i hate to revive old shitstorms but , i was aggressively debated today by 70 something year old #CryptoBro about the 'Evil #Zelensky , #US sock puppet , anti #russia propaganda. I went back and found this quote

" This does not change the fact that, as I noted in an earlier Bulwark essay, far-right extremism in Ukraine is a real problem. But to link post-Euromaidan governments, which have been dominated by center-right politicians and in which a number of key posts have been held by Jews—including Volodymyr Groysman, the prime minister from 2016 to 2019, and Volodymyr Zelensky, the current president—to anything “neo-Nazi” is preposterous. There is a genuine controversy about the extent to which the Azov Regiment, a crack unit that has its origins in the Azov Battalion, a paramilitary force with far-right and even neo-Nazi ties, still has extremist links. But while Kremlin propagandists love to tout Azov as Exhibit A in the “Ukrainian Nazis” narrative, the irony is that the regiment owes its existence entirely to the war Russia unleashed in the Donbas region eight years ago: The Azov Battalion gained prominence, and was incorporated into the Ukrainian armed forces, thanks to its role in fighting pro-Russian separatists in the region."

crypto bros out here proposing a "flywheel" mechanism by which Trump can use #TRUMP tokens to solve the national debt crisis...

at least he's clear eyed about the fact that bitcoin is really no different from #TrumpCoin...

#US
#USpol
#CryptoBro
#CryptoFascism
#Capitalism
#LateStageCapitalism

S'il ne fallait qu'une seule info pour démontrer que les crypto c'est vraiment de la merde en barre :

Why am I not surprised #Trump is into #Cryptocurrency #Scams?

https://pubeurope.com/@europesays/113856861402079410

Jetzt drehen die #CryptoBro‍s völlig durch

@SheDrivesMobility Klar ist #Lindner auch noch #CryptoBro. Das hat noch gefehlt. Was ein kompletter Volltrottel, und den haben wir uns als Finanzminister gehalten.

»#ScottiePippen and the heady rise of the athlete turned #cryptobro: #Sportsstars are stepping into a world of which they often have #scantknowledge.« https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2024/dec/13/scottie-pippen-and-the-heady-rise-of-the-athlete-turned-crypto-bro?eicker.news #tech #media

I’ve done the whole #crypto #bitcoin thing. No large amounts and I'm not a #cryptobro. But I’ve come to a conclusion: it’s stupid. It’s a hassle and overly complicated. I’m stunned anyone takes white papers seriously, at all. My approach is the one I still think is the best, and has worked for me — it doesn’t matter if it has an actual purpose, what matters is that everyone else thinks it’s has value. At it’s core, it’s just busywork for computers that adds nothing worthwhile to the world. That’s it. It’s just another empty #tech promise. #cryptocoin #cryptocurrency

Please, do NOT bring your #twitter #threads #bluesky #DTBO habits, expectations and *tolerances* here.

The #fediverse is NOT twitter. The very reason it exists is so it is NOT twitter. The fediverse is NOT threads, or #meta or any of their accursed products. The fediverse is NOT bluesky with their billionaire-founded-funded, venture capitalist #techbro #cryptobro owned ways.

We do NOT want walled-garden #internet. We do NOT want ads, monetization, algorithms, or billionaires telling us what we can see, do, or say. That is WHY we are here.

NO, the fediverse / #mastodon is not any more complicated than signing up for any of the DTBOs. Choose a server/instance (YES, READ the "About" and "Rules" of the instance, imagine that!), select a username, password, use an email for confirmation, etc.

If you think 2minutes spent on looking at what you are getting into is too much work, then stay at xitter, and bow down to musk.