GM

Keep calm and carry on GN

The fool rides the waves of price with trembling hands; the wise remain unmoved, for they know that fortune spins ever on. Study #Bitcoin

Let not your peace rise and fall with the price of #Bitcoin; for true wealth is mastery over desire, not dominion over digits

He who trusts the whims of the state over the logic of code has traded one master for another. True liberty is found in what no ruler can inflate or confiscate. Study #Bitcoin

Society has become so fake that the truth actually bothers people

Studies show that women are more attracted to men who stack sats on a regular basis.

In authoritarian regimes, control often starts with something that seems simple: asking for identification. In Nazi Germany, people were routinely stopped and asked for their papers. If they could not produce them, they risked being detained or imprisoned. It was never just about identification. It was about reminding people who held the power. That should not be dismissed as ancient history. There is a reason we still repeat the old saying that power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. Right now, digital IDs are being introduced around the world, promoted as a way to make life easier, safer, and more connected. But behind the sleek user interfaces and promises of convenience, there is something deeply concerning taking shape. Digital IDs are not just a new form of identification. They are the foundation for a much wider system that can monitor, track, and ultimately control how we live. These systems can be tied to your bank accounts, your health records, your online activity, and even your movements in the real world. We do not need to imagine how this plays out. Just look at China. There, the government has implemented a social credit system that scores citizens based on their behavior. People with low scores can be banned from public transport, blocked from certain jobs, or refused entry to schools. In some cities, residents are automatically fined if they take out their rubbish on the wrong day. Cameras identify them with facial recognition and the fine is taken straight from their digital wallet. No discussion. No warning. No appeal. This is what happens when technology is combined with unchecked authority. The shift toward digital ID is not happening in isolation. It is part of a broader push toward a cashless society, where every transaction is recorded and traceable. If digital payments are the only way to function in society, and your access to them depends on a digital ID, then anyone who is locked out of the system is effectively locked out of society. That may sound extreme, but the infrastructure is being built right now. Once it is in place, it can be expanded at any time. A few clicks and a new rule is added. Another click and a restriction is enforced. No one needs to knock on your door. The system does the job automatically. United Kingdom has already rejected this once. When identity cards were proposed in the early 2000s, the public resisted and the plan was eventually dropped. People understood that this was a line that should not be crossed. We should not accept the digital version of the same thing just because it comes with an app and a smile. This is not about rejecting technology. It is about protecting freedom. A digital ID system, once accepted, can easily become the backbone of a surveillance state. Not overnight, and not all at once, but step by step. And with each step, it becomes harder to turn back. We still have a choice. We can speak up. We can question what is being built. We can say that convenience is not worth the cost of our privacy and independence. The lesson from history is simple. Systems of control rarely begin with violence or open oppression. They begin with paperwork. They begin with promises of safety. And by the time people realise what is happening, it is often too late. Let us not make the same mistake again. #control #safety #power #UK #Germany #digitalID #EU #China #authoritarian #society #freedom #oppression

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Damn you, trickster! GN

A new joke 🤡 from Brussels - the EU offers a sense of stability 😁

Announced layoffs in the automotive industry and suppliers (last 12 months): • Volkswagen: 35,000 • Mercedes-Benz: 40,000 • Audi: 7,500 • Ford (Saarlouis): 2,900 • Daimler Truck: 5,000 • ZF Group: 14,000 • Bosch, Continental, Schaeffler (total): 7,000 → Total: 111,400 affected jobs in the automotive industry Redundancies in steel and heavy industry: • Thyssenkrupp: 11,000 (≈40% of the workforce) Redundancies in the railway and transport sector: • Deutsche Bahn: 30,000 • DB Cargo (subsidiary): 5,000 Redundancies in the postal and logistics sector: • Deutsche Post: 8,000 Redundancies in banking and finance sector: • Commerzbank: 3,900 Layoffs in the technology sector (specific to Germany): • SAP: 3,500 (10,000 globally) For too long, German industry has been held hostage by many negative policies and phenomena that have made it unable to keep up with the competition, and this is a huge loss for the EU and all of us who live in countries that are economically quite dependent on trade with Germany. Excessive regulation, populism of politicians, failed energy policies, giving in to trade unions and a firm corporate mentality (which, along with regulation, is the greatest enemy of innovation) - are some of the reasons that drag the German and EU economy down. Let's hope that Germany will still learn from all this and have the strength to turn around! #Germany #industry #EU #economy #regulation #innovation

The British Prime Minister said last week that a digital ID will become mandatory for work in the UK until the end of his term. That's how it works... just like that! 😄 So resolute, sharp, commanding, as if you have no choice, exactly so that you think you have no choice... Just like the measures introduced during the corona, given that this method went so easily for most, smoothly, without any resistance! 🤦‍♂️ Corona was a testing ground, only psychological, not medical...

Tell yourself this every morning 😊 GM

The point is near when the selection can no longer be postponed.

How did we get to the point where we have a country full of people who are convinced that they are doing a good deed when they ask the state to fund Palestine, maternity leave, the poor, the homeless, private startups, ideological and political activists, hungry children in Africa, etc.? People have delegated their responsibility - caring for their loved ones - to the state. In this way, they have deprived themselves of that special pleasure, which is when you help someone in need. Everyone has probably done a favor in their life to a completely unknown person, helped that person a lot, and did not ask for any return favor or compensation. Then you know very well what it feels like, such things make the giver happy. Europeans have delegated all of this to the state. Now we have a state that takes so much from us that we do not have much room for voluntary help, neither in time nor in money. But if we had a state that took less and dealt exclusively with the tasks for which it was founded, people would have much more and could help those they believe are in need. You would choose which humanitarian organization you want to donate to because it has convinced you that it does good deeds; which ideological activists you will support because they stand for ideals and values ​​that are close to your heart; which children in the world deserve your help and which terrorist organizations do not. There would be much less injustice and people would be much happier. The state is not the solution, it is the problem. #EU #state