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it's so ironic to me that he prides himself over the "no politics" policy, yet calls his company "mission-focused". the mission is cryptocurrency, which is very
by greenie_beans 5y ago
it's so ironic to me that he prides himself over the "no politics" policy, yet calls his company "mission-focused". the mission is cryptocurrency, which is very political.
- malermeister 5y ago"No politics" (that don't match mine, that is).
- jiveturkey 5y agoindeed. akin to "data driven"
- Aunche 5y agoIt's not ironic. It's literally the point of why he's calling it "mission-focused" and not "apolitical." If the almost all members of the NAACP happened to be pro-crypto, do you it's reasonable for it's members to pressure its leadership to spread the adoption of crypto?
- greenie_beans 5y agoyou missed my point. i'm arguing that coinbase is in the business of pushing their own politics, via cryptocurrency, which is very much a political thing at this point. yet, their workers can't discuss other politics. it's very ironic and hypocritical. and yes, i think the members of NAACP would be pushing crypto if that's what they felt was a priority for their cause. i don't understand your logic? edit: i believe that being apolitical is just as a political stance as being political.
- tesselator 5y agoSounds like joining a charity that focuses on topic X and trying to get them to focus about topic Y. Join a charity that focuses on topic Y instead.
- greenie_beans 5y agotwo things: 1. the NAACP is political activist organization, not a charity. 2. i'm not sure this is sound logic. if the NAACP sees something as advancing black people, then why can't they advocate for that?
- ryan93 5y agoWhats political about using coinbase to buy and sell bitcoin?
- greenie_beans 5y agocrypto is political
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- no_butterscotch 5y agoFor you? Or for everyone? People say everything is political, that doesn't make it so.
- greenie_beans 5y agoeverybody is fighting for power. politics is power. decentralization is very much a fight for power.
- throw_m239339 5y ago> crypto is political Crypto isn't partisan. It's not beholden to the democratic or the republican party. Saying "something is political" is meaningless.
- greenie_beans 5y agopolitics extends past the democrat vs republican system. "political" means power, whether it's a minority group fighting for power so they can have some basic human rights, or it's some crypto bros fighting for decentralization so they can have power.
- philwelch 5y agoIs any technology inherently political, or do we make it political when we pick political fights over it? Did 7-Eleven become a political company when Bloomberg went and banned Big Gulps?
- throw_m239339 5y ago> it's so ironic to me that he prides himself over the "no politics" policy, yet calls his company "mission-focused". the mission is cryptocurrency, which is very political. "Political" is a meaningless buzzword at that point. What you really mean is "partisan". Should Coinbase just be an extension of the democratic party? No according to its CEO, but that's what a lot of people here wants it to be.