We are all aware of the situation in Afghanistan and how dire things are around there, but most people aren't aware of how easily Bitcoin BCH could have saved thousands upon thousands of Afghan lives.
Unfortunately, this isn't some clickbait title just to capitalize in the platform, but the truth, and a truth that could have saved thousands if only people would take crypto seriously, in particular real usable crypto, like Bitcoincash.
Let me tell you how BitcoinCash could have saved thousands of lives in Afghanistan, and how adopting BCH is vital to avoid preventable losses of lives and resources in the future.
When S*** Hits the Fan: Banksters Bail Out!
When things get complicated, the bankster crowd (bankers, financial experts, hedge fund managers, and so on) are the first ones to bail out - they have the resources for it and definitely are "in the know" so obviously they escape first - I'd do the same in their shoes.
However, the unwashed masses don't have the same foresight, and when things get serious, they want to go for their money in order to try to use it to escape or hunker down.
This is exactly what happened in Afghanistan.
Thousands of people flooded the banks only to find out they don't own their money, the banks do - and with no people to operate the banks, no money in the vaults and the people in charge long gone, the Afghans discovered the critical problems of modern banking the hard way.
Thousands found out they had nothing more than their house or clothes, and discovered they have no access to their money - money which isn't theirs but owned by the bankers they trusted it on, and these bankers don't even hold it, but invest with it and, when s*** hits the fan, profit from the turmoil by clearing out the books.
Unfortunately, in this case, this all had serious effects, and resulted in thousands of deaths - let me tell you how things worked out for the Afghans who trusted the modern banking system and the FIAT currency.
BCH would solve this...
No Money to Escape: No Means, They're Stranded
First of all, the obvious reason thousands are dying is that they lacked the means to escape.
There are a few ways out of the boiling pot, but most involve:
Bribery;
Paying for "Guides";
Paying for Black Market Roads;
Paying for Naval Pickups (Rickety as they are);
Greasing Palms for Safe-Passage.
You just cannot leave a place like current Afghanistan without access to money, and not the change you have in your pocket.
People know this and this is one of the major reasons that led people to accumulate in front of the closed down banks, only to find out they have no hopes of recovering their hard-earned cash.
They worked hard for it, they trusted the financial system, they now reap nothing - the money wasn't theirs anymore when they finished signing that deposit.
With Bitcoin BCH, the money is always yours, and nobody can "run" on you. You'll always have resources.
Not only that, international crews prefer getting paid in their currency of choice or in crypto rather than in a war-torn state's FIAT.
If people had BCH, they'd be spared from this problem, and have an edge as they could negotiate their escape or safe conduit in the black market or even with international crowds.
No Money for Ransoms: Prisoners Get "Defaulted"
You may have seen the news and how people are getting captured, kidnapped and held hostage left and right.
Do you think they are taking people to a 5-stars resort or do you know they are going to either eliminate them or ask for ransom?
Well, if you're lucky to be held for ransom instead of outright killed, then you know someone is going to have to pay up for your release.
Do you know what happens when your family goes to the bank to find it closed?
Do you know what happened to the Afghans who discovered they had no money whatsoever?
Prisoners got "Defaulted".
If you know how the world works, you know the consequences.
No Money for the Jyzia: The Non-Muslim Tax
The extremists need money to arm themselves and really set a foothold on the country - most of these funds will come from the resources they captured, the expropriation they've been doing, ransoms, drugs, and so on...
...but another part is historically coming from the Jyzia.
Muslim states impose a Jyzia, which is a kind of tax non-muslims need to pay in order to live under such state.
The Jyzia, of course, requires money, and since those who pay the Jyzia are the "infidels", then you know tax collectors aren't full of goodwill while collecting these taxes.
Well, if you don't have enough for a proper Jyzia, whatever the number is, you can expect to stop collecting the benefits of it - which are, simply, to be able to live.
No money, no Jyzia, no Jyzia, no living...
No Bartering Tinder: No Money to Trade, No Money to Accumulate Assets for Further Bartering
When these things hit, you have a small timeframe in which you can accumulate resources with FIAT you'll use either to stockpile or barter down the road.
History has demonstrated this once and again.
With no legal tinder to barter with, people are left with nothing, and even if they could grab their Afghani currency from the banks, this tends to lose value in times of catastrophe.
Bitcoin BCH would not only retain its value but would, due to the overall devaluation of the currency in Afghanistan, gain more bartering value.
Unfortunately, in this case, Afghans could not even get access to their FIAT, so they were left without even the slimmest chance of successfully getting the resources they need to barter and / or survive.
Bitcoin Would Solve This: BCH Could Have Saved Thousands
As you can see, Bitcoin BCH would save thousands of lives if people had adopted it.
This cannot be remedied as of now, but what we have here now is a HUGE example of how adopting BCH is the smart thing to do, and how avoiding and refusing to partake in this rotten traditional modern banking system is the best thing people can do in order to protect their assets.
With Bitcoin Cash, the funds are yours, nobody can fly away with them, nobody can expropriate you, the fees are low, and the tokens will always be there when you need them the most - unlike traditional FIAT which is only good if things are stable.
The random Afghan did not have the time or insight to jump into BCH...
...but you do!
Don't leave this chance pass up - embrace the future of money.
Embrace Bitcoin (BCH)!
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I actually agree, and I think THIS is one of the areas where a lot of people miss the functionality of something like BCH. It's still not easily portable. But that's changing. And of course the more people that adopt it the more portable it becomes.
As for the entire Afghan situation, it's a disaster, and who knows what the outcome will be when all is said and done. Very sad and I feel for the people who are caught up in political unrest that just want to go about living their lives.