>>60798078
>The counter economy is by definition opposed to the mainstream economy, which 99% of people will always be fine operating under.

You have any idea just how massive and all-encompassing the global shadow aka counter-economy is?

>I can only imagine it really taking off under a dystopian totalitarian regime that every country seems to be heading in with CBDC/surveillance/poor vs rich division/etc.

Normies routinely go shopping for drugs on the darknet. And now we're going to give them a place to go shopping for smuggled luxury items and consumer electronics as well. All with XMR, of course.

>>60652743
>Maybe if you weren’t pushing the bake sale as the only legitimate use of Monero and mocking all others (grifter, moonfag, etc) you wouldn’t get this type of reaction.

Nobody is telling you to stop hoarding XMR. If you insist on being a lazy faggot that can't or won't start a business, entice merchants, shill or otherwise help grow the counter-economy then keep hoarding but STFU and get out of the way.

I'm fairly certain Monero will hit 5 figures eventually but exit liquidity is a whole other matter. If it depends primarily on attracting evermore speculators, that is, greater fools (your retarded plan) then most investors will never be able to realize their gains because the math simply doesn't allow it. Not to mention normies are pretty much blackpilled on crypto speculation at this point, everybody but delusional baggies realizes its largely a ponzi-like wealth transfer scheme, especially now after the widely publicized Trumpcoin fiasco.

However, if you dimwits stop and think long enough to realize that exit liquidity provided by increasing numbers of non-investors (shoppers, paying customers) is dependable, sustainable and sufficient for ALL of us to realize our gains in full (assuming our overall number remains low), you might finally stop shooting yourselves in the fucking foot. Everybody can win. Except the State and IRS.

The point of the "Terrible Investment" meme is obvious to everybody that can read between the lines and is capable of delayed gratification. Or if you need me to spell it out for you:

>every additional investor is yet another competitor for a limited amount of exit liquidity. The fewer there are, the more you can take out. And vice versa.

So ya wanna keep being a lazy, do-nothing parasite but still get rich just by holding XMR? Shill the economy rather than the coin and be patient.