RE: The Dollar Vigilante EXPOSED - God's Gonna Cut You Down

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The Dollar Vigilante EXPOSED - God's Gonna Cut You Down

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@moonjelly 3hrs and not a single downvote? I upvoted for that.
Your problem here isn't stated clearly. Every person on the internet who has any prominence at all has been accused of running a scam at some point or another.

I'll avoid watching the videos because I'm not going to muckrack.

I've met him personally at a "conference", wasn't very impressed and declined purchasing his services. He comes off as peddling fear and divisiveness to me.

However that's a comment on the product, not the person.

He appears to be a competent marketer. Judging from the post where he was trying to put down criticism, he seems to have learned a thing or two about how politicians play the us vs them game. Or he could have stumbled into it by accident. It's not necessarily something someone would notice unless they are giving deep thought not only to their words, but the meaning behind those words.

Here is some truth. A major bank in Belize is being attacked from all sides. The panama papers have leaked. Mossack Fonseca has been compromised divulging the details on thousands of people who have been following systems like he sells.

If you think you can actually expatriate yourself as an American citizen from taxes, you are sorely mistaken. The days of being able to hide and protect wealth are over. Secret bank accounts in far away countries are over. Monetary citizenship "second passports" are gone.

It will be you sitting in front of a judge explaining why you thought you were above the law.

It doesn't matter what snakeoil anyone is peddling. The USA is pushing hard for monetary supremacy by forcing countries to forego economic sovereignty in favor of US "protection".

None of this is really about money, or identity. It's about power and control. My country realizes that the dollar is in trouble. If we can get the world to accept the dollar as their primary currency, then our federal reserve system can control the actions of any government that suddenly decides not to support US interests.

Venezuela is a good example of this. They are being crushed because we disagree with their political and economic policies. They are effectively cut off from the banking systems of the rest of the world. Unable to export their goods, they are being strangled to death as their economic life's blood is drained away by sanctions and what amounts to a global banking embargo.

We did this there, we will do it to anyone that disagrees with us. It's how America wins this game. No one will be able to hide from it, America is the new Rome.

All of which is a very long winded way of saying I think the man is peddling snake oil. On the other hand so was PT Barnum, but he was a great thing for Barnum & Bailey's Circus.
To the outside world we're all clowns anyways, so who better to represent us than the PT Barnum of the finance world :)

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Please don't tell me you don't know what you are getting yourself into...I'm not a child. This guy is not stupid, I'm from South America and I know how things are handled here. A gringo with money can run amok in a second, you can literally get away with murder, I mean, you won't even face a trial, it's not like you would need to pay top lawyers or anything like that.

The point maybe isn't very clear. But just visit his posts. You think that's healthy? A shady guy earning 15k, flaunting his money with a headline that says get steemillionaire. But that's only the start.

Read the comments, people are clapping this asshole, they love it, they can't get enough, they want to be like him or at least this system makes them want to be like him. Anyone who tells me that his post is great and well formatted and that's why he earned 15k is wrong, period. I'm not naive, I read things, I see how things work over here, I've been around you know. Do I have to remind you that I'm from South America? I can smell bullshit from a thousand miles and this is cryptoland. You know something's up and something's not right. 15-20k posts? Really? Do you think this platform brings anything new except for that? Do you think that's sustainable? What do you think about crossvoting whales? multiple accounts? Do you think Steem is valuable? I know content is valuable, but Steem it's not valuable, nobody needs it, if you are a good content creator you'll earn it.

Are you telling me that people like Jeff here will buy his way to the top? Because he can you know. I don't think that's fair and it's rotten. I don't think 20 whales and their 100 accounts should decide that. Look at this post, it has decent votes, it has comments, but you know no whale will upvote it to make it trendy (and my goal was not to make money actually, the first one I did without that in mind). People need to know the truth and start downvoting or at least voting less for trashy and mediocre content but it's impossible because you lose rewards, the system makes it impossible to do so, to vote and to form your opinion without care if people won't like it. Don't tell me everything that's trending is justified, and I won't even mention the obscene payouts, that's another story and part of the problem (and the success of the site). We are attracting gullible people and maybe that's the ultimate goal right?

@moonjelly I've been outside the USA a time or two. Stayed in SA in various different countries for short vacations, but never really "lived" there. So I'l defer to you. Rich men get away with murder in every country though. So it doesn't surprise me it happens there either. Life tends to be cheap when you're rich.

I can't comment on him as a person. I do know that Warren Buffet spoke about life as a billionaire and mentioned that his kids grew up with a middle class lifestyle in a perfectly middle class home in suburbia. People who are really rich have nothing to prove. One way you can tell someone isn't actually rich is that they tend to brag about how rich they are. Can't say that's true of anyone in particular, but there are enough banks being closed and assets being seized from programs like he's selling that if he took his own advice, he's got to be sweating at least.

I make good money. I make good money here. I brag to my friends about the platform. I never tell them how much I've made. I'll never tell you how much I make in my other job. Bragging about earnings just makes you sound scammy to my mind. But we're not here to judge people, just content and sometimes I find his content to be interesting food for thought. Even incorrect content can be useful if it starts you down the path of learning about the subject so you are properly informed.

Look you are making exactly the same argument I was about this place. The voting system is screwed up, and it incentivizes the wrong things. But not everyone is applauding him. Read my 1:1 responses on his postings, especially his "stahp" post and you'll see I'm not one of the "fan boys".

However he does provide value to us in the same way that Trump provides value to the republican party. He is energizing people to action. Some will leave, some will stay. In the meantime some of the people who were regularly on the front page, haven't seen a front page posting in days. This is giving others a chance.

For outsiders he's being a carnival barker. For insiders, he's forcing us to stop being lazy and seek out better content to upvote. Look at our front page right now. There is much better content than a few days ago.

I'd say that's a huge win/win and all we have to do is put up with PT Berwick there on the front every day or so.

I understand your points but I don't agree with them. Evil is evil for me, there's no necessary evil unless you want to do bad things. You don't need to advertise this site with this guy, bad publicity like this kind (schemers, marketers, snake oil sellers) only add more fuel to the fire.

Spending so much time focusing on things OUT OF YOUR CONTROL that once again you miss the big picture...

Show me the correlation between jeffs berwick joining and getting paid out the ass to be the first semi-celebrity in a key demographic for steemit and we can talk. Otherwise you are speaking as though your opinions are fact...and that is a scam too buddy.

@officialfuzzy I don't think pointing some things many think are wrong or at least cringe worthy is bad for the platform. I can't really prove he didn't earn his votes but I can tell you this, I UPVOTED HIM, and that's what made me question the corruption behind the upvote system alone. As long as the upvote system remains the same things will happen. You are a big fish yourself and Im risking my reputation speaking my mind here the way this is currently laid out. This post proved it has attention and many people voted and commented. I was one of the first critics in his comments, then a lot of others great posts appeared and finally the @berniesanders downvote. So things must be debated and different point of views are crucial for Steemit to be healthy. Many people here act like the system is perfect from the start but we all know is far from that, that's why many tweaks are being developed constantly.

Thanks for your input either way. Read some comments here since there's a lot of different ideas and perspectives.

Right on fella. I've been here for a day and I figured it out. There are a few people getting stinking rich of this and there is no real substance to it. Anything that is hooked into the stock market casino is ponzi by the very nature of it. It is big part of what creates poverty and misery on the bigger scale. The big fish call the shots on what is hip. Just like the schlack that you can see in the pop industry. It's not too hard to sell shit for shinola, if half the population is dumbed down and the rest doesn't give a shit because they make money of it. It is utterly corrupt. the whole internet is full of wright ups and videos about this being the work of a genius and everybody should join. Great PR. This is authorized from way up top.

Damn you are jealous and seem to know how to judge everything.

Let me tell you why I UPVOTE his content when i see it. Like it or not, his following is in the 100k+ in a key demographic we need to see steem. He can get more eyeballs on steem from that demographic than you can (epecially when complaining instead of spending time to make your posts betterrl..or more of them...or helping the community members around you more.

It took years for jeff to get where he is and he has already brought in multiple liberty lovers who have WORKED SO HARD to get strong and supportice followings. Like it or not you are wrong on many things here. Now sure you can say its because rhe whole thing is unfair...or you can blame yourself for not spending years building a reputation and huge network of friends who will power up and support your efforts. I dont say this to sound mean, but it is truth. And i know from experience...
You want to kow what sucks to me? You could be spending your time building a community to support you over timeor refer all your friends and send them regular emails when you post your content asking for upvotes. And they would do it. But instead, you choose to just lambast jeff, someone who has brought over 1 million highly liberty loving eyeballs to this platform through his own following and that of @lukewearechange, @corbettreport and the like.

Those users will now bring more value and will support oneanother and HIM. Why? Because instead of getting upset at how unfair it is and attacking someone who effectively advertises this to the maistream, he has busted his ass getting a following. And that following has in turn upvoted him on places like youtube thus increasing his visibility and validating his value.

Stop complaining and blaming others and make friends who will support you. I see MANY posts from new people get upvoted and earn big money...why didnt you focus on them? Oh...because it doesnt fit into your presentation in a way that support your conclusion.

Much love man...but sigh. YOU are on the FIRST social network that CANNOT make your post dissappear! Additionally it scales and gives you the chance over time to earb more than any other social network will allow.

You act like you are not in it just for the money, but to change the world. ACT like it! When you stop complaining you will be surprised how much further ahead you will get.

Focus on YOU...and how YOU can improve. Anything else is a waste if time and is petty.

You are just mentioning what many here question. Why does Steemit really need this kind of promotion? Why it needs to keep reaching and bringing more people (in this case with shady backgrounds...). I didn't made a post about the playmate model or other minor celebrities. I thought it was not really needed to gave them 10-20k in posts (right now they are getting $10-20 per post and one can argue they are actually better posts than their first ones so it kinda proves my point).

The thing that rubs many people off is the need for the constant need to promote Steemit and bring more people. I've never seen Facebook, Youtube or whatever other social media platform do that, at least not that I'm aware of. I'm sure they promote their stars in a different way of course.

Again, to clearly state the intentions in this post. I upvoted him because I knew I was getting curation rewards even though I didn't like him or his post. This made me realize many others must have been doing the same but didn't raise their voices. That to me is the definition of corruption.

If you check some comments in his posts he called the very few who dare to say something "losers" and "haters" (hence my first line in the post). I think after he got so many downvotes and negative posts about him he changed his message a little bit and I actually enjoyed his last post, I gladly upvoted it and commented on it (with some venom but still hehe).

Anyway, thanks again for your input, even if you don't agree with my rants my intention is to improve and shed some light here. Many people still have a lot of doubts and don't agree with a lot of things, that doesn't mean we are less "americans" or "patriotic" if you excuse me for that stupid analogy.

I'm also know for a fact there's also a lot of great people and marine life no matter the size.

Let me just add, before I gave up and joined the Borg, FB aggresively spammed me... I think some of my meatspace friends had foolishly given FB all their email lists, or something...