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Jiang says a Guardian article shows Epstein helped finance Bitcoin and uses a 2004 Harvard dinner with Larry Summers and Steven Pinker as evidence that academia is a networking and legitimation apparatus for power.
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Jiang says a Guardian article shows Epstein helped finance Bitcoin and uses a 2004 Harvard dinner with Larry Summers and Steven Pinker as evidence that academia is a networking and legitimation apparatus for power.
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Jiang uses Piketty to contrast financial capital returns with real-economy returns, arguing that young people invest in assets because real work is less rewarded.
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"...right, so something else I want to discuss with you is Bitcoin, okay? So this is in the Guardian article, a Guardian article that..."
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"No, it's not. It's about protecting and justifying the society. It's not just coal. It's about providing a network for powerful people to meet..."
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"Does that make sense? So, the example is, okay, there are five restaurants in Beijing. They're obviously trying to compete against each other for..."
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"...age, they're not working. What are they doing? They're investing in Bitcoin. They're playing the real estate market. They're investing in stocks. Do you..."
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"...grim. Steve Keen, you've been very apocalyptic about the future of Bitcoin. Explain why. Mainly because people talk about Bitcoin as being an alternative..."
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"...liabilities to them. That's the actual nature of it. So when Bitcoin was formed, it was based on the same idea as a similar..."
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"It's used in all sorts from jewelry to computer devices. Bitcoin can only be used as either a store of value or a means..."
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"...what, $60,000 price roughly. So, and is the particular issue with Bitcoin also that it uses up enormous amounts of energy and therefore there..."
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"...we have alternative private currencies out there, which is exactly what Bitcoin is. I got to tell you, I'm not an investor and I..."
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"...gamble. I pray that if I put a million dollars in Bitcoin, it'll go up to 10 million dollars. Or the stock market, or..."
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"...two is, I want to start a website that's AI and Bitcoin and all of this, okay? Problem is, I don't even know how..."
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"...only make 10 % a year. I'm going to invest in Bitcoin. I'm going to invest in AI. I'm going to invest in the..."
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Jiang turns the Epstein files into a theory of war: social reality is a cave, the dollar is a consciousness trap, empire survives by looking invincible, and the exposed parasite network is already fighting...
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History is not a cycle, and it is not a line moving politely toward truth.
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