The Bitcoin Wakeup Call

If I were to ask 100 random people off the street to explain how our monetary system works today, even in general terms, I doubt more than one or two could give a cohesive explanation.

It is this obfuscation that enables the continuing loss of our purchasing power, the $36 trillion mountain of government debt in the US, and our willingness to hand over more and more of our money in the form of taxes.

If more people recognized that they are working hard each day to earn a currency that several elites can print, and therefore dilute the value of, at will, I think we’d see a revolution.

And if still others understood that the debt we take on to “fund government projects” has largely been shipped overseas for political (and not national) interests, but means more money will flood the system to pay down those debts, my guess is people would start looking for a life raft.

After all, all signs are that the ship is sinking. It may sink so slowly so as to go unnoticeable for a while, but eventually you - or your children - will be treading water.

Bitcoin makes almost no sense if you think everything is fine. But if you start to peel back the layers of how our money works, or rather, doesn’t work, things suddenly come into focus.

Your best bet is not to hope for a solution from the people and institutions that brought you this mess, but rather to take matters into your own hands. Bitcoin is the great financial hope you should be clinging to.

So quit with the complacency. Go read The Bitcoin Standard and Gradually Then Suddenly. Check out The Bitcoin Way Podcast, where I talk with people that have gone down the rabbit hole and see the mess for what it is.

Rearranging chairs on the Titanic is a fool’s errand, but one in which many unwittingly partake. There is a better boat just a short jump away.

You’ll only be willing to take that leap with a bit of understanding that the Bitcoin boat will not only hold you, but can return you safely to shore.