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 Another great piece, @AnselLindner. Now about adding nostr to your byline. 😉

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/10/25/a-declaration-of-war-fed-and-ecb-plot-to-tax-or-ban-bitcoin-and-use-price-gains-to-escape-357-trillion-doom-loop/ 
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 USD = doom loop 
BTC = boom loop 
 Thank you for sharing 🙏 
 Triggered. 
 They can tax it it but they can't debase it. The thesis is: hard money takes away government's hidden tax of inflation, forcing it to resort to direct taxation which is more transparent, openly coercive, unpopular, and difficult to enforce. Looks like we are about to find out how this plays out.