Will 2018 be the year of "swan songs"?

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What's the meaning of the phrase 'Swan song'?

A final gesture or performance, given before dying or retirement.

"The swan song (ancient Greek: κύκνειον ᾆσμα; Latin: carmen cygni) is a metaphorical phrase for a final gesture, effort, or performance given just before death or retirement. The phrase refers to an ancient belief that swans (Cygnus spp.) sing a beautiful song just before their death, having been silent (or alternatively, not so musical) during most of their lifetime. This belief, whose basis in actuality is long-debated, had become proverbial in ancient Greece by the 3rd century BC, and was reiterated many times in later Western poetry and art."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swan_song

Here are a few Swans

that I think are tuning up to sing, LOL:

• POW (proof of work) mining for blockchains. Because it is an enormous energy wasting drain on resources, and has been found to be incapable of scaling to industrial levels of TPS (transactions per second).

• "Fiat" currency. Every fiat currency in history has gone to a zero value, and on average in well under 50 years. Gold and silver have NEVER gone to zero value, anywhere, anytime. In fact, during some hyper inflations of fiat a few gold coins would buy you enormous amounts of hard assets (houses, land, factories etc.). Enough said?

• Censorship of alternative media and information in general. Let's face it, the public is waking up and there will be a mass exit to censorship resistant platforms.

• Inherited, as opposed to earned, wealth. Let's face it, wealth without work is an abomination. And when monopolies can no longer be enforced, as they cannot be in the coming blockchain world, to have extraordinary wealth you must provide extraordinary service!

• "Monopolies." In my (not totally humble) opinion, monopolies are instituted and maintained by corruption and political coercion. That is changing because of the disruptive technologies the new innovators are bringing to us. BUT we must remain vigilant and cautious because of the "double edged sword" nature of some of them. Nothing the evil rascals would like better than to have enormous big data available on everyone (so you could neither buy nor sell without some "compliance mark" or social score. This would be less dangerous in a world of "crypto secession" (where you could move freely to join the blockchain community who's coded rules most closely match your preferences). But it is highly problematic if any trend to a "one world government" is allowed to proceed.

Which brings me to the final Swan

that I hope is singing its death tune now:

• A trend towards centralization. Let's make sure the pendulum swings more towards decentralization in the coming year(s). In government, in politics, in finance, in markets, in crypto, in information storage and retrieval. In everything!

Maximum power must always reside in you, as an individual

subject to your conscience, which is your connection to God.

Next, you can delegate SOME of your power to your community.

Then, your community can delegate SOME of of its power to your nation.

And your nation can delegate SOME of its power to alliances.

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Unfortunately,

the "New World Order" folks

have been preparing your enslavement for a very long time!

The Rise of the Phoenix world currency from the ashes of national fiat currencies ie. destruction of fiat currencies via hyperinflation. “Phoenix” is of course an occult metaphor. Out of the destruction, the ashes of the old world order, the Luciferian New World Order will rise like a Phoenix! https://socioecohistory.wordpress.com/2014/07/26/flashback-1988-get-ready-for-a-world-currency-by-2018%E2%80%B3-the-economist-magazine/

Don't fall for it!

Don't fall for it!

Don't fall for it!

Don't fall for it!

What Swan Songs do you see being sung this year?

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ouzo and out,
@onceuponatime

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