Dealing With Non-Crypto People

It is almost as if we are a cult.

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We interact with each other on a daily basis and talk about things the rest of the world has no idea about. Our conversation incorporates ideas such as decentralization, disruption, governance, and an alternative monetary system.

To the rest of the world, it is business as usual.

I spent some time over the holidays with people who are not Steemians. To them, cryptocurrency makes about as much sense as nuclear physics. Actually, they understand that the later is real since we have nuclear power. Crypto, as we know the mantra well, is nothing but a scam.

So who is disconnected from reality? Are we the ones with the pie-in-the-sky views that put up somewhere between mythology and down right crazy?

It is always fun to be in the "know" even if we are not sure exactly what we know.

I was talking with a guy in the car business on Christmas. He is semi-retired but basically spent his life in it. He worked all facets of the from the maintenance side. It was very revealing.

The topic turned to electric cars. He was a wealth of knowledge about that. Most people are not aware of how big electric is about to become. I asked this guy his view. His response was simply "it is inevitable". There are too many advantages to it.

This struck a chord with me since it is not only how I feel about the car business but what my belief is about blockchain and cryptocurrency. My sense that it is inevitable that blockchain takes over many facets of our world. It will not take over everything and there is a time delay before many things will be ready for blockchain. However, ultimately, the immutability and transparency that is offered are going to be required.

At the same time, cryptocurrency is only going to explode in the coming decade. Why? Simply because it offers too many advantages over fiat. No matter how hard the bankers try, they cannot create a system that offers what decentralized money does. It goes against their entire business model.

If you told the average person that the mega-banks are under threat, they would not believe you. It is just too much to comprehend. Too big to fail is ingrained in their head. Incidentally, so is the premise that the United States government could collapse. Yet it could happen, even within a decade or two.

Drinking the Crypto Kool-Aid provides wonderful insight. For me, one of the biggest things it did was remove the fear that most others are mired with. I now understand how the system is going to change. We who are early adopters see the potential, not only overall but, in our own personal finances. The adding of tokens consistently will net major dividends over time.

There is a lot of uncertainty with cryptocurrency and blockchain. That said, I feel there is less risk than the present system. We only need to look at some of the projections about the markets and the "bubble of everything" to realize this could end very badly. Personally, my sense is there are less problems to work out with crypto than society at large. In this realm, we are dealing mostly with technical issues. Those can be worked out. In the other, there are decades of screw ups and manipulation to unravel if there is a chance at progressing forward.

Quite simply, I do not see that happening.

Of course, to the average person, it is business as usual. They listen to the media who tells them who is to blame (usually depending upon the ideology of the network watched). Then they go parrot that to whomever will listen.

All the while, the elites are trying to scotch tape it all together to keep it from collapsing before they are ready.

Damn, I am glad I am involved in the Cult of Cryptocurrency.

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