To Shut or Not Shut

Will there ever not be things looming overhead?

I think that it's equally fascinating as well as disturbing how people get played like a fiddle. The unfortunate part is the players of the fiddle are some pretty nasty and insidious people.

There is a looming government "shutdown" as I'm writing this. Everyone is getting upset about it, but in my opinion it's just a soap opera on a grander stage. More people tuned in, and if there is one thing that politicians do well is act. They make a big show in front of the cameras just like the tools do on TV shows, but behind close doors they are all laughs, handshakes and friends. There may be quarrels for sure, but that's unlikely to be too common.

With the looming shutdown overhead, one of the things that is happening as it always does with this type of foolishness is the markets are going wild. Things are dumping left and right, then a mild word is uttered and they rebound. It's pretty crazy to think people are so easily swayed with this stuff. It makes me wonder, is SkyNet already in control? How are people selling so much so quickly, then buying it back up? Is it just sentiment manipulation with automation via market makers and takers? That's for sure a likely scenario..

For me in all of this chaos.. I am trying to figure out if I sell my HBD now, and rake in 5 Hive roughly per HBD, or do I wait and get more if it drops further? Obviously if there is a shutdown, the markets will spray diarrhea all over the place and prices will plummet. I will for sure be scooping up some discounted Hive as well as discounted Bitcoin, but that's my thought..

I keep going back to how silly all of this political theater is. Was this how it was in Rome towards the end? Or was this what it was like near the middle, heading toward the end of their power? I certainly don't want to join the bandwagon of claiming America is dead, because it isn't, the people are what make the country, not the shitty politicians who try to manipulate us like a herd of cattle.

It is pretty famous, and well documented that the Romans were fed lots of food and entertainment to distract them from the society falling apart. Seeing all of the bullshit plastered on the internet (since TV is dead, really) makes me think that they are replaying those same scenarios.

I guess I will continue to hold my HBD for another few days and see how it goes..

What about you, do you think that you'll wait to buy discounted assets like Hive and others, or do you think that this shutdown will be another nothing-burger? Let me know in the comments!