Quote from: Merralea on April 20, 2013, 06:13:48 PM

I can certainly see the possibility of single actors buying up btc on the side as a speculative endeavor. However, the idea that said actor will use their media strings to promote it is extremely unlikely to me, as their risk (attack from other influentials, possible social/financial ostracism, assassination if one wants to don that cap) far outweighs the potential benefit (a nebulous amount of one-time profit that may or may not be greater than what they make off of the current system).

Your theory is correct qualitatively, I just disagree on a quantitative basis. I don't think that anyone with enough power to do what you describe would make more from doing so than from continuing on as they are.

Maybe. Im not saying that this is necessarily the case. Only that it might be the case. John d rockerfeller was the kind of man who would have put everything on the line for even a shot at becoming the most powerful man in the world, and these men are the decendents of men like JD. How much they are really like him though i question, a lot of time has passed since then, many generations.

oh also you have to consider that being ultra wealthy in a free market society will buy you a lot more than being ultra influential in statist society. Look how much power kim il sung has compared to the average north korean but look how many luxuries he can afford compared to idk JayZ, a man whos influence over the average american is eclipsed by the influence kim il sung has over the average north korean, but still lives in greater luxury because the american society is so much more productive than the north korean society because we are that much freer.