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We are in a tug-o-war against the establishment.  Unfortunately, at the moment, few are aware this is taking place.

I believe we live in a world that is what is termed a "corporatracy".  More of our purchases are consumed by mega-corporations.  We pay Fortune 1000 companies for our phone, food, cars, mortgages, clothing, and just about everything else we buy.  These entities, if you do a simple search on a site like Yahoo finance (owned by Verizon) shows that Wall Street bankers own the bulk of those companies.  This provides them with enormous wealth.

They are the true Whales in the world.

Using scarcity economics, they strive to keep all enslaved.  Freedom is not something they want.  Governments of the world, at least the major ones, are under their control.  Their power is from the monetary system which can over ride any law.  

We are starting to see the foundation on this system crack.  Hence, the attack dogs are out in full force.  People are starting to leave the reservation which is a problem.  If the floodgates open up, these elites will be overwhelmed.  There is a central premise that exists: there are a lot more of us than there are them.  The numbers are slanted in a major way.

For well over a year, we saw the FUD about cryptocurrency.  Now, we are seeing a number of major entities entering the world of "blockchain".  I use the quotations on that because most of what is taking place at the enterprise level is little more than a ruse.  This is why many question the Facebook "cryptocurrency".  Will the company decentralize and give up control?  Does a leopard change its spots?

This tug of war is already decided.  We are seeing a new system established that will, ultimately, overtake the present one.  This does not bode well for those in charge.  Of course, they will not make it very easy.

Here again, we see the backlash.  The IRS is already "ahead of the curve" looking to criminal prosecute those who do not pay taxes on Bitcoin (cryptocurrency).

https://www.forbes.com/sites/hanktucker/2019/06/13/irs-agent-who-took-down-silk-road-turns-his-attention-to-recreational-bitcoin-investors/#6125875a1ad1

We already know the SEC is doing all it can to stop this.  There is little that organization did to help the industry.  Of course, once Wall Street is shoulder deep in crypto, all will be well.

It is vital to remember these entities exist to keep the present holders of power safe.  It is not to prosecute them.  Do not believe in equal protection under the law and all that crap.  There is no such thing.

Once again, we have the lesson of who the real enemy is.  It is easy to attack the Bitcoin Whales, or the greedy ones on Steem, yet forget they are still small potatoes.  All the infighting over "my blockchain is better than your blockchain" and other b.s. needs to stop.  There are real powerful entities looking to take people down.

The challenge for the establishment is this is going to get out of hand too quickly for them.  The pace of development is mindblowing.  What we are seeing on Steem is a microcosm of what is taking place across the entire industry.  Since we are not even sure where things are going, that makes it impossible for the authorities to figure it out.  Across the spectrum, work is taking place that will take those establishments years to figure out.

By the time they do, developers will have coded something completely different.

We see this with Facebook.  The members of Congress and other governing bodies are scratching their heads trying to figure out what to do with that company.  Should they apply anti-trust regulations to it?  Good luck on that.  These people are stuck in the 20th century while the geeks are in the 21st (and rapidly working towards the 22nd).  

This is where humanity will succeed.  Three decades ago, geeks were a rare commodity.  Those with the skills to design and program stuff came from expensive institutions and were quickly swallowed up by major enterprises.  Today, a fair chunk of those under 30, armed with a laptop and Jolt Cola (does that even exist anymore), can do more than those geniuses did 30 years ago.  

We also have the global collaboration that was not present at that time.  No longer do people need to meet in person or even be in the same country.  As long as one as some electricity and an Internet connection, it is game on.

And the thing about geeks is they tend to be non-conformists.  They do not play well with society since they typically are smarter than the rest of us.  This is a bad combination for the establishment.

Therefore, it is vital we take a step back at times to realize how much the powers that are want us to fail.  If we insist on bickering and tearing each other down, we are only aiding them.  They cannot handle all of us since they do not have the numbers.  Hence, they use the divide and conquer tactics.  This strategy served them well over the years.

Hopefully, as more people awaken to the mythology they present, to the absurdity of the system they created, this will not be the case.  Fear is their main weapon as evidenced by the Forbes article about the IRS.  That is a pure fear tactic.  Bet the ranch they will look to make an example out of a few Bitcoiners to drive home the point to everyone else.

Abundance is our natural state.  The digital realm certainly exemplifies this.  Once something is digitized, it basically becomes abundant.  We witnessed that with information, music, video, and communications.  The Internet creates abundance.

Well sports fans, the Internet came to money.  What do you think it is going to do?  The signs are already in place for those paying attention.  This is not something that the establishment can stand for.

Of course, the lessons of the record companies, newspapers, magazines, and long distance telephone services should serve as a warning.  Their chance of success is minimal.  Remember all those they went after for downloading music with Napster.  In the United States, a big deal was made about that.  Did that stop the downloading of music?  Did we not see a bunch of file sharing sites emerge after that?

Ultimately, the regulators and governmental entities end up playing whack-a-mole.  As soon as they stop one, two more pop up.

This is a movement that cannot be stopped.  Technology does not stop being produced and changing society.  It matters none what kind of obstacles are put in place, technology simple goes around them.  


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