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Ben Justman🍷
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Hearing "you were right about Bitcoin" from friends hits differently. It’s not an admission—it’s a defeatist shrug.

It means, "You were right, but it’s too late now. I missed it." That attitude is the hardest to hear because it’s not true.

A lot of people think Bitcoin is too good to be true. And when you describe it without thinking, yeah—it does sound that way. A future of sound money, fairness, and freedom? It’s hard to imagine because we’ve been trained to expect disappointment, not hope.

People have been conditioned to be nihilistic about the future. So when Bitcoin offers a way out, it’s easier to dismiss it as "too late" or "not real" than to accept it’s already here.

They think it’s over. They don’t see that it’s barely begun.

You weren’t right then. You’re right now. And you’ll keep being right. It’s not about the past—it’s about waking up to the future.

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🍊💊⚡️🌽 · 75w
Yes fren….
HODL · 75w
So true and sad
Dug · 75w
Did you say you wouldn’t bother starting to save for a pension because you didn’t have $500k on day one? In just the same way, start saving a bit in Bitcoin every month, it won’t change things over night, but eventually, it probably will. Then, take control of your pension and ape in. 🫡🙌
FEW_BTC · 75w
Agreed... it's so weird. I've been meeting with a group of normies regularly for coffee/beers over the past several years. Have attempted to get them involved and in 2021 we all made predictions and I said btc would hit $100K in 2022. I was wrong., but I also shared that DCA was their friend, t...
Brisket · 75w
The best response is to explain to them why you're still driving a beat up Toyota.
Bitcoinium · 75w
Happy New Year, Ben. Still in London 🇬🇧
Matt · 75w
Yeah this kills me too. There won’t be another Bitcoin. There are people not even born yet that will be stacking sats 20 years from now because it’s still the best money. So how can you be late if you’re in the workforce now? Stop thinking like you’re late and be grateful it exists
Matt · 75w
Yeah this kills me too. There won’t be another Bitcoin. There are people not even born yet that will be stacking sats 20 years from now because it’s still the best money. So how can you be late if you’re in the workforce now? Stop thinking like you’re late and be grateful it exists
Alison Avery · 75w
culturally established identity + long-time reinforced narratives = perpetual (and fearful) resistance to making the unknown known, regardless of real-world evidence
Snowlander · 75w
It IS too late. I say to myself. HOWEVER... better 'too late' than 'even later'
yermin · 75w
Amen
pup · 75w
Many people will admit you were right. Very few will admit you are right.
g · 75w
Damn, you are so right
Rank 23 · 75w
Most get hung up on the medium of exchange piece. Tough hurdle for the average person.
Ben Justman🍷 · 75w
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PringleMac · 75w
Beautifully written. 💜 I’m feeling this message … Walking into a brighter future and knowing bitcoin has my back every single day 😎 https://m.primal.net/NSwe.jpg
CitizenPedro · 75w
I think the best way to convince these people is to tell them that capital never disappeared when it trickled up. In other words, that capital will go to Bitcoin and you can meet it there somehow and somewhen if you keep being part of the game (buying Bitcoin). In more simpler and brute terms, ev...
Sippy Cup · 75w
I fly long haul cargo mostly to Asia and I tell every copilot about bitcoin. Some have bought bitcoin, some have not, but there have been a few that said I was right and pulled the trigger lately. One just messaged me and said he set up a Swan IRA. I still serve in the Air National Guard and there i...
mccarroll · 75w
“Conditioned to be nihilistic” - ain’t that the truth…stay humble. Stack sats. Spread love.
Fabian · 75w
It’s never to late
Drunken Master · 75w
This one allways sums it up for me🤷‍♂️😂 https://m.primal.net/NTQI.jpg
MickBurke · 75w
They've only 'missed' every opportunity before now. No need to miss the rest of them.
Gigi · 75w
Bitcoin is healthy money. It's never too late to adopt healthy money, just like it's never too late to adopt healthy food.