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20170615

Bitcoin in turmoil?

Anyone watching the crypto market this morning will know bitcoin and ethereum have tanked against fiat currencies. This is likely caused by the issues of a delayed hard fork and rumours that the Chinese market is moving to litecoin. This makes now a great time to diverge your investments and buy up the altcoins. We're seeing less damage happening to the little guys. So who are the players?

Litecoin (LTC)
The Chinese coin has made since great advances in the last couple of days. Looking at the market history though its done this before and really shit itself afterwards. This is essentially a bitcoin clone but with more grey areas. Personally I won't trust a coin I can't find a white paper for. Not the best bet to go with.

Bytecoin (BCN)
The little coin that can. Bytecoin has weathered today's storm really well, loosing about 5% and getting back to yesterdays 80 satoshi, but over time its not made great gains compared to others and this is down to the lack of a road map for any usable tech. It's all been currency focused and no one will use it until it gets a higher value. In saying that it's been known to get to 100 satoshi which is a healthy 20% to make.

Digitalnote (XDN)
Saving the best for last. Another low value coin but with excellent potential. Whilst its taken a hit today its increases over the last few months show it has potential, making it a great medium to long term investment. The developers have been active this year with wallet updates and an anonymous messenger scheduled for Q4 of this year, once that's in use the coin and miners will be in high demand. They've also broken the mold with an Initial Crowd funding Coin Offering, the first of its kind attempt to gather coin from miners and traders to offer to larger investors at prices that won't cause a market explosion.

20170608

What careers go into politics?

Listening to the Joe Rogan Experience podcast with Michael Malice an interesting point was raised that I think deserves being expanded on. What kind of person goes into politics? This will be Irish focused so some professions might be unique to Ireland. It's a given that those in power have some level of sociopathy and idealism that they know what's best for others. An idealism that is comparable to an OCD need to control.

Lawyers and barristers.
A lot of politicians globally move from law to politics. Let's break that down, lawyers are professional liars whose main job is to either prove or disprove a piece of paper says or doesn't say what it says. To quote the Simpsons they profit from the most miserable points in a persons life. They have the skills and the lack of morals to convince people they have the publics best interests at heart when they are purely self serving.
For sociopathy I have to give them an 8 out of 10.
For control freak a solid 8 out 10.
Inflated sense of self worth, 7 out of 10.
In short a strong addition to the nanny state and in it for their own gain but with no denials of there self interest.

Judges.
This is another global standard. These individuals started as lawyers and barristers. Then move up to being judges which takes a certain level of superiority complex. It's rarely the judge who sees themselves as a proctor of justice who moves to politics but the protector of society, molding society into their ideal, usually unwilling to accept that society changes and is made up of all the people who live within that society. This leaves them not just out of touch but unwilling to change there minds on what society needs. That is not healthy for a leader.
For sociopathy I'll give them a 6 out of 10.
For control freak it has to be solid 10 out of 10.
Inflated sense of self worth, 8 out of 10.
In short the same as lawyers but with a delusion that it's all for the common good oblivious to their self serving nature.

Teachers and Principals
So it's not teachers who are interested in spreading knowledge and facilitating the ability to learn. No, it's the breed of teacher that needs to tell people how it is. Unable to change there mind, clinging to the information they learnt over 20 years ago and unwilling to update based on new evidence. When they're done closing young minds it's time to move to a national scale.
For sociopathy 5 out of 10.
For control freak 8 out of 10.
Inflated sense of self worth, 9 out of 10.
In short, egotistical, controlling and ignorant.

Publicans (bar owner for my international readers)
This is an individual with little qualms against selling an addictive poison to the general public and profiting from people's self inflicted misery. Now that's their right to do and people's right to do to themselves but clearly not someone who should govern. Self serving is an understatement and they're well practiced at convincing people they care, it's the years of consoling drunks.
For sociopathy, 8 out of 10.
For control freak, 9 out of 10.
Inflated sense of self worth, 5 out of 10.
In short, self serving and uncaring to the needs of others.

Liberal Graduates
We're talking about someone who wasted at least 3 years in a social science course thinking they'll be the one to change the world where others failed. They're easily swayed by the needs of perceived of minorities forgetting the individual is the smallest minority. Their education is in a self perpetuating circle, spouting nonsense and absent of joined up thinking. Making judgements not in the demands of there constituents but on cultural Marxist conditioning, a mess of virtue signaling. What sums up these people is H.L Menckens quote "The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule.".
For sociopathy, 9 out of 10.
For control freak, 10 out of 10.
Inflated sense of self worth, 10 out of 10.
In short, naive, egotistical and ignorant.

The Average Person
More recently we've seen more and more average communitycentric people getting into politics. Often established community leaders with strong local backing behind them. They come in well meaning with good ideas and genuine interest to being improvements for their constituents. Then the reality hits in, with the above they hit a stone wall of established politics with a group of people stuck with their own ideals. After 6 to 12 months there delusion falls and they give up riding out the end of their term depressed in the corner of a government building.
For sociopathy, 3 out of 10.
For control freak, 7 out of 10.
Inflated sense of self worth, 8 out of 10.
In short, naive, well informed and ultimately broken.