Democracy is an illusion! It’s become a political system fostered by the élite, for the élite, in order to fool the people that they have a stake in the system. In actual fact, they have virtually none. The whole political system in the modern era, despite having noble beginnings, is now used to benefit the few at the expense of the many. – Mark Alexander, June 29, 2018
Wednesday, 27 December 2017
Bitcoin: Charting a Crazy 2017 - BBC News
Bitcoin has had an interesting 2017 with some steep rises - and falls - in value. Many see it as a mere speculative financial instrument rather than a genuine digital currency, but should we now take it seriously? The BBC's Asia business correspondent Karishma Vaswani takes a look at the year of Bitcoin. Produced by Christine Hah.
