Post ATkRF7QlEl6CIJnMPo by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
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(DIR) Post #ATkP5w3XxRMgVEQjNA by madewulf@mastodon.social
2023-03-18T17:31:34Z
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Crypto fans crossing fingers for hyper inflation to happen, so that they both feel vindicated from the crypto crisis and get rich from people moving to crypto: 🤮Do you know that hyper inflation would ruin a huge part of the population? #crypto #bros
(DIR) Post #ATkP5wgtb8qATGq9ho by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-03-18T17:49:50Z
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@madewulf genuinely curious as to how many of the people behind the initial hysteria that caused the bank run on SVB coincidentally held a chunk of Bitcoin that later increased in value as people started getting nervous about the banking system
(DIR) Post #ATkQHfvppjnZvHz86a by madewulf@mastodon.social
2023-03-18T18:03:07Z
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@simon Honestly, I'm torn: I really dislike too much to talk about "coincidences" with scare quotes, but the Balajis of the world are getting on my nerves, that's for sure.
(DIR) Post #ATkRF7QlEl6CIJnMPo by simon@fedi.simonwillison.net
2023-03-18T18:13:48Z
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@madewulf right, it's a bit of a wild conspiracy theory... but some of these people really are awful enough that I wouldn't put it completely out of the question
(DIR) Post #ATmwlfd56lpeWPTnKy by ares@kolektiva.social
2023-03-19T23:16:23Z
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@simon @madewulf fascists seize power by creating catastrophes that they then propose to solve by suspending democracythey'll profit politically and financially from the very chaos and destruction that they cause