skells @skells@social.cleverlibre.org

she wants to conquer the world completely
but first she'll conquer
me discreetly

@harblinger u ok bro

@midway @jcbrand @NBS yeah, I'm not saying it's gonna be an easy ride I just have zero interest in being fatalistic about it

@midway @jcbrand @NBS agreed, motivation is no guarantee of success though

not to be complacent but the plandemic is starting to look more and more like peak globalism, CBDCs or no there are too many threads unravelling in too many directions to put the genie back in the bottle

not necceserilly (how the fuck do you spell neccesarilly) all good, probably a lot of bad will come of it, but I'm less worried about the WEF et al. than I was a year ago, for example

@midway @jcbrand @NBS for sure CBDC is a bad thing, the likelihood of a "successful" and "effective" rollout seem small to me

it's worth keeping an eye on and fighting tooth and nail if they try it, agreed, i suspect it's a longer fight and more precarious than it's cheerleaders would have us believe

@midway @jcbrand @NBS
2030 doesn't sound unreasonable but earlier I don't buy.

bear in mind we're talking about government developing IT - banks still use COBOL ffs and you're trying to tell me they can roll out CBDC, across the SWIFT system, in less than 8 years, without major fuck ups?

don't buy it myself

@midway @jcbrand @NBS what's to stop people from just lying about it? enforcement has to happen for it to be credible and i don't buy they can manage that

@jcbrand @midway @NBS *BIS, bank of international settlements

@jcbrand @midway @NBS i think the head of the BIC is on record saying that it's going to be a long time before CBDCs are really possible and that they're ~5 years (at least) behind bitcoin

seems to be why a lot of institutions are backing ethereum, because it's the most advanced compromised crypto

@gdinwiddie @mfreeman @sethcotlar it's a joke, not a bad one either

@NBS
Luongo's latest is a nice rundown
https://tomluongo.me/2023/01/07/goat-predictions-2023-losing-my-religion/

if this is financial advice i had noting to do with it

@NBS divine, cheers bro

@NBS oh wait this is today, do you have the one that was a week or so ago :p

@NBS was hunting for a free copy only yesterday, thanks dude

@midway @NBS he's always got a mean quip or two, which helps

@NBS
"Cast the bantling on the rocks,
Suckle him with the she-wolf's teat,
Wintered with the hawk and fox,
Power and speed be hands and feet."
- Emeson

@NBS psyched tbh