Cryptocurrency Finance has been hit by a $6.5 billion hack and Reform want to encourage firms like this! It is the equivalent of a raid on the vaults of the Bank of England, except that your money is not backed up and bank rolled by the countries economy, There is something inherently dodgy about bitcoins, they do not actually exist, only on the internet – and when the internet goes down or is hacked what proof do you have of ownership. I am not advocating that we return to keeping our money under the mattress (too obvious!), but along with a government warning to keep supplies of food and water in case of an emergency, it does make one think? The internet at the shop and mine went down yesterday for a couple of hours, fortunately the cash machine was on a different system so customers could pay in cash, but again food for thought? It is similar to the scaremongering regarding AI, I have no clue as to what dangers it possess, apart from honest jobs and the possibility of it not working. What I do know is that £$billions are being invested in its development, values of unproven companies are being touted for £$trillions – looks very dodgy to me. I am still with the ‘Small is beautiful’ philosophy espoused by Schumacher. basically, big business corporations have fucked many aspects of our lives, our High Street shops are disappearing, clothing and almost everything is cloned – I first talked about cloned towns/cities (towns and cities where local outlets are disappearing30 or 40 years ago and the trend has developed. The most cloned towns are Cambridge, Exeter and Reading, and the least Whitable, and Weston-super-Mare is in the top 10 cloned towns (and what a shit hole it is).
Meanwhile Trump is having a tantrum – again! This time, and again, against Norway, for not awarding him the Nobel Peace Prize – the thick bastard does not realise it has nothing to do with the government of Norway – which has responded via their tourist board with photo compilation of the best loos/shitholes in Norway- well done Norway! But apparently the mid-terms are close, the democrats must be fucking useless if they do not sweep the board, despite Trumps attempts to rig the polls! It matters because 1. Trump is out of control and the Republicans are incapable of controlling him, 2. A democrat majority could impeach him for the Epstein files which could see him being jailed as a paedophile, 3. His families corrupt practises have been documented and should be prosecuted. 4. America despite all my negative thoughts and words is still full of lovely people (well maybe 35% full – like the UK).