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@ Farley | Retired Fortune 10 ☕
2025-05-07 10:24:26
BITCOIN MONK SCENE: "THE CBDC TEMPTATION"
Setting: A misty mountaintop monastery. A young Canadian pilgrim, shivering in a Hudson’s Bay blanket, approaches the Bitcoin Monk, who sits calmly stacking sats on a stone ledger.
PILGRIM: "Master… my Prime Minister says CBDCs will protect me from ‘volatility.’ He says Bitcoin is for criminals!"
BITCOIN MONK: "And the wolf tells the sheep the fence is dangerous… while sharpening his teeth."
PILGRIM: "But… but the government promises instant, ‘free’ payments!"
BITCOIN MONK: "Free as a mouse in a glue trap." (pauses, pours maple syrup into a tiny BTC-shaped mold)
PILGRIM: "Then… what should I do?"
BITCOIN MONK: "When they offer you a ‘digital dollar,’ ask: Can you spend it in a blackout? Can you flee with it past a checkpoint? Does it exist when their servers die?"
(A sudden gust of wind extinguishes the pilgrim’s smartphone screen.)
BITCOIN MONK: "The central bank’s money is an IOU. Bitcoin is the ‘OU.’"
PILGRIM: "But what if they ban it?!"
BITCOIN MONK: (grins, hands him a steel seed phrase plate) "Then you’ll finally understand… why they fear a bearer asset more than a protest sign."
(The pilgrim’s eyes widen as the Monk nonchalantly strikes a match on his Cold Card.)
MORAL: A CBDC is a leash with customer service.
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