On BitBoy and Moral Degeneracy
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BitBoy was arrested after his Lamborghini was stolen, an event he even live-streamed while confronting the thief. Ironically, a person who has been accused of defrauding others was indignant when he himself became a theft victim. But this is not just an isolated event; it shines a spotlight on a wider issue of ethical decline.
Individuals who willingly defraud others lose all sense of justice when they themselves are wronged. This mindset echoes socialist ideologies that champion the idea of seizing property—unless, of course, it's their property that's in jeopardy.
Double standards have become the norm, especially in politics. Some people, whether due to their minority status or alignment with popular political stances, are given a pass for unethical conduct. Meanwhile, others face public scorn for lesser offenses. This normalization of double standards paves the way for bad behavior, as exemplified by BitBoy.
But let's be clear: BitBoy is far from being the worst offender; he's simply the most visible one. This cycle of deceit, fraud, and theft will persist until we start stigmatizing moral decay. And that will only happen when our leaders stop getting away with their own moral lapses, which unfortunately are way too frequent under fiat money. They can and do abuse their position for personal gain, stealing from everyone else in the process. As long as the temptation of stealing from everyone else is there, and easily obscured by talk of "greedy corporations" and "perfect storm" of "unexpected circumstances" we're going to just see this moral degeneracy continue.
The way to stop this is not reform, but a different financial system that doesn't have so many holes. Bitcoin, as you might expect, is that system.
Fiat delenda est.
I'm not sure it's a decline in anything. These people always excited and always will. We just life in a world where they got the tools to reach millions of new-comers who need to get hurt before they will understand.
With events like this it's always this Satoshi quote which pops up in my mind:
“If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry.”
Maybe I'm part of the problems because I just feel like giving up. Maybe I'm part of the solution for this ignoring persons like Bitboy and hope others will follow. They feed on attention and we keep giving them food.
I agree on the Bitcoin part. 'Fix the money fix the world' always seems to be the missing piece of the puzzle.
It takes people to fix problems, provide solutions. If we all give up. The problems will continue and get worse.
This is what we’ve seen post 1980.
It’s only just now getting bad enough that people are questioning if that shouldn’t have given up, and maybe they can make a difference.
Broken morals lead to broken money.
Fix the morals, fix the money.
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