I’ve lived in France for half my life and stopped watching TV around the time of Covid.
Tonight, I turned on the TV to France 2, (one of the public service channels,)
the segment showed a caricatural Trump and Elon Musk « the world’s richest man », neither of which are popular in France, and their plans to (god forbid) cut government spending, recklessly invest in private AI, technology etc……enter bitcoin,
calling it “anti-government electronic money.” This is the first time I’ve heard the word bitcoin on French tv.
They mentioned how bitcoin’s price has risen 50% since Trump’s election but also highlighted its volatile crashes. The news anchor man then states that Christine Lagarde, head of the IMF, has warned Europeans to stay away, and I quote (she knows what she’s talking about) because despite her warnings, her son lost all his money betting on « cryptocurrencies »
They must have at least spent 10 minutes studying the subject.
I’m no fan of Trump or Musk, but here in Europe, we seem closer to Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) than to critical thinking or open discussions. Still, it doesn’t make me want to return to Canada, where I was born.
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