Do you want to be a hero? (maybe not)

[NotATether]

A man in Lebanon was hailed a hero after he takes a bank a hostage. And the reason why he did that? it's because he can't withdraw his money from bank. He had a family emergency, so obviously, he needed that money for hospital bills and all his saving is in that bank. And the hostage ended after the negotiators were able to produce $35,000 (£29,000) of his savings upfront.

What the fuck?

Is this what you people call a hero? No wonder why these communities are so messed up.

Hero does not mean commit a crime. That'll make you like Pablo Escrobar.

Just look at your own superhero films - are any of them villians?

This logic of committing a crime making you a hero is messing up a lot of people's brains.

[goldkingcoiner]

A man in Lebanon was hailed a hero after he takes a bank a hostage. And the reason why he did that? it's because he can't withdraw his money from bank. He had a family emergency, so obviously, he needed that money for hospital bills and all his saving is in that bank. And the hostage ended after the negotiators were able to produce $35,000 (£29,000) of his savings upfront.

The suspect's brother told journalists: "My brother has $210,000 in the bank and wants to get just $5,500 to pay hospital bills."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62514631

I don't know if I can good to that length to hostage the bank or something. But one thing is for sure, if people could just learn how to put their money on bitcoin or crypto, in which they have total control, maybe in times of need, you can just transfer some and convert it to fiat anytime you want. You don't need to be a hero.

In other news,  Video Shows Tanks Protecting Crisis-Hit Banks In China, Internet Says "History Repeats Itself".

Banks are the Blockbusters of our current age. They are screaming, flailing and doing anything they can to stay relevant but the truth is, banks are becoming completely unnecessary and redundant. I relish the thought that, one day, bankers will be on the streets with a "will hold your money for food" cardboard sign.

Its just the government's way of holding the people hostage. And if they do not have that, they can only threaten people by taking away their freedom instead of their money. And the government knows that.

I feel bad for the Lebanese guy, especially considering his emergency situation, but this is a good show of why we need to get rid of banks as soon as possible!

Banking strikes me as one of those sectors that attracts a certain kind of opportunist asshole seeking to employ a public industry for exploitative purposes. And now the general standard is improving, the unfair advantages they entrenched themselves for are no longer so available. Like you said, they look like they are becoming desperate & it all looks a bit cheap & old hat. Coronavirus & monkey pox & all this manufactured alarmist shit are their way of trying to hold on. Once upon a time the evil bastards would have used the plague or the black death or a great spate of food factory or bushfires or something

Unfortunately, exploitative people like that exist because of a broken system. A broken system based on greed and outdated money technology. This is why things will only get better once Bitcoin becomes the global currency which will outshine any outdated fiat or government financial regulations.

People need to understand that the government is just a giant business. They do not care for their "workers" unless the workers are making such huge protests that they cannot ignore it.

The only thing they care about is profit.

Thats why we need a decentralised transparent money that nobody can control.

[adzino]

A man in Lebanon was hailed a hero after he takes a bank a hostage. And the reason why he did that? it's because he can't withdraw his money from bank. He had a family emergency, so obviously, he needed that money for hospital bills and all his saving is in that bank. And the hostage ended after the negotiators were able to produce $35,000 (£29,000) of his savings upfront.

The suspect's brother told journalists: "My brother has $210,000 in the bank and wants to get just $5,500 to pay hospital bills."

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-62514631

I don't know if I can good to that length to hostage the bank or something. But one thing is for sure, if people could just learn how to put their money on bitcoin or crypto, in which they have total control, maybe in times of need, you can just transfer some and convert it to fiat anytime you want. You don't need to be a hero.

In other news,  Video Shows Tanks Protecting Crisis-Hit Banks In China, Internet Says "History Repeats Itself".

He chose to deposit his money in bank and I guess he never knew that the bank "could withhold or deny his money" for any reason. But still, I don't think this is how he should have take his money. I know it was an emergency and he needed the money to pay the hospital bills, but that doesn't mean he did the right by choosing violence and taking someone hostage. Things could have escalated and things might have gone worse. And why did the employers in the bank had to suffer (taken hostage)? They are just doing their job.

[xSkylarx]

But one thing is for sure, if people could just learn how to put their money on bitcoin or crypto, in which they have total control, maybe in times of need, you can just transfer some and convert it to fiat anytime you want. You don't need to be a hero.

This is what I've been doing since stablecoin started to exist. I stopped putting all my money into banks and started to convert half of it into stablecoins or other crypto that is good for long term investment.

But for people who are not techy or born in a year where these types of technology doesn't exist yet, they would find it difficult to put their money in digital wallets to secure it themselves. They would still prefer the traditional way of storing money and it is through banks. Their mindset is completely opposite from people like me where they think crypto or digital currencies are scam.

[doomloop]

I don't know if I can good to that length to hostage the bank or something. But one thing is for sure, if people could just learn how to put their money on bitcoin or crypto, in which they have total control, maybe in times of need, you can just transfer some and convert it to fiat anytime you want. You don't need to be a hero.

I don't understand how is he treated as a hero when what he did there was a crime? What if he accidentally killed his hostage? That will only make his situation worse. He will be sent in jail, he can't see his family, and then his savings will get confiscated and won't be enough to pay for what he did. Imagine all of that? But, I know why he did that and that is because of anger.

Banks themselves do also have their fault on why they are freezing their customer funds. I think this is not written in their terms but people should understand this risk already and will try to move some of their money in cryptos because cryptoes doesn't have any restrictions whatsoever.

[theCommittalist]

I don't know if I can good to that length to hostage the bank or something. But one thing is for sure, if people could just learn how to put their money on bitcoin or crypto, in which they have total control, maybe in times of need, you can just transfer some and convert it to fiat anytime you want. You don't need to be a hero.

I don't understand how is he treated as a hero when what he did there was a crime? What if he accidentally killed his hostage? That will only make his situation worse. He will be sent in jail, he can't see his family, and then his savings will get confiscated and won't be enough to pay for what he did. Imagine all of that? But, I know why he did that and that is because of anger.

Banks themselves do also have their fault on why they are freezing their customer funds. I think this is not written in their terms but people should understand this risk already and will try to move some of their money in cryptos because cryptoes doesn't have any restrictions whatsoever.

A crime? Who says?

And ignore this guy on 'crypto' as well, your money is not safe there. You can see the time Bitcoin is having, and Bitcoin is the daddy of crypto, so much it makes 'crypto' seem far too general to stand in for something so important as BTC. Most of these shitcoins don't even intend to be decentralized, which is what keeps banks & other state agencies from being able to publicly & legally confiscate the wealth of citizens.

Of course, they still might commit to this act as 'a crime'

[Marykeller]

Banks are always fond of that, each time you want to withdraw huge funds. They keep prolonging it. I wouldn't blame the man for displaying a weird attitude in the bank cos we don't know how long the bank has kept him waiting to attain his plea. If he didn't spark at them, they wouldn't have known how serious he needs the money. Although all these problems wouldn't have occurred if he has a debit card.
 
This kind of situation has thought me not to have all my money kept in the bank. Have some of your money kept in the house, bank and bitcoin in case of any emergency that arises unexpectedly.

 

[Detritus]

I got so disappointed with bank after what they did to me.
 I had some emergency in school last year 2021 which required me to pay some fees, I took my debit card to a near by ATM to make some withdrawal but all I got was services not available (service error), I went straight into the bank to lay some complain about the withdrawal error but all I saw was a long qui that took about 2 hours before it could get to my turn, I got exusted that day and left hoping to make the payment the next day.
This year school Dues payment was smooth for me because I sold some Bitcoin and fulfill my payment within few minutes.