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1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 20:19:52 EST Ji Fu
   Is anyone surprised by this? ♻️ @rss@www.theepochtimes.com
   The Secretary General of the United Nations said that he was ‘deeply frustrated’ that wealthy nations are not really into fighting global warming. U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres called for a major reform of the international financial system, so that more advanced nations could send their wealth to poorer countries, to combat their vulnerability to climate change, calling current funding inadequate. Guterres urged U.N. delegates to support the changes, while discussing assistance for Pakistan, regarding the deadly floods that began in late June last year. On Jan. 9, while addressing a conference in Geneva, Guterres said that the world financial system was unfairly slanted in favor of wealthier countries and that it should be reformed to ensure a more equitable distribution of resources....
   UN Chief ‘Deeply Frustrated’ People Aren’t Buying Into Climate Panic
   www.theepochtimes.com/un-chief…
   1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 20:38:14 EST lnxw48a1

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      @fu I don't expect that they'll be able to reform the international financial system (or even most national financial systems) in ways that they believe will be more equitable. (And that's without considering the endemic corruption in most such countries.)
      
      I'm slowly moving toward using #cryptocurrencies when possible, to deprive the corrupt and evil financial system of a little money and power, and toward encouraging others to do the same.
      
      People in countries like India (which revoked much of its currency in order to try and force people into the financial system) likewise need something other than "reforming the current system".
      1. Ji Fu (fu@libranet.de)'s status on Monday, 09-Jan-2023 20:48:23 EST Ji Fu

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