I must say, I'm starting to get a little excited now. Feels like early 2017 when BTC was in the high 2000s. I had a few friends wanting to invest in BTC at that time. Which they did, but got in above 4000. They hodl till this day and even accrued a bigger stash over the last few years. I'm happy for myself, but I'm also happy that I've managed to help others.
41k is awesome and all, but the best days are still ahead of us. Wish I could say the same about the direction of our societies.
Most societies around the world are mostly peaceful.
Most people I believe are mostly peaceful and want a peaceful life.
It's the extremists and mostly the media machines trying to drag people to the extreme edges of division.
Storming capital hill like an imbecile and taking selfies inside isn't right.
But stating that a bunch of idiots who did that are behaving JUST like kamikaze terrorists on 9/11 or an entire country declaring war at Pearl Harbour isn't right either (and also millions of voters were tarred with that same brush in some of the reactions I have heard from politicians - totally not accepting or even discussing concerns, instead just throwing more fuel on the fire and trying to marginalise people - and probably pushing others to an extreme).
The media are loving all of this and exploiting all the click bait they can get out of it.
Social media companies have made billions from politics, people's opinions, extreme reactions, emotions etc too and now saying they hold the moral high ground so know what's best for people to hear? Give me a break.
Most people in the world don't take part in any of this extreme behaviour from what I can conclude. We only see the loudmouths and the companies who profiteer from them.
That is not what I am talking about, that is a sideshow to distract you from the real issues, which are socio-econmic.
Most societies around the world are being destroyed by an ever growing wealth divide and a capital class that are activily undoing (with assistance of elected officials,) the hard won labor conditions acheived by our forebears. The labor/union movements have been gutted, Edward Bernays and his ilk have won the battle of manipulating the people by getting them to spend themselves into slavery, and much more.
The poor, working poor, and middle class (i.e. the labor classes), they are all on a road to destruction (mostly there in many countries). The young have no future, living expenses and housing are insane and will continue higher. Tell me where is the real peace in that? Are slaves peaceful? you bet they are because they are oppressed by their owners, but they are also unhappy and their children have no future.