Quote from: Arriemoller on Today at 02:25:42 PM

Quote from: d_eddie on December 17, 2024, 11:27:01 PM

Quote from: AlcoHoDL on December 17, 2024, 11:13:12 PM

It's kind of sad that the EU does not follow suit and is still very anti-Bitcoin, but the US is bound to affect EU policy sooner or later.

The ~~cunts~~ unelected officials leading the ECB are not too different from the ones leading the Fed, actually. But the population in the EU is more fragmented and less sensitive to some issues - inflation in particular. There are wider differences from state to state than in the US, and single states can and will apply different corrective measures. Besides, people in the EU are mostly unarmed.

Let's once and for all kill the myth that europeans aren't armed shall we. https://voxeurop.eu/en/a-map-of-gun-ownership-in-europe/
I myself have seven firearms, revolver, pistol, rifles, shotguns, and a automatic carbine (fnc).

There are countries in Europe that has more civilian guns per capita than some states in the USA.

Even i, as a pacifist (with limits, though) own a WW1 carabiner (russian). Found it under the matrace of a man who was about to kill himself. Unlucky guy swallowed some pills and some cans of beer before he fell off the couch and hit his temple on the edge of the living room table, went unconscious and finally bleeded to death. The good part is that he was a real asshole. However, after me and my ex-ex-ex-girl, who happened to be his daughter, found him lying in his own blood, we had to clean up afterwards and found the rifle with ammunition. He wasn't in legal posession of the thing. Tested it using a wise and a rope and it didn't explode.
This one is for emergency use, of course. For staying in rough urban areas and nightly noises around the house i got used to carry a M32 hex nut and a paracord sling separately with me, which serve as poor man's baton after quickly being combined in the right way Cool

Also, i live in a rural area, so about every tenth man around is a hunter, and recently a retired gunsmith moved in nearby, so i am sure we are sufficiently armed around here Grin