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 I never tell people to go all in. Diversification is key. Always tell them they should Dollar Cost Average into assets. I also show them how to use bitcoin to pay for things. How they should track their assets so they know what asset to spend when they need to buy something. If their BTC is up spend BTC, gold then spend gold, then spend dollars if everything is down. FIAT is for buying more assets or paying debt when assets are down compared to fiat. They eventually learn that while BTC may go down it also goes up and the trend is up whereas FIAT always goes down. I highlight how they didn't have to go to a bank to open an account. How they can spend without having a card company question their transaction. How they end up accumulating BTC because they spend less than the original purchase...

One day I noticed one of the persons I orange pilled had cashapp on their phone. I mentioned to them that if they did additional kyc, cashapp can be a way for them to cash out to FIAT. They responded with....
Screw that, they got my debit card info I ain't giving them anything else. Besides I use my bitcoin just fine without cashing out....
I was so happy.