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It's so incredibly hard to hear someone go off about "how expensive everything is" and how "we dont get paid enough" and "how low wages are"...

Then explain to them that inflation literally causes all of this, and that the reason it feels like running on a treadmill is because **by default you get poorer if you dont get at least a 7% raise every year.**

And then they say "but nobody would buy anything if money got more valuable, it would ruin the economy."

Mothafukr you are LITERALLY linking the chains that you complain about weighing you down.

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Akamaister · 45w

Also known as boomers

Big Barry Bitcoin · 45w

No no, the annoying one I've recently had was after explaining as clearly and simply as I could the mechanics of the economy, inflation, money printing and our collective situation, they respond with "yeah but see we weren't taught all of this, you guys are more educated about it, but we only know t...

bitcoinpoorguy 比特幣傢伙 · 45w

Ferris Bueller · 45w

I have a family friend who's bank got hacked and she lost a bunch of money. Her son is a hardcore bitcoiner (like renounced citizenship and lives off it on an island somewhere hardcore) and she knows I am as well. I told her she might want to get some bitcoin and that bitch rolled her eyes at me. ...

Ryan Reynolds · 45w

Bitcoin requires learning something - on your own, without being told you have to for work, school, etc. Very few are willing to do this. Make sure your children don’t end up like that.

Yeah, if money got more valuable, we'd stop doing anything interesting or consuming anything, because it might be cheaper in the future. It's a fact, experts have confirmed it. For example, since I became a Bitcoiner, I have stopped driving, eating, working, cut the internet, gone on vacation, stop...

CitizenPedro · 45w

Yeah, it's sad. I have managed to people's attention with price estimation. Saying something like "buying only €1k of Bitcoin today is €16k in 10 years. How crazy is that?" That's what truly grabs people's attention, but even then they don't look, they don't dig. I told this to a friend of min...

That and also the we are indebted like hell and then you ask who we are indebted to and they somehow seem to think that nobody knows and stop trying to understand that and refuse to accept that the countries moneyprnt like hell

A lot of people deserve what will come

💯. So many people addicted to the “cheap” stuff not realizing they’re enslaving themselves.

Lat51_Training · 45w

I used to think like that! Then I saw something that showed the median wage being outpaced by productivity, wondered WTF?? Then I started to learn more about fiat and had the pain point realizing that all of my raises just kept me in the same buying power as nearly 8 years prior.

Really a crazy attitude many people have 🥲

Xis10tial1 · 45w

Our economy is already ruined with its fiat foundations. Nobody buying things is the point, and I'm not sure why people don't lean into this more. Most spending is wasted on crap, let alone eventually you'll _have_ to buy what you need, and quality will be in demand.

Soul Reaver · 45w

"Ohh look at my money it's getting more valuable, better not get food and shelter and die instead."

Jake Woodhouse · 45w

I think it’s more like 12/15% real inflation (of the things you actually want to buy) And yes, how many times have I heard something similar! It’s as annoying as “I don’t buy it because I don’t understand it”, after which you ask “how does central banking work?” And you get a ridic...

Martin Mladenov · 44w

Inflation’s a silent thief—7% raise or bust just to stay afloat! And that "nobody would buy anything" line? Total myth. If money held its value, people would still spend; they’d just get more bang for their buck.

₿eau ₿ · 44w

The cognitive dissonance is real.

₿oniz23⚡️🏴‍☠️🇮🇹 · 44w

We are in a maze that we will never get out of. The famous cat that bites its tail 🤷‍♂️ created the problems and the (false) justifications for these problems. People think that this system is the least worst, and in the meantime it gets impoverished

CensorThis · 44w

Wow, you’re saying 10s of millions of illegals and infinity third world H1B cheats cause inflation and that we should remove them from America?

NodlAndHodl · 44w

Yes, I honestly am done talking with people about this. Those who know me well enough know that I am a Bitcoiner. Those who don't know me but become close inevitably will know my take on Bitcoin. I guard my friendships and would likely not friend someone with the mentality you just described. #HFSP ...

Earnest Holden · 44w

If you wouldn’t buy it now, knowing the prices will decline in the future… Then you can’t afford it.

Clapton1062 · 44w

Nicely said: “Mothafukr you are LITERALLY linking the chains that you complain about weighing you down.” Some people just love to complain. Let them be and we just stack sats and chill. Why not? 😎

When I hear about prices of everything going up I tell them a little story trying to peak their interest. It rarely gets much of a response and they go back to normie-ville. Back in the 1800's a silver dollar would buy you a really nice suit for $1, that silver dollar will still buy you a really n...

Offmatrix · 44w

People believe this false premises based on the historic monopoly on money printing, and that there is only "one" legal mean of payment. People have a hard time wrapping their heads around the fundamental truth that "money" is just a simple mean of transaction/exchange, NOT a tool of power and contr...

I have heard this argument from some of the smartest people around me. It’s so frustrating!

PaperCranium · 44w

blaming 100% of it on "corporations price gouging" is also very frustrating

RedTailHawk · 44w

When the sage points at the solution, the imbecile examines the finger.

You cant help those who don't want to help themselves. Some people just like to complain.