Overnight, BTC (Bitcoin) remains below the 30-day moving average (63.7k), unable to break through or stray far away. It’s as if this 30-day moving average is a magnetic line, attracting and hanging daily candlesticks below, like beautiful wind chimes.
I remember a song from my childhood that goes something like this: “Walking east and west on the street, I encountered a person biting a dog. I picked up the dog and hit it with a brick, but I was afraid of getting bitten by the brick.”
If, in reality, we suddenly see a dog sitting up and talking like its owner, boasting about leading a team to hunt for food all year round, or about how a dog’s pack also needs the spirit of a wolf, we would probably think that the dog has turned into a monster and would beat it to death.
In the early days of the internet, there was a classic quote: “On the internet, no one knows you’re a dog.” But in the era of short videos, when the internet is controlled by massive crowds, it is impossible to escape the discerning eyes of the masses. So, we often see that people who appear to be one thing behind the scenes suddenly become exposed to the public and quickly become “everyone’s target.”
Amidst the outcry, we also hear people commenting: “Actually, this ‘monster’ is not wrong, it’s all the truth; the mistake lies in saying it out loud.” These people are smooth-talking opportunists who would rather be fake gentlemen than genuine villains. They sympathize with the real villains and regret the exposure of their true selves.
Lu Xun once said, “In Chinese history, there are only two eras: one is the era when slaves are seated, and the other is the era when people become slaves against their will.”
His words are not only about history but also about human nature. In the minds of some people, there are only two options for a way out in this world: either “be a dog obediently” or “be a dog against your will.” Therefore, when they express their true feelings, they might say things like “having the opportunity to work 996 is your greatest blessing,” “if you don’t want to do it, there are plenty of others who do,” or “if you want to leave, I can replace you immediately.” These people never realize that there is another option in this world: to be a human and not just a dog. Or perhaps they do know that there is an option to be human, but in their eyes, the audience who listens to their preaching is only worthy of being a dog.
Interestingly, those who believe that others only have the choice of being one type of dog or another are actually dogs themselves. Who is their master? Money. Or rather, money that can generate more money. This kind of money has a name: capital.
In the eyes of these people, so-called happiness is being a dog firmly attached to capital, so-called success is occupying a bigger food bowl (title) and getting more bones (salary) than other dogs, and so-called career is sacrificing one’s family for the will of capital without shame but with pride.
Capital has only one will, which is to make money, generate more money, and generate the most money.
Who doesn’t want to make money effortlessly? Therefore, capital is actually a desire deeply rooted in everyone’s bones.
When a person chooses to submit to their desires, they become a slave to those desires. When abstract desires become concrete money, such a person becomes a slave to money. When this money is money that generates more money, it becomes capital, and this person becomes a slave to capital. Capital becomes the master of people, and people become dogs of capital. People undergo alienation. When a person who has been alienated suddenly sits up and speaks for the mouthless capital, it no longer sounds like human speech, but a series of nonsense. As a result, people become monsters, and everyone calls for their punishment.
Those who mock and call for punishment of those who say “you can’t be a dog” are generally those who not only cannot be a dog but also hope to “be a dog obediently.”
Capital establishes rules: either be a dog or get lost. The relationship between capital and people can only be the relationship between a person and a dog, not between people.
In “Dream of the Red Chamber,” through the character of Daiyu, it says, “Either the east wind suppresses the west wind, or the west wind suppresses the east wind.” People must either be the master of capital or the dog of capital. People must strive to overcome their desires, rather than being led by their desires. Be the master of your position, not the slave of your position.
Everyone has their own aspirations. Some people abide by contractual relationships, work for money, and leave when their work is done. They never empathize with capital and reject brainwashing with double standards. Some people strive to be bootlickers, enthusiastic about showing off and impressing themselves, but most of them fail to progress and end up being mercilessly eliminated by capital. Some people have the hearts of tigers and wolves, quietly biding their time, waiting for the right moment to overturn the table and become the masters. The most deserving of ridicule are those who want to be bootlickers themselves but also drag others into the water.
In contemporary society, capital is a powerful force. Extraordinary individuals can mobilize its tremendous power to seek eternal benefits for billions of people. They can not only be the masters of capital but also break the rules of capital and make capital obediently serve the well-being of humanity.
They disdain the philosophy of smooth-talking in social interactions and the vague notion of doing things that “can be done but cannot be said.” They not only dare to do but also dare to speak and want to make their resounding voice heard by the whole world.
They want to break an old system and establish a new one. This is strategizing. This is a righteous force.
“Escape the arbitrary inflation risk of centrally managed currencies! Bitcoin’s total circulation is limited to 21 million coins.” — Satoshi Nakamoto, 2010.7.6
“Escape the arbitrary inflation risk of centrally managed currencies! Bitcoin’s total circulation is limited to 21 million coins.” — Satoshi Nakamoto, July 6, 2010
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