/biz/ - Business & Finance

“Or did you say it’s the love of money that’s the root of all evil? To love a thing is to know and love its nature. To love money is to know and love the fact that money is the creation of the best power within you, and your passkey to trade your effort for the effort of the best among men. It’s the person who would sell his soul for a nickel, who is loudest in proclaiming his hatred of money–and he has good reason to hate it. The lovers of money are willing to work for it. They know they are able to deserve it.
“Let me give you a tip on a clue to men’s characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it.
“Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper’s bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another–their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun.
“But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or to keep it. Men who have no courage, pride or self-esteem, men who have no moral sense of their right to their money and are not willing to defend it as they defend their life, men who apologize for being rich–will not remain rich for long. They are the natural bait for the swarms of looters that stay under rocks for centuries, but come crawling out at the first smell of a man who begs to be forgiven for the guilt of owning wealth. They will hasten to relieve him of the guilt–and of his life, as he deserves.

>>27336525

> "Let me give you a tip on a clue to men's characters: the man who damns money has obtained it dishonorably; the man who respects it has earned it."

> "Run for your life from any man who tells you that money is evil. That sentence is the leper's bell of an approaching looter. So long as men live together on earth and need means to deal with one another--their only substitute, if they abandon money, is the muzzle of a gun."

> "But money demands of you the highest virtues, if you wish to make it or to keep it. Men who have no courage, pride or self-esteem, men who have no moral sense of their right to their money and are not willing to defend it as they defend their life, men who apologize for being rich--will not remain rich for long. They are the natural bait for the swarms of looters that stay under rocks for centuries, but come crawling out at the first smell of a man who begs to be forgiven for the guilt of owning wealth. They will hasten to relieve him of the guilt--and of his life, as he deserves."

> "Then you will see the rise of the men of the double standard--the men who live by force, yet count on those who live by trade to create the value of their looted money--the men who are the hitchhikers of virtue. In a moral society, these are the criminals, and the statutes are written to protect you against them. But when a society establishes criminals-by-right and looters-by-law--men who use force to seize the wealth of disarmed victims--then money becomes its creators' avenger. Such looters believe it safe to rob defenseless men, once they've passed a law to disarm them. But their loot becomes the magnet for other looters, who get it from them as they got it. Then the race goes, not to the ablest at production, but to those most ruthless at brutality. When force is the standard, the murderer wins over the pickpocket. And then that society vanishes, in a spread of ruins and slaughter."

>>18786436
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

It's not fungible, not money.

>https://craigwright.net/blog/law-regulation/the-history-of-freezing-in-bitcoin/

>https://medium.com/@johnfoss/the-elephant-in-the-room-34e061f5912a

>https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/fungibility.html


If someone is telling you your money is bad, "evil":

"Run for your life from any man who tells you money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

>>18756438
Further to >>18758759
>>/biz/?task=search&ghost=&search_text=That+sentence+is+a+leper%27s+bell+of+an+approaching+looter
EL OH EL!

>>18756934
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

It's not fungible, not money.

>https://craigwright.net/blog/law-regulation/the-history-of-freezing-in-bitcoin/

>https://medium.com/@johnfoss/the-elephant-in-the-room-34e061f5912a

>https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/fungibility.html


If someone is telling you your money is bad, "evil":

"Run for your life from any man who tells you money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

>>18753355
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

It's not fungible, not money.

>https://craigwright.net/blog/law-regulation/the-history-of-freezing-in-bitcoin/

>https://medium.com/@johnfoss/the-elephant-in-the-room-34e061f5912a

>https://www.getmonero.org/resources/moneropedia/fungibility.html


If someone is telling you your money is bad, "evil":

"Run for your life from any man who tells you money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

>>18742453
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

>https://craigwright.net/blog/law-regulation/the-history-of-freezing-in-bitcoin/

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

>>18734942
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

>https://craigwright.net/blog/law-regulation/the-history-of-freezing-in-bitcoin/

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

>>18638571
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand


Transparent ledgers promote a socialism of reputation. If your reputation turns "bad" in the eyes of those monitoring, your money is no longer fungible.

>>18378744

Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."~Ayn Rand

>>18378488
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."~Ayn Rand

>>18377595
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

>>18376992
Transparent ledgers promote a socialism of reputation. If your reputation turns "bad" in the eyes of those monitoring, your money is no longer fungible.

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand

Enjoy having your whole net worth constantly monitored.

Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."~Ayn Rand

>>18372950
Bitcoin S-ur-V-eillance

"Run for your life from any man who tells you fungible money is evil. That sentence is a leper's bell of an approaching looter."
~Ayn Rand