e-currency

A really intelligent discussion of Venezuela's Petro e-currency

We all have bitcoin fatigue. But the article linked after this para digs much deeper than the usual salvation/ponzi scheme dichotomy. And that is because the Petro is being created by a government and used by a government to stop globalist, neoliberal looting and regime change.

What is Venezuela’s Petro? It’s socialism to bitcoin’s rescue

The Globalized Company Store

Well-meaning lefties sincerely ask "Does the economy serve the people, or do the people serve the economy?"; as if asking that question will put the 1% on the defensive. But, clearly, the economy has been reduced to the stock market, the stock market has been reduced to a handful of massively overvalued tech companies, and the central banks supply zero-interest liquidity to keep those stock prices in the stratosphere. The real world? The massive unemployment, the crumbling infrastructure?