We’re Living in a Ponzi Scheme – and We’re in Love with It.

Stockholm Syndrome, the Fiat System, and Why Bitcoin Looks Like the Enemy.

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Look around. Everything you know – the economy, the markets, even the dollar in your wallet – is a glorified Ponzi scheme. We’re so deep in this charade that it feels normal. It’s like Stockholm syndrome: we’ve fallen in love with our captors. The ones who print our money, devalue our savings, and call it “growth.”

And when a real solution like Bitcoin shows up, people scream, “Ponzi!” It’s like watching hostages lash out at the guy breaking down the door to free them.

How We Got Here

Let’s be real: fiat money is the OG Ponzi. A system that only works as long as new participants keep joining – whether it’s more taxpayers, more debt, or more inflation. It’s built on a lie: that you can create value out of thin air. Spoiler alert: you can’t.

Governments and central banks keep printing money, pretending it’s backed by something real. It’s not. It’s just a promise, a prayer, and a whole lot of hope that the system doesn’t collapse before payday.

But here’s the twisted part: we’ve been in this Ponzi so long that it feels like home. It’s the devil we know, and we’d rather cling to it than…