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To: Red Badger

Greed.

It’s not even real money backed by anything.

The love of money is a root of all kinds of evil.


2 posted on 12/03/2020 11:16:14 AM PST by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom

I hate to break this to you, but pull a $20 out of your wallet. What is THAT backed by? Just the faith and confidence that its worth something. There’s no difference.

And I fail to see where “greed” enters this picture? “Risk” perhaps, but not greed.


6 posted on 12/03/2020 11:23:51 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: metmom

From the article, he’s given half the money away to charity. So where is the greed? Sounds more like “envy” to me ;)


8 posted on 12/03/2020 11:25:23 AM PST by bigdaddy45
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To: metmom

Wow you know a lot about this family from an article.

And you’re probably world renowned on bitcoin :)

What are the dollars in your pocket backed by?

Do you own a home? A car?

Do you get nice things for your kids?

Gifts at Christmas?

Not what they NEED. Not what YOU need.

But above NEED.

Then you and we are all in trouble.

One could say anything above NEED is a love of mammon.

As for me, I LOVE money. I’d sleep in it if I could :)

It’s not backed by anything but it can buy a heck of a lot of fun stuff :)

I LOVE my challenger.

But i’d LOVE a corvette even more. :)

It’s called capitalism.

Many of those who are so morally superior still thrive off of the system that we greedy people keep going.

Your welcome and Merry Christmas :)

And we should all leave the judgement to God.

He’s better at it.


13 posted on 12/03/2020 11:27:52 AM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: metmom
It’s not even real money backed by anything.

All major currencies are fait currencies. They are not backed by an underlying tangible assets.

20 posted on 12/03/2020 11:33:58 AM PST by ConservativeInPA (The Republic is at a pivot point. Either you stand for freedom or die in slavery. )
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To: metmom

To the Left, it’s more white privilege.


30 posted on 12/03/2020 11:55:30 AM PST by cranked
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To: metmom
It’s not even real money backed by anything.

Neither is the dollar, bro.

33 posted on 12/03/2020 12:00:00 PM PST by montag813
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To: metmom

LOL.
“ It’s not even real money backed by anything.”

You just described the US dollar.

Good for them. I wish I had bought more then the 4 Bitcoin I did.


38 posted on 12/03/2020 12:16:23 PM PST by Kozak (The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.)
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To: metmom

$20 dollars used to be equivalent to a 1-ounce gold coin. Now the US Federal Reserve “prints” dollars at will. At least the supply of Bitcoin cannot be inflated away.


40 posted on 12/03/2020 12:18:36 PM PST by Tallguy (Facts be d@mned! The narrative must be protected at all costs!)
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To: metmom

“It’s not even real money backed by anything.”

The US dollar is nothing more than a fiat currency that is backed by nothing but the collective belief that it has value.

If/when that changes then you won’t be able to buy a sheet of toilet paper with $100 trillion dollars.


54 posted on 12/03/2020 12:53:06 PM PST by MeganC (There is nothing feminine about feminism. )
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To: metmom
It’s not even real money backed by anything.

The US dollar is backed by nothing, except people's confidence in the US government. Despite the debt, the deficits, the insane government policies and leaders.

Bitcoin is also backed just by confidence - in cryptocurrencies. But you can't print an endless supply.

63 posted on 12/03/2020 1:41:58 PM PST by aMorePerfectUnion (I'd rather be anecdotally alive than scientifically dead... )
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