One of the biggest promoters of the U.S. economy for the past 50 years has been vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Charlie Munger.
Lately, he has taken his privileged position to opine about almost everything under the sun.
At some stage, people like us like to infuse the generation behind us with the right tools to navigate the global economy, and sharpening these instruments goes a long way in determining who became the ultimate winners and losers.
Charlie came out with sharpened elbows today describing a world in which “it’s never been harder for young people to make and keep their money.”
He then begins to dive into the topic of inflation and the financial destruction beset on a young population who are not only asset scarce, but whose salaries are lower in real terms than the young person 40 years ago.
Essentially, Charlie is encouraging young people to avoid the traditional financial system that benefited him so much in order to look for greener pastures.
Sometimes it really is greener on the other side of the fence and the first generation of crypto Billionaires can attest to that.
Becoming a crypto whale usually entails getting in early before the rest pile in.
Munger also lamented the hardship of young people purchasing property in a “desirable neighborhood in a city like Los Angeles.”
Mortgages backed by the US dollar and Fanny Mae have been instrumental in helping millions of hardworking Americans realize the American dream of owning their own home.
Obviously, the US property market in many parts of the country these days is out of control and even though it’s not directly linked to cryptocurrency, it’s directly linked to the US dollar which Bitcoin is an absolute competitor.
Munger couldn’t be righter that young people will not be able to copy and paste what worked before and that the ones who don’t adapt will not be able to achieve a life in a desirable city.
In a roundabout way, Charlie is espousing the virtues of Bitcoin even though he doesn’t know it.
Part of the bias he presides over is in the way young people get rich and age doesn’t make you want to get rich all over again in crypto after getting rich through the US dollar and stocks.
Investing in alternative strategies has never been more attractive, but there is a smart way to do it and an irresponsible way to do it.
In the last few years, Bitcoin has proved itself to be a great store of value and it appears that no matter what you throw at it lately, it won’t go down that much.
But then there is the scarier side of crypto that isn’t Bitcoin and things get suspicious quickly like somebody following you down a narrow, shady alley.
Many have thrown their life savings in these coins that are fashionably new and low cap and obscure thinking that they can get rich quickly when all that will actually happen is they'll lose their money in these coins that either fail or get the rug pulled.
Seeing coins like SHIB, DOGE, which were altcoins that actually did build a substantial market cap in the past, has only encouraged these people in their thinking that they can make a lot of money off of these coins when the reality is that these were only 2 among thousands of coins that got lucky.
Investing should be done with a purpose, otherwise, it becomes pure gambling and you'll likely fail.
That purpose could be Bitcoin as a means of decentralization, as a means of inflation hedge, or just as a currency that's easy to transfer. As long as you know what you support in your coin, you have a purpose that you believe in which is what investing is about, not closing your eyes and picking a coin.
Not only that you won't get rich, but you'll also lose your money in these coins. The only people getting rich will be those controlling the coin with their bags that are ready to sell.
But of course, there still are those projects with a purpose that can change the market, but you'll need a lot of time on your hands to find those new ones.
