Outright lies are easy to debunk. Peppering the truth with exaggerations and logical fallacies is much more effective. Propaganda is an artform, and those who do it badly will get very little results, while the masters can craft messages that will go viral on their own.
This is the key to propaganda: to get our leaders and messengers to actually believe the bullshit they are spewing. Once you get the people at the top drinking the coolaid, the lies will fall like dominoes and everyone will accept them as truth. Perception is reality. Believing the lie makes it true in many cases.
This is why the lie that Bitcoin wastes energy is such a good one. Most people are no longer accepting the narrative that crypto is only used by drug dealers, terrorists, and other criminals. The message is changing, but the origin of the lies is exactly the same. The enemies of Bitcoin haven't changed, and they never will. Old money is dying. They've already lost, but they won't go without a fight.
The vast majority of the population doesn't even understand Bitcoin. When I start talking to someone who knows nothing about crypto I don't even have to wait for them to ask a question: I already know the first questions they are going to ask:
Every single person outside the cryptosphere does not understand the value proposition of Bitcoin. This is what makes it so incredibly easy to launch a left-wing smear-campaign against Bitcoin in regard to how it wastes energy. It's already implied in the minds of the brainwashed that it has no inherent value, therefore any energy that it consumes becomes wasteful.
This sentiment becomes multiplied exponentially when considering that measuring Bitcoin's energy usage is easier to do than literally any other product in the world. All we have to do is check the hashrate and extrapolate the cost in real time. Transparency isn't always beneficial, but we can't throw the baby out with the bathwater.
Is anyone complaining about how much pollution aircraft generate on a daily basis? Not really. I remember back during the 9/11 days when all the planes were grounded. Scientists were floored that the skies cleared up so quickly. The Earth would heal immediately if Humans weren't around actively fucking everything up. There are over 7 BILLION of us running around 24/7. Yikes.
This is the perfect time for central banks to tap into the new regime change and get into the heads of the left-wing. So many people on the left were absolutely crushed by the Trump presidency. Now that they are coming back into power they'll obviously fishtail right back into the hands of the authoritarians. It doesn't matter if the left or the right is in charge. What matters is that they are all authoritarian imperialists. Left vs Right doesn't matter to anyone that's actually in charge. Those are Children's table politics.
The fact that China is burning coal for cheap energy that generates high pollution is not a Bitcoin problem. It's a China problem. Bitcoin does not burn coal: China does. Bitcoin helps fund sustainable energy, which is why this propaganda against it is so ironically absurd on every level.
A new economy is emerging. The central banking cartel thought they burned all the bridges behind them. They thought they'd be in control forever, and they've accomplished that goal for over 100 years. However, we no longer need the bridges. We no longer have to ask for permission to cross. Technology is evolving faster than anyone can keep up. The bridges are now irrelevant: we're building rockets.
The legacy economy and the Internet itself are due for an absolutely MASSIVE upgrade. There's a lot of friction trying to implement this upgrade because the people in charge want to stay in charge. They don't want to be disrupted, but they do not have a choice. They are scrambling to stay on the top of the pyramid as it gets replaced by the new system. Some of them will succeed while others get knocked down a peg.
The irony of Bitcoin "wasting energy" and "destroying the Earth" is palpable. Bitcoin is a miracle. Proof-of-work is a mathematical marvel. Converting physical energy into digital value isn't a bug, it's feature.
Crypto is the only solution to the scaling solutions that humanity faces. It's the only way for bigger groups of people to trust each other. It's the only way to mitigate corruption so that our systems don't get top-heavy and implode. To say that crypto is the problem when it is literally the only solution available is simply spewing propaganda that originates from the entities trying to maintain control. The interesting thing is that most people who spread the message actually believe it. That's the magic of propaganda: it spins half-lies into the truth, and that is a marvelous superpower.
