing one although I do agree with the part about it being unlikely. The government wouldn't easily replace fiat even if they want to, that would be a nightmare especially for countries like US, they are a reserve currency for many countries so they can't just replace their money easily, that's why they still use cotton in their currency and not polymer.

The real problem isn't the system, it can easily be fixed but the people behind the curtains that pulls the strings don't want to fix the system and so we are stuck in this dystopian reality of work, eat, sleep cycle while they are making all the decisions for us and how we should live our life. I can agree that economy growth isn't perpetual but if we reach peak sustainability, growth might become perpetual. Don't aim at the institution, aim for the ones that benefits from it the most when it's destroyed and rebuilt.

Heard a lot of these stories from my friends, they've missed out on not just bitcoin but also other alts that definitely have the potential to go up, now they're on a spiral of losses because they're indiscriminately investing in tokens in hopes that one of them is a jackpot and so far, none of them have hit anything but losses. The thing I take away from all of that is that if you want to get into it, never have doubts but at the same time, study if there's a potential.

Of course that's already a given, you need to learn the fundamentals before getting into anything, I mean isn't that how everything that we do should start, no one gets in something doing it right the first time. Trading because you've become emotional and you want to take back your losses so quickly without rethinking your approach or strategy is a natural thing, the real skill is keeping that emotion in check and not hinder your next move.

That's what I do in past year when I was still a noobie in trading, didn't blindly follow but listened to what they're saying and make a decision based on what I think is appropriate at that time. I don't trade much but when I do, I don't lose that much so my decision to not just rely on signals but instead learn more about the ins and outs of trading has bore a fruit.

Never too late, as long as there's bitcoin that's mined, there's still time for you. Pretty sure that the price of bitcoin hasn't reached it's absolute peak yet so it's not too late for you. Remember that it's better to start now, guaranteed that you're much better than those that's still having doubts and not jumping right in.

They definitely are but imo, Twitter needs a CEO that doesn't fire people impulsively and then pull them back because he didn't realize that they are integral to the infrastructure. Elon had his time, I think that Twitter should somehow make things a bit more serious so as to make things such as gearing towards super app be feasible.

It's perfect work until you start losing a lot of money from it because of consecutive bad decisions to invest in some tokens and then you realize that you don't have anything to fall back into. Not to mention that there's a probability that profit isn't guaranteed everyday and you work more hours so I wouldn't say that it's a perfect work for jobless people.

I think it's the same thing with traditional trading, you don't learn about it in school, you have to seek it out yourself if you want to learn it and I think that it should be that way so the likeliness of people failing in this endeavor is low and at the same time not make a monopoly of full time traders, pretty sure that trading isn't an essential skill in life so I don't think you have to worry about the lack of education that's bitcoin oriented, much better to let the spirit of wonder flourish than give everything in sa silver platter.

Not important or a must know but it can help you a lot since TA helps you to understand and recognize patterns in the market which can help you make an informed decision on what's the next step in your trading. You can't rely too much on it though as it's not really a foolproof tactic when trading, remember that crypto market is a volatile market and you can't really underestimate that volatility because it will catch you off-guard. All in all, it's up to the individual if they want to learn how to do TA or not.

He's talking about bitcoin being a gambling token when it's literally a gamble to do traditional trading, I mean there's really no straightforward strategy when it comes to traditional trading too so I don't see any difference between those two except probably for the volatility of bitcoin which isn't that scary the more you get used to it, my conspiracy theory is that Warren is secretly beting against bitcoin so he's slamming it when things don't go his way.

There's a point although we see that as nothing but a hassle to both parties involved. The point of convincing someone is so you can spread the word about the benefits of bitcoin, and even then when you can't convince them to change their stance on bitcoin and otherr related issues, I am sure that somewhere along the way, that person is going to tell their friend about someone who was annoying them about bitcoin and then that friend learns about bitcoin and does some research about it and talks about it. So yeah, there's a point we just don't want to see it.

A bit stupid to think that the government would just let you do your thing just because you're following their guidelines, that's a naive thinking because I know that almost every governing body out there wants to control their population to the point where they can move them to do what they think is best for the state. Regarding anonymity, I don't think that OP understands how the Internet works, there's no such thing as complete anonymity, more like pseudonymity. Maybe you can avoid tracking for awhile but if you plan to stay on this forum, it's going to be a difficult thing to do.

Awesome effort, don't think that what you did is a little thing, pretty sure that no effort is too small in terms of promoting bitcoin, you've probably changed the life of those students and you and them don't know it yet. Change is a ripple effect, only gets bigger as it goes down the line.