The world is in turmoil, and the pie is great

Turbulence is the keynote of the world. The prosperity of the boom cycle and the devastation of the depression cycle are two sides of the same coin.

There is no eternal laughter, nor eternal sorrow. The moon waxes and wanes, and things turn to their opposites when they reach their extremes.

Stocks are discounted, assets are reduced, companies are downsizing, and employees are laid off.

Good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly. The worst things always come one after another.

There is no need to complain. These difficulties are nothing compared to the people who died on the battlefield.

Everyone, as an individual, is inherently vulnerable. Only by being closely connected and mutually beneficial can we jointly resist the ubiquitous risks and external shocks.

But when people's circumstances get worse, they often don't work more closely together, but instead develop rifts between them and even become enemies.

Cutting off economic support makes their situation worse. Then they become more radical, more isolated, and more confrontational.

I don’t know if this can be called human stupidity.

Use the smartest countermeasures and get the stupidest results.

This is the prisoner's dilemma.

Do you remember that when everyone was lost in the economic recession in 2019, someone said: 2019 is the worst year in the past ten years, but it is also the best year in the next ten years.

Did it come true?

After recession comes depression.

Many readers of this article are lucky enough to live in a growing economy and hold growing assets (pie).

In 2019, Bitcoin opened at 3.7k, closed at 7k, reached a high of 13.9k, and a low of 3.3k.

Since 2022, Bitcoin opened at 48k, the current price is 38k, the highest is 48k, and the lowest is 33k.

Some people say that Bitcoin is too volatile, often fluctuating by several percentages a day.

But compared to the stocks that are forcibly stabilized, the big pie shows the turbulence of the world without any cover-up. Being honest makes people hate it.

After all, the wisdom of the East is to see through things but not to speak them out, while the wisdom of the West is that interests determine one's stance.

What the truth is may depend on your own understanding. Wise Orientals will not tell you anything, while wise Westerners will keep making up stories in your ears.

Silence is loudness, lies are truth, stupidity is wisdom.

A good thing that everyone in the world knows about is not a good thing.

It is not a simple matter to settle down and even to have a happy family in this turbulent world.

As for governing the country and pacifying the world, that is an even greater undertaking.

How can you sweep the world if you can't even sweep your own house? How can you pacify the world if you are dissatisfied? How can you conquer the world if you can't even make a living?

When anti-globalization thoughts arise, the world falls apart.

Those who impose sanctions and blockades on each other will each suffer losses, and their ability to resist risk shocks will be weakened.

Ideological hostility has turned into economic losses, which is what politicians find hard to accept.

If you can't settle your own mind, you won't be able to settle the world.

When hegemony begins to show signs of decline, the more force it uses, the faster it will decline.

Submission by coercion is not as good as submission by intimidation. Submission by intimidation is not as good as submission from the heart.

"People do not fear death, so why should we scare them with it?"

The consensus that is forced by force will collapse when the force is weak.

A consensus that is firmly rooted in the hearts of people will last for thousands of years and will never fade.

Only by abandoning the pie of ideology can we connect divided and hostile people, enable them to support each other, and enhance the risk resistance of all those involved in the network.

Therefore, when the world is in turmoil, we realize the greatness of big pie.

(Official account: Liu Jiaolian. Knowledge Planet: reply “Planet” to the official account)