The Mad Centrist
"A sane person to an insane society must appear insane." ― Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Not Mad as in Angry, Mad as in Insane.
And in an insane world, the sane are simply Mad. I am The Mad Centrist.
You can be too!
The Mad Centrist podcast is a middle ground, pragmatic, politically polite, and irreverently independent show. Pulling the rug out from beneath Democrats and Republicans alike, while respecting democrats and republican citizens (the distinction between Party and people is critical!). Amusing anecdotes of the crazy world we find ourselves in, how to maybe get along better, and pull the world back towards sanity, and do so while having some fun!
The Mad Centrist
TMC Episode 41 - Crypto Currency Con
What is a currency exactly? And is a Crypto Currency really a currency?
Once the hope for a means to make a currency democratically available to all, something along the way went wrong. Criminals started to use and then abuse the systems.
Learn some history, have some fun, and get a solid understanding of Crypto Currency, and recent politician's shenanigans.
A felon has got to felon!
Show Notes:
Investopedia's 1st article: The History of Money: Bartering to Banknotes to Bitcoin
Investopedia's 2nd article: What Was the First Cryptocurrency?
Americanbar.org article: Cryptocurrency: Anti-Money Laundering Enforcement and Regulation
Super cool piece on The Silk Road by CBS News: Inside the FBI's search for Ross Ulbricht, dark web kingpin of Silk Road - CBS News
Reference to the Musk/Doge coin happenings: Musk, Tesla win dismissal of Dogecoin 'pyramid scheme' suit - Investment News
Yeah, I was serious about the Bit Coins used to buy Pizza: Meet Laszlo Hanyecz Who Purchased $700 Million Worth of Pizza (now over $1B)
Trump meme coin garbage, um, grab: The Trump Memecoin’s ‘Money-Grab’ Economics | WIRED
Finally, the MAGA backlash at the meme coin money-grab: The Maga backlash against Trump’s crypto grab: ‘This is bad, and looks bad’ | Donald Trump | The Guardian
The Mad Centrist - The political podcast for the rest of us.
The MAD Centrist – named after the Kurt Vonnegut quote from The Monkey House, “A sane person to an insane society must appear insane.”
Giving a voice to the true 'silent majority', the political podcast for the rest of us!