• Tollana1234567@lemmy.today
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    15 hours ago

    wasnt it obvious with the passenger pigeon going extinct. microplastics would be a slow death, unlike something overhunting, deforestation,etc.

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      2 days ago

      Imagine all the energy it costs to fuel money: all the bank vaults, all the armored cars, the security staff, all the numerous 24/7 backup systems… You don’t have an argument if you’re implying that fiat is better. The only leveler of the playing field would be bartering or no currency, like the native Americans did.

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          17 hours ago

          I know. I’m pro-BTC, though (but anti-all-other-coins, to clarify). My point is that one could say the same of USD or any other fiat.

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            16 hours ago

            The joke was about the old Indian commercial about, “something something once everything is dead, you will learn that money can’t be eaten” or some shit.

            Millenial humor I guess.

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              6 hours ago

              Oh, I’m well aware of that line. The thing is that I actually believe it yet think our socioeconomic predicament is a necessary evil… 😕