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> Who do these people think they are, trying to push upon us a new gold? it is completely opt in, you don't have to participate. which seems better than the m
by casi18 5y ago
> Who do these people think they are, trying to push upon us a new gold?
it is completely opt in, you don't have to participate.
which seems better than the money governments say we have to use (because they are in control of it and can use that power to maintain control of people).
> one that doesn’t slyly concentrate billions of wealth into the hands of a few.
lots of people in crypto very open to any ideas or suggestions you have to solving the matthew effect, non-coercive tax systems, and public goods funding. genuinely, any community currency design or trust system or consensus mechanism you can come up with people will be excited to try out. its a massive open design space right now and people want new ideas. lots of interesting discussions happening via orgs like https://www.radicalxchange.org/ https://www.radicalxchange.org/
- gorgoiler 5y agoThe government is the people. If cryptocurrency is an end-run around the collapse-of or lack-of democracy then I get it, but we deserve better in the West.
- casi18 5y agoI think making tools for transparency of financial information with privacy for the individuals is very beneficial to our democracies. and I think tools that help people coordinate/unionise/collectivise around shared interests is good for all of us who are working people. we dont have to be totally cynical and an accelerationist to believe there are flaws with government and money. I dont think the western democracies are collapsing, i feel like i have decent representation where i live. But i think things could be done better, ive also witnessed massive wastes of resources in local government, corruption and collusion. I dont think the systems we've inherited from pre-electricity society are going to be the absolute best we can ever come up with. this is hackernews, where people praise saas startups and hobbies and research on new gpus. but damn you if you think we can come up with better money or government. I think people are just skeptical of the intentions of those of us working in the space (which is sensible) because of the money and the memes and the absurdity of the energy around the crypto space. but i dont understand why people are so doom and gloom about it, 99.9% of the people involved arent living in a bunker waiting for the collapse of society, generally the eth devs ive met are very positive and optimistic and like you say, believe we deserve better.