The Economist, famously wrong on just about everything, disses Bitcoin

October 14, 2018 Ciaran Ryan Journalism 0

This article first appeared at Accounting Weekly.

I was waiting for The Economist to diss Bitcoin. Now that it has done so, I feel it is safe to buy. This smug, establishment BS factory is at it again. Reg Rumney tears into them here. Back in the 1980s, what was their solution to apartheid South Africa? Dump gold everyone! That’s real activism for you. Drive down the price of gold and the racists will surrender. This ship of fools just keeps on sailing, talking into the establishment bubble that is its base. How they have kept going so long with a track record as miserable as their’s is one of the wonders of our age.

The magazine that is famously wrong on just about everything is a trader’s best friend. You cannot take them seriously on anything. When it says go long, it is a dead certainty that the reverse will happen. The crypto naysayers have been at it for a decade, and they have been wrong every time.

Now listen to two guys who actually know a thing or two about cryptos, Marco Wutzer and Doug Casey. The real risk for everyone alive today is the sustainability of the fiat currency ponzi scheme that has made everyone poorer.

Understand this: there are those who are mortally threatened by cryptos. After reading this you would be a fool not to own some.

From International Man:

Nick Giambruno: I always tell my readers that owning Bitcoin lets you escape the matrix… the financial prison that governments have erected with fiat currencies, central banks, and privacy-killing regulations serving as the bars on the door. It’s like a Swiss bank account in your pocket.

Unlike paper currencies, Bitcoin is an inherently international asset. It has incredible utility as a value-transfer mechanism. You can take any amount of it in and out of any country. You don’t need permission from any government.

Bitcoin’s resilience to government interference terrifies politicians. This is why it’s such a disruptive and exciting technology. Still, not everyone thinks it’ll last.

Can the U.S. government—or any government—shut down Bitcoin?

Marco Wutzer: Governments can outlaw the use of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in their respective countries and go after businesses and individuals that trade them.

However, no government on this planet has the power to shut down a globally decentralized and distributed network, such as Bitcoin.

That would involve coordinated and sustained action in all countries on the planet simultaneously. The notion that any entity can shut down a global network like Bitcoin is a fairy tale.

The unstoppable nature of cryptocurrencies is what makes them so powerful in the first place, and is one of the main reasons they are so superior to fiat currencies.

There are certainly third world countries that have outlawed cryptocurrencies. But these countries are, for the most part, completely irrelevant to the world economy and will simply fall further behind.

On the other hand, there are plenty of governments that realize the importance of cryptocurrencies and are actively trying to attract crypto businesses and investment funds to their countries. Switzerland, Singapore, Japan, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Denmark are a few examples that come to mind.

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The Writer's Room is a curated by Ciaran Ryan, who has written on South African affairs for Sunday Times, Mail & Guardian, Financial Mail, Finweek, Noseweek, The Daily Telegraph, Forbes, USA Today, Acts Online and Lewrockwell.com, among others. In between he manages a gold mining operation in Ghana, and previously worked in Congo. Most of his time is spent in the lovely city of Joburg.