Good Morning Everyone,
There is a powerful meme that tries to capture the cyclical nature of human behaviour over time and the relationship between prosperity and societal regression, destruction and rebirth.
The cycle is as follows:
* Hard times create strong men
* Strong men create good times
* Good times create weak men
* Weak men create hard times
* …and so the cycle repeats… Hard times create strong men…
There are plenty of data points that suggest we have lived through one of, if not the most prosperous periods in human history, and an equally large number of data points that suggest it has created an inordinate number of weak men as a result.
I’m as much a product of these “good times” as the next person, so i want to clearly state and acknowledge that I try to check myself in this respect to avoid becoming a statistical truth, thus a weak man, but absolutely acknowledge this possibility.
If the current trajectory in Canada is anything to go by, we are approaching some very hard times ahead.
This tweet from Pomp captured the state of play perfectly.
The Canadian government have now begun to cut-off and restrict citizens access to bank accounts and the financial system, both personal and corporate accounts, for essentially wrong think.
To attack individuals that are politically opposed to a tyrannical government and rather than respecting, listening and trying to achieve peaceful conciliation, supreme leader Trudeau has demonstrated that if you hold your money in a bank and regulated institution, that ultimately, it’s not your money; and they can restrict how you spend and express value, and restrict your access to the system if you oppose them.
Deputy supreme leader Chrystia Freeland said this, in response to whether people donating to gofundme or givesendgo will be targeted:
“The names of both individuals and entities as well as crypto wallets have been shared by the RCMP with financial institutions, and accounts have been frozen, and more accounts will be frozen. Crowdfunding platforms and payment service providers have started the registration process with FINTRAC. In terms of the specifics on who’s accounts are being frozen, you now have the regulations, the financial service providers have those regulations as well, and they working with law enforcement will be making the operational decisions.”
This is an absolutely chilling statement.
It is a historically bad trajectory that the Canadian government seems to be intent on, and offers a glimpse into a future where cash no longer exists and you are forced to use government issued and controlled central bank digital currencies (CDBCs).
This is a world where dissenting voices, and those who politically oppose government actions are financially silenced and easily shunned from the economy. These are the hallmarks of a top-down dictatorship, and not values of a civilised western democratic nation.
We also saw crowdfunding platform givesendgo get hacked, and all user data relating to the freedom convoy donation campaign being doxed online, which included the names and personal details of over 92,000 people, in what appears to be a very obviously politically motivated attack.
The political elite are waging war on the people of Canada, and they are being enabled by a silent majority, that believe their propaganda and lies.
With each passing day, i believe the likely-hood of a run on the banks increases, as ever more Canadians are woken up to the way the system is being turned against them, and that the financial infrastructure they have trusted for years is being weaponised as a political tool to control them and keep those that oppose the political elite powerless.
This is absolute power corrupting absolutely, in real-time.
The silver lining is that hard times create strong men, and strong men create good times. I believe the overwhelming majority of Canadians agree on much more than they disagree on, and that in the fullness of time, most will come to realise it.
The values of privacy, self-sovereignty, truth and freedom that bitcoin is built on, have never been more important and essential than they are today, and will continue to be a beacon of hope for many of us in amongst a world gone mad.
Truth will win. A future built upon an open, global monetary protocol that dis-incentives bad behavior by a powerful few at the expense of the many will seem so obvious in hindsight. Grateful as ever to be here for that journey with you.
Resist the lies. Bitcoin is the mission.
Hope you all have a great weekend, and i’ll talk to you on Monday.
AK
