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Remember yesterday when people said this slippery slope was never going to happen? I'm at a loss for words on what to say about this. Private businesses doing
by seabird 9y ago
Remember yesterday when people said this slippery slope was never going to happen?
I'm at a loss for words on what to say about this. Private businesses doing what they like in terms of serving customers is entirely valid, but it has set a dangerous precedent in the minds of people who don't know where to draw the line. The author has this asinine idea that the Bitcoin community needs to "step up" and compromise the very reason it exists because of what has effectively become a Nazi boogeyman. This excerpt makes it abundantly clear how little he understands the value or overreaching goal of Bitcoin:
"If they're the average bitcoiner, they might just have to look on with horror as their digital currency is used by neo-Nazis."
The idea that just because a group uses (or even glorifies) a currency or token of some sort, the claim you support or enable their ideals by holding it is outright stupid. "If they're the average US dollar holder, they might just have to look on with horror as their currency is used by neo-Nazis."
The best part is that the author is entirely ignorant of one of the large driving forces behind Bitcoin's cultural impact; it has long been a tool for moving drugs, reagents, firearms, explosives, counterfeit money, stolen credit cards, stolen information/databases, and child pornography, long before it was ever a twinkle in Richard Spencer's eye. Yeah, you can ruin people's livelihoods, contribute to criminal activity on a global scale, or distribute opioids that will ravage poor communities, but you know what's worse than that? Using Bitcoin to donate to a fringe political site, of course!