I love that in Scotland. Haggis with breakfast works so well.

I enjoy haggis and black pudding.

replaced by national currencies that are backed up by both the value of trading with their respective countries and, in all likelihood, gold

None of the other currencies are backed by anything either. No currency is backed by gold. Saying backed by government doesn’t really mean anything.

Being an early adopter doesn’t give you control over the market. Being rich does. It’s no different to anything you can buy. If that makes crypto a Ponzi scheme then everything in the world is. As for not being tied to anything real. The same could be said of the dollar.

The environmental cost is something that mainly applies to bitcoin, Ethereum is moving to Proof of Stake which will reduce energy consumption by a lot. Even other Proof of Work coins use less energy than Bitcoin, Algorand is doing well. Eventually they’ll all go down that road so I think it’s a bit of a strange bandwagon everyone jumped on criticising crypto when it’s still at very early stages.

Trickle down economics

Calling all crypto a Ponzi scheme is pretty lazy thinking. You should probably try to understand the difference between them before trying to make that claim.

I find it hilarious. Crypto hasn’t even really got started as far as I’m concerned.

There is a lot here to unpack.

1. The MSM hates crypto and they love reporting when it’s down but are quiet when it’s doing well.
2. Even stupid shit coins like Shib and Doge will rebound when bitcoin picks up.
3. Banks and trading platforms need to be regulated much more for stocks and crypto. They purposely let people get in too deep. Crypto investment should be with spare cash you have, not loans etc
4. Social media need to start being responsible along with knobs like Musk. People buying a coin because it’s trending on twitter is the dumbest shit ever.

Cat on lap trumps either.

My part of the UK there is a lot of properties worth considerably less than in 2008.

I prefer self check out but the amount of cashier’s they now have is beyond minimal. You should be able to have both options.

“We’ve got a new plan to solve the housing issue, people need to just make a loss when selling their homes. Hear me out…”

I’m glad I’m out of this loop.

Are some people saying communism is just as effective as liberalism?

Could you expand on what you mean please

it is the reason some leftists won’t come to Lemmy.

Noted. We need more of this stuff.

The UN must be genocide deniers aswell I suppose. Lol

These countries don’t follow US lead.

Can you fuck off back to Reddit please