SwingingKoala

SwingingKoala, 25 days ago

I understand why it happens

Why does it?

I never understood why inflation was a good thing

It isn’t, that’s a narrative told by politicians, and economists who are primarily paid by the government.

SwingingKoala, 26 days ago

Which is a perfectly normal thing to feel

Dude, irrational fears are something to get therapy for.

SwingingKoala, 26 days ago

Hi, good to see you here! How bad would you say your depression is?

I, and I’ve heard it from many others, have made the experience that things can get worse when you get sober because it gets harder to ignore problems. But it can also get easier to find solutions to the problems.

SwingingKoala, 27 days ago

Thank you, it means a lot!

SwingingKoala, 28 days ago

People have called bitcoin a tool for economic freedom. The data in this paper provides a proof point that it’s being used exactly for that.

Bitcoin is freedom, bitcoin is hope.

SwingingKoala, 29 days ago

Please get therapy, for your own sake.

SwingingKoala, 29 days ago

If you don’t want to talk about shit, don’t ask shit questions.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

You seem to be confusing maintenance, utilitiy management, and other actual services

I guess in your fantasy world all of those jobs happen because the service providers are benevolent clairvoyants and don’t need to be vetted, managed, or need oversight.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

Hurr durr, so in your fantasy world everybody lives in a coop, and people like me who don’t want to are forced into it. No, thanks, I don’t want that totalitarian shit.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

That’s a lot of mental gymanstics to justify forcing me into a lifestyle I don’t want.

You have a clearly better system available, both in terms of your freedom and your wallet

That’s my decision, not yours.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

You pay $1000 a month. Of that, $800 goes towards mortgage, far less because it is no longer a speculative investment.

It is bizarre that you think that housing is used as a “speculative” investment. Housing and stocks were monetized because our money is centrally planned and devalues through excessive money creation, and people simply need a place where they can store wealth without having it destroyed. If people could use money to store their wealth housing would be demonetized and prices would go down, then your coop model could naturally outcompete renting if it truly is superior. Fix the money, fix the world.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

This is a load of nonsense. People already use money to store their wealth.

I guess you never heard about inflation, must be nice to be that privileged.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

If you believe that a savings account outpace inflation I don’t know how to help you. You’ve obviously never been poor, or very rich, if you swallow the official CPI numbers.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

The solution is to put an end to the current economic system. It’s not serving me or you. It’s just stealing from us:

You almost get it, the system is stealing from you, but through monetary debasement. Corporate greed is actually mostly a side effect of monetary debasement, because people are forced to invest into companies to preserve their wealth, and the companies need to increase profits excessively to keep up with inflation, pay out dividends, and raise their stock price.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

Cool! You may want to look more into the consequences of monetary debasement though.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

And why does monetary debasement happen? you use it like it’s just something some evil person did to harm you. when in reality it’s a necessity to counteract wealth hoarding.

Ah, another rich, privileged asshole. Inflation hits poor people the hardest, they have nothing to invest, they have no surplus money to absorb increased cost, they have no bargaining power with their employer.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

now that is entirely your fault for not being part of a union

Of course a privileged asshole blames the victims. Just stop being poor!

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

Ah yes, in your fantasy unions exist everywhere. You obviously don’t know reality because you’re fucking privileged.

SwingingKoala, 1 month ago

Like I said, victim blaming. Fuck you.