15 years ago:

Bought $10k in 'risk-free' long-term Treasuries? You'd have $11,072 today. Congrats on that 10% gain over 15 years.

Spent $9,995 on drugs and threw $5 into $BTC? You'd be sitting on $42,778 today.

That's the real cost of 'being responsible' in a fiat system. Treasuries didn't even beat real inflation. Meanwhile, $BTC turned pocket change into generational wealth.

The lesson? The 'safe' play was the riskiest move. Don't let institutions gaslight you into staying poor.