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Claire Garrison's avatar

I literally don’t think he’s in charge at all. I think he’s just a mouthpiece.

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Key West Lisa's avatar

Elder abuse and exploitation! As an RN I am a mandated reporter. Should I?

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Laura's avatar

I don’t want to sound like a conspiracy theorist, but, I have a bad feeling in my gut that he is going to make physical money completely redundant. The price of gold has been rising steadily and he has already invested government funds in crypto! I hope I’m wrong…😳

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Robot Bender's avatar

My thought, as well. I'm working with a financial advisor to see if there's a way to protect ourselves from this insanity.

(Nightmare fuel below)

Given that Musk just "sold" xA to x and is working on an app like China's WeChat, the plan becomes clearer. China forces everyone to use WeChat without exception to do everything online, like social media, calendars, and financial transactions. If he succeeds and everyone is forced to use crypto, he and his cronies with have the perfect tool for an authoritarian government. Almost total surveillance is achieved.

That will start a huge barter and black market economy, but it would be hampered by a lack on physical currency. Maybe some smart coders can find ways around that. I wonder what the Christofascist's will think of that? An even better so-called "Mark of the Beast."

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SueD's avatar

Sounds about right to me

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Tony Sanders's avatar

My answer is: Hell yeah, if it benefits Trump or his puppet master, Vladimir Putin.

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Fed Up With Fraud's avatar

More than likely. I have had a hunch he has his fingers in crypto for a while. I have asked if he could somehow make a lot of money from crypto or bitcoin or whatever it’s called and I was told not.

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Kiwiwriter47's avatar

The Bloated Yam?

Trying to make a bundle from crypto at our nation's expense?

Here's my reaction:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPY6Pp4kmxQ

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Paul Jenkins's avatar

He’s been into tariffs since the 80s though, so is this crypto thing a bonus, giving him a win-win? If tariffs end up doing what he claims, boosting the American economy, then he wins by becoming a great hero but if they crash the economy he wins by making loads of money.

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June Mita's avatar

By crashing the economy he will be taking all those retirement funds away due to the crash. Then he will yank away SS and basically bankrupt retirees. Then he will OFFER cryptocurrency with what is in the SS trust. Retirees will have no choice but agree to have SS converted to crypto and whatever they might have left in their accounts.

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Cynthia Santiglia's avatar

Once I heard talk of a potential 'crypto federal reserve' I assumed crypto was certainly wrapped up in the obviously intentional tanking of the economy but really have no grasp of the bigger picture. Anyway, short answer is probably, "Yes, he is."

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Sheila Collins's avatar

Yes

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