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Democracy Matters :verified:<p>Make America Broke Again!!!!</p><p>"Amid geopolitical tensions, streaming giants like Netflix are aggressively expanding their international production portfolios. Netflix’s commitment to invest $1 billion in Mexican film and TV production over the next four years exemplifies this trend. "</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/RepublicansOwnThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicansOwnThis</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/ImpeachTrumpNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ImpeachTrumpNow</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a></p>
acemaxx<p><a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/FX" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FX</span></a> - The simultaneous surge in <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>euro</span></a> and <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> Govt bonds this month suggests a <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/capitalflight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalflight</span></a> to <a href="https://econtwitter.net/tags/eurozone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eurozone</span></a>’s benchmark debt as a haven from trade war turmoil, chart @financialtimes.com <br><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/88f47b5b-c12c-49f1-ad3b-61545510c80d?segmentId=b0d7e653-3467-12ab-c0f0-77e4424cdb4c" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">ft.com/content/88f47b5b-c12c-4</span><span class="invisible">9f1-ad3b-61545510c80d?segmentId=b0d7e653-3467-12ab-c0f0-77e4424cdb4c</span></a></p>
Uilliam Mac ᚒᚔᚂᚂᚔᚐᚋ<p>If the richest 0.1 per cent of Earth's population were raptured off the face of the planet tomorrow never to return, would humanity be better off? </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Polls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Capitalism</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@SpaceLifeForm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>SpaceLifeForm</span></a></span> TBH, all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/currency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>currency</span></a> - even antique <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/metal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>metal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/coins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coins</span></a> - is based off <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fungibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungibility</span></a>. </p><ul><li>That's why <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/BurgerKing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurgerKing</span></a> in <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a> accepted <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a> and not just <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euro</span></a> and would happily sell me a Cheeseburger for a $5 note just as with a €5 note ( they only exchanged in Euro but that's beyond the point).</li></ul><p>The reason why I can't even buy fries with 5.000 KPW [North Korean Won] has nothing to do with North Korea, but entirely with the fact that noone wants that money.</p><ul><li>And that fungibility is <em>why</em> the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USD</span></a> is even relevant and why the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Euro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Euro</span></a> is stable: Because you can actualy buy shit with it.</li></ul> <p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gold</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Silver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Silver</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Platinum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Platinum</span></a> and even <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Copper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Copper</span></a> are not only inconvenient beyond small sums because they weight a lot but because their value sometimes fluctuates harder than <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> and with the exception of Copper there had been Mass <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Confiscations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Confiscations</span></a> aka. state-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/theft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>theft</span></a> of these per law.</p><ul><li><p>Therefore it's absurd to think that any metal- or other commodity-based currency could be established that would see actual use-case beyond being an expensive <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Shitcoin</span></a> aka. <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SecuritiesFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SecuritiesFraud</span></a>-based <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a>. </p></li><li><p>The only reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> has any value is because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Billionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billionaires</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oligarchs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchs</span></a> use it to commit <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/TaxFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TaxFraud</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> in order to have an <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ExitStrategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ExitStrategy</span></a> left if or rather when their <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Oligarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Oligarchy</span></a> - regardless if <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>, <em>"P.R."</em> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> implodes to buy themselves in elsewhere as <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/EconomicRefugees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EconomicRefugees</span></a>"</em> or rather <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fugitives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fugitives</span></a> in a juristiction that doesn't extradite them for their *"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WhiteCollarCrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WhiteCollarCrime</span></a>".</p></li><li><p>The only reason <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> has any value is because it's the more <em>"accessible"</em> alternative to Bitcoin so mere <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Millionaires" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Millionaires</span></a> can afford similar <em>"<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/AssetProtection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AssetProtection</span></a>" strategies</em> ...</p></li><li><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> derives it's value not by having <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Billions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Billions</span></a> in on-paper-value locked in but entirely upon it's <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/fungibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fungibility</span></a> and speed as a <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PaymentSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PaymentSystem</span></a>, beating <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Hawala" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hawala</span></a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/MoneyTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyTransfer</span></a> providers by so wide margins that it feels like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a>-style <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ACH" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ACH</span></a> Money Transfers getting steamrolled by <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/SEPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SEPA</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WireTransfer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WireTransfer</span></a>: They ain't even in the same millenium!</p></li></ul> <p>So if you want to sell me on some <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/RareMetal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RareMetal</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/investment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>investment</span></a> scheme: <em>Please fuck off!</em></p><p>If not, disregard the last sentence...</p><p>Thanks.</p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>The many weaknesses in the Russian economy nonetheless remain apparent. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/GDP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GDP</span></a> has not grown above pre-2014 levels because of Western financial sanctions and its odious <a href="https://noc.social/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a>. It is not very stable. The exchange rate of the <a href="https://noc.social/tags/ruble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ruble</span></a> jumps like a yo-yo. The underlying reason for this is massive <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a>, <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>’s exclusion from international financial markets, and its limited liquid reserves. <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ukraine</span></a> <a href="https://noc.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> </p><p>Why the Russian <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a>’s Luck is Running Out <br><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/21/why-the-russian-economys-luck-is-running-out-a83165" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themoscowtimes.com/2023/11/21/</span><span class="invisible">why-the-russian-economys-luck-is-running-out-a83165</span></a></p>
Norobiik @Norobiik@noc.social<p>"The flight of $239 billion from <a href="https://noc.social/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> last year, including $13 billion in the pre-invasion month of January, was four times the amount that was pulled out of the country in 2021, according to the analysis." <a href="https://noc.social/tags/UkraineWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UkraineWar</span></a> </p><p>Russia Loses Record $253Bln in Wartime <a href="https://noc.social/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a><br><a href="https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/24/russia-loses-record-253bln-in-wartime-capital-flight-a81948" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">themoscowtimes.com/2023/07/24/</span><span class="invisible">russia-loses-record-253bln-in-wartime-capital-flight-a81948</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@atomicpoet" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>atomicpoet</span></a></span> <span class="h-card"><a href="https://venera.social/profile/fediversenews" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>fediversenews</span></a></span> tbh I can understand instances blocking <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Bitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bitcoin</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fanboys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fanboys</span></a> for being <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>cringe</span></a> cultists that refuse to accept their <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/shitcoin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>shitcoin</span></a> only works for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/CapitalFlight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CapitalFlight</span></a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/MoneyLaundering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MoneyLaundering</span></a> for ultra-rich...<br><a href="https://youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g?t=430" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/YQ_xWvX1n9g?t=430</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>