[GUEST ACCESS MODE: Data is scrambled or limited to provide examples. Make requests using your API key to unlock full data. Check https://lunarcrush.ai/auth for authentication information.] [@ErikExplains](/creator/twitter/ErikExplains) "@saifedean Absurd. In terms of value yes. In terms of privacy no. It's possible to conduct completely anonymous transactions in US dollars. That is not possible with any CBDC that has any meaningful chance of existing"  [@ErikExplains](/creator/x/ErikExplains) on [X](/post/tweet/1946606719079195077) 2025-07-19 16:23:02 UTC 1584 followers, XX engagements "@jackvlloyd This gets to the what I call the critical mistake of Nuremburg which was not ToS censored everyone involved. Psychotics (at the tip of the spear) and megalomaniacal sociopaths (contorlling the spear) are not easily managed / controlled by fear of punishment"  [@ErikExplains](/creator/x/ErikExplains) on [X](/post/tweet/1946603769283911840) 2025-07-19 16:11:19 UTC 1587 followers, XX engagements "@asimplefoolblog @jeffdeist He needs control of the printing press to pay for his Barftastically-Bloated Bill and the rest of his agenda while lowering interest rates because treasury bonds are no longer selling below X% so he has to directly monetize the debt. Of course this will be pure disaster"  [@ErikExplains](/creator/x/ErikExplains) on [X](/post/tweet/1947287364910370992) 2025-07-21 13:27:41 UTC 1583 followers, XX engagements "Perspective: An increase of roughly $XX billion in tariff revenue over three fiscal quarters means: $219M of increased revenue per day Against: $19178M in spending every day. and a deficit of about: $5205M of additional debt every day. CBO projections"  [@ErikExplains](/creator/x/ErikExplains) on [X](/post/tweet/1944857744047267983) 2025-07-14 20:33:14 UTC 1587 followers, XXX engagements "@jackvlloyd Unfortunately human nature is what it is. It's the people in the middle who have the highest fear of punishment: the cogs in the machine. And there is no machine without the cogs. Certainly I would cut slack for cases of coersion and maybe fraud. But otherwise ToS censored"  [@ErikExplains](/creator/x/ErikExplains) on [X](/post/tweet/1946604392389677340) 2025-07-19 16:13:47 UTC 1587 followers, XX engagements "@EthicalSkeptic Real / not real is like matter / antimatter. Dont want to be around when they collide"  [@ErikExplains](/creator/x/ErikExplains) on [X](/post/tweet/1945680362069488054) 2025-07-17 03:02:01 UTC 1583 followers, XXX engagements
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"@saifedean Absurd. In terms of value yes. In terms of privacy no. It's possible to conduct completely anonymous transactions in US dollars. That is not possible with any CBDC that has any meaningful chance of existing"
@ErikExplains on X 2025-07-19 16:23:02 UTC 1584 followers, XX engagements
"@jackvlloyd This gets to the what I call the critical mistake of Nuremburg which was not ToS censored everyone involved. Psychotics (at the tip of the spear) and megalomaniacal sociopaths (contorlling the spear) are not easily managed / controlled by fear of punishment" @ErikExplains on X 2025-07-19 16:11:19 UTC 1587 followers, XX engagements
"@asimplefoolblog @jeffdeist He needs control of the printing press to pay for his Barftastically-Bloated Bill and the rest of his agenda while lowering interest rates because treasury bonds are no longer selling below X% so he has to directly monetize the debt. Of course this will be pure disaster" @ErikExplains on X 2025-07-21 13:27:41 UTC 1583 followers, XX engagements
"Perspective: An increase of roughly $XX billion in tariff revenue over three fiscal quarters means: $219M of increased revenue per day Against: $19178M in spending every day. and a deficit of about: $5205M of additional debt every day. CBO projections" @ErikExplains on X 2025-07-14 20:33:14 UTC 1587 followers, XXX engagements
"@jackvlloyd Unfortunately human nature is what it is. It's the people in the middle who have the highest fear of punishment: the cogs in the machine. And there is no machine without the cogs. Certainly I would cut slack for cases of coersion and maybe fraud. But otherwise ToS censored" @ErikExplains on X 2025-07-19 16:13:47 UTC 1587 followers, XX engagements
"@EthicalSkeptic Real / not real is like matter / antimatter. Dont want to be around when they collide" @ErikExplains on X 2025-07-17 03:02:01 UTC 1583 followers, XXX engagements