Om du ifrågasätter digitala pengar som kan ha utgångsdatum, kan devalveras på sekunder, begränsas till godkända varor och stängas av med ett knapptryck: då står du på Putins och Xi Jinpings sida! Eller kanske inte? Idag skriver jag om falska dikotomier i Epoch Times.

Håller du inte med är du rasist

”Antingen är du med oss, eller så är du med terroristerna”, sade president George W. Bush.

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o/~ They're eating the dogs, they're eating the geese, eat the geese, eat, eat the geese. o/~

Whenever economists, politicians, or bureaucrats claim market dynamics are causing the declining use of cash, remind them that what's happening is in accordance with a plan outlined by an IMF economist back in 2017 (see The Boiling Frog for this plan). View article → Economists have actually posited that a design criteria for a well-designed Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) is to facilitate the phasing out of cash: They say "the digital euro will complement cash", but have designed it to make abolishing cash easier. Funny that!

Do you remember the Easter parade in New York City in 1929? Cigarettes were presented as symbols of liberation and equality. Women were paid to march in the parade while smoking "torches of freedom". Cigarette sales soared soon after. More info here ->

Personalised Propaganda: How the Easter Parade Never Ended

Using words to influence behaviour is not a new phenomenon. However, the scale, speed, and precision with which language can be used as a weapon IS...

Using AI and brain scanning, researchers found that their model could predict how the human brain responded to different sentences. They hope to use "well-formed linguistic input" to cure depression. But an algorithm that can formulate a cure, couldn't it - just as easily - formulate a poison? New piece out on persuasion, propaganda and the information diet. #ai #bernays #persuasion #propaganda #democracy View article →

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"Let's be clear: anyone who opposes the digital euro is opposing the euro and the European Union." Yes, the Chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs just said this falsehood. This move was predicted almost four years ago:, by Adam Townsend: "You're against Americans having to use only digital money with an expiration date, that can be deflated instantaneously by central banks, can be restricted to buying only approved items and can be revoked with the press of a button? You must be pro Putin" #cbdc #eu #digitaleuro

Oh no! I think he has found Maduro's fentanyl! #venezuela #propaganda #geopolitics

Ekonomidags avsnitt 75 ute nu. ➡️ Om allt mellan himmel och jord: ☑︎ meloner ☑︎ makaroner ☑︎ canneloni ☑︎ obligationer ☑︎ stablecoins (Och mer!)

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Ekonomidags • 75. Statsskulden och politiken sitter i samma båt • Listen on Fountain

Italien vill tvätta befolkningens guldbesparingar, stablecoins och diskussion om obligationsmarknadens påverkan på politiken.Hoppas ni uppskatta...

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> The criminalization of unmonitored human-to-human interaction will, in the most uncomfortably literal sense, bring hell to Earth. #reticulum #meshtastic #nostr

🇸🇪🌩️🤔 Ekonomidags avsnitt 75 UTE NU! - Italien vill tvätta folkets guldbesparingar för att få in pengar - Obligationsmarknadens påverkan på politiken - Stablecoins: måste vi underkasta oss dollarn eller euron? Eller är detta ännu en falsk dikotomi? #italien #stablecoins #sverige #superdatabaser #guld #storbritannien #boe #keynes #shaboom

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Italien vill tvätta befolkningens guldbesparingar, stablecoins och diskussion om obligationsmarknadens påverkan på politiken.Hoppas ni uppskatta...

The central-planning enthusiastic bank bureaucrats have long worked against crypto via numerous harsh and highly anti-competitive regulations. Now, it seems they have to pivot course following stablecoin initiatives in the US, Japan, and other nations. "Central bankers ought to be more humble," I wrote two years ago. Not long ago, experts claimed the internet would have the same modest economic impact as the fax machine. Then they declared Bitcoin and crypto currencies as worthless... But did you know they even tried to ban the number zero back in the day? #sweden #riksbank #bis #crypto

The EU's von der Leyen appears to be setting up her own CIA. This appetite for control and surveillance becomes largely understandable when you realise that fiat leaders such as the UK's Keir Starmer, France's Macron and Germany's Merz are just about as popular as The Black Plague. The last time I calculated the net approval rate (net balance) of Starmer he was actually a smidgeon less popular than the Black Plague...

Have you noticed how new laws eroding privacy always follow a tired script? Politicians invoke the "four horsemen of the infocalypse" to scare us into accepting surveillance "for the children" or "for security". The reality is, neither our kids nor the public get any safer, just less free. Full piece! ↘️ View article →

Is AI everywhere? We have: - AI in phones - AI in cell towers - AI in data centers - AI in space... In Sweden, we even have AI terrorists!

🇸🇪🌩️🤔 Ekonomidags avsnitt 74 UTE NU! Tema AI: - Uberchaufförer ska träna AI - tecken eller järtecken? - Nvidia investerar i Nokia - vad är "AI-RAN"? - Datacenter i rymden och "batteripass" i EU. Vad är det egentligen som pågår? #ai #nvidia #nokia #sverige

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Ekonomidags • 74. Tema AI-nyheter med gäst Rasmus • Listen on Fountain

Rasmus Nordström som till vardags arbetar operativt med AI-implementeringar gästar podden och diskuterar fyra nyheter på temat!Hoppas ni uppskat...

OpenAI lost ~$13 billion in the last quarter, but plans to spend $1400 billion more on "compute". When Sam Altman is asked about this by one of his investors, he becomes defensive and starts attacking short sellers (who aren't even present, and can't be). Is it because things are going so well that OpenAI are seeking guarantees from the US government to more easily finance its enormous projects? And Nvidia seems onboard with this kind of begging (presumably for geopolitical reasons), given the recent statement by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. According to Michael Cembalest at JPMorgan, AI has been responsible for 90% of the growth in S&P 500 capex since ChatGPT was launched. What happens to the US economy if the AI wave starts to falter? The Mag-7 companies comprise almost 40% of the S&P500. The credit risk in Oracle (5y CDS) is already at its highest in a couple of years. Also: isn't it strange that Meta is making AI investments off its balance sheet? I remember how banks and financial institutions thought they were oh-so-clever with SPVs and other off balance sheet shenanigans before the great recession in 2008. However, accounting tricks can only be taken so far. The risk is still there. Apparently Palantir trades with a forward PE ratio of ~240. As always, fun times in the fiat world!

🇸🇪🌩️🤔 Ekonomidags avsnitt 73 UTE NU! - Anställda hos Clas Ohlson får sänkta löner, medan VD:n badar i bonusar - Tokeniseringen av "allting" har börjat, enligt munter BlackRock-VD - Vad är tokenisering? Och varför är Larry Fink så glad?

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🇸🇪🦁🇦🇷 Ekonomidags avsnitt 72 UTE NU! Återbesök av Sveriges kanske främste Argentinakännare: - Vad händer i Argentina? - Var är guldet? - Vaknar några lejon? - Och hänger det senaste räddningspaketet ihop med skifferoljan i Vaca Muerta? Lyssna där du brukar! #sverige #podcasts #argentina

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Ekonomidags • 72. Tema: Återbesök Argentina med gäst Bengt Svensson • Listen on Fountain

Argentinakännaren Bengt Svensson återbesöker oss, tar oss igenom allt som har hänt i Argentina senaste året och svarar på alla våra frågor!...