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I have set myself on fire outside the Trump Trial (removed from "world" news because apparently a call towards the global population was too US-centric) (web.archive.org)

submitted 7 months ago by Zuberi@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/usa@lemmy.ml

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My name is Max Azzarello, and I am an investigative researcher who has set himself on fire outside of the Trump trial in Manhattan.

This extreme act of protest is to draw attention to an urgent and important discovery..

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[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Wow, I got almost halfway through that and it was a wild ride.

Tl;dr - Dude things cryptocurrency is a massive ponzi scheme that's somehow being used to start a global fascist coup. Like any good conspiracy theory, there are a lot of facts (some of them even true!) and weird relationships between them.

I'll probably finish it later tonight, just to see what else this dude has been up to.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

Well, he's not wrong about them individually but the insanity is thinking crypto is the driving force behind fascism or that it was necessary to create to facilitate the latter

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Exactly.

I think most crypto projects are scams, but they're relatively independent scams. We've got:

YouTube channels pumping and dumping coins
exchanges stealing wallets
digital wallets stealing keys
individuals selling NFTs and misrepresenting what they are

And so much more.

But these are mostly just people jumping on the bandwagon, not some concerted effort by fascists to control the money supply or something. You get the same thing with any fad, like scalping GPUs during COVID supply shortages, Pokemon card fakes, GameStop stock manipulation, etc.

But it's still incredibly interesting to see all the connections a very dedicated individual can make. I mean, somehow Bill Clinton is in cahoots with G. W. Bush to push crypto?

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That said Thiel is absolutely funding their creation for his fascist goals. If he controls how money works by having a lot of it he has more influence on it. But aside from the funding of Etherium he’s got no hand in the shit that screws the common rube.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 1 points 6 months ago

Thiel is an absolute piece of shit & the day I wake up to news that he's choked on his own hubris will be great.

[–] Tangentism@lemmy.ml 2 points 6 months ago

I mean, somehow Bill Clinton is in cahoots with G. W. Bush to push crypto?

What else would they discuss while on Epstein Island?!!

[–] sushibowl@feddit.nl 3 points 6 months ago

Also apparently the Simpsons are intimately involved...