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 ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†
๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ

Recently, Samantha LaDuc commented on #Bitcoin, calling it โ€œ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บโ€, and saying itโ€™s โ€œ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ.โ€

While we thank Samantha for complimenting Bitcoin so highly, it seems sheโ€™s a little confused on what it means for something to be โ€œsound moneyโ€.

Hopefully the following will help set the record straight๐Ÿ‘‡

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The implication here that only state-enforced currency is "sound" is amusingly archaic. It implies that money issued by the state is inherently stable and reliable. However, ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐˜†๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, brought on by poor incentives.

Bitcoin, unfettered by state control, ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—บ๐˜†. Being "rogue" means it's not subject to whimsical monetary policies or political agendas. It's a monetary system that operates on principles of scarcity and decentralized consensus, unlike state currencies prone to excessive printing and devaluation.

In a world witnessing rampant money printing and currency debasement, ๐—•๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป'๐˜€ "๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ" ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต. It offers an alternative to the failed legacy system, where the value of money is constantly eroded by inflationary policies. ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ'๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜น๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ป๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ.

As the "rouge" Thomas Jefferson likely said: "๐˜ž๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ, ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ต๐˜บ.โ€ He is also attributed to saying: "๐˜๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ต, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ.โ€ Likewise, another rogue named Henry David Thoreau once said, "๐˜‹๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ถ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜บ. ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.โ€ And the roguish Martin Luther King, Jr, whose birthday was yesterday, is quoted as saying, "๐˜–๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ธ๐˜ด.โ€ This resistance and disobedience โ€” i.e. going ๐™ง๐™ค๐™œ๐™ช๐™š โ€” is exactly what we need most today.

Therefore, in an era where the so-called "sound money" of states is anything but, ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ. Bitcoin, with its immutable rules and decentralized governance, stands as a bastion of monetary sanity in a world of fiscal chaos.

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George Orwell, a rogue if there ever was one!

Be sure to ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐Ÿค™ and ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐Ÿ”„ this so more people can learn why Bitcoin is rogue money.

And ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐Ÿ”– this for quick reference later!

How else is Bitcoin rogue money?
Let me know in the ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€โฌ‡๏ธ