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Crypto is also a white supremacy tool: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/02/05/the-charm-of-cryptocurrencies-for-white-supremacists https://www.econo
by cft 5y ago
Crypto is also a white supremacy tool: https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/02/05/the-charm-of-cryptocurrencies-for-white-supremacists https://www.economist.com/united-states/2022/02/05/the-charm...
- capableweb 5y agoLots of tools that are useful for marginalized groups are also useful for marginalized groups that want to spread hate. Same goes for the internet. It was hard in the beginning on internet mainstream (late 90s/early 00s) to find any community that didn't have a bunch of racists and fascists in it as well.
- fleddr 5y agoYeah, that's why Bitcoin grows fastest in Africa.
- BLKNSLVR 5y agoThe flipside viewpoint is that cryptocurrency bypasses censorability by large corporates; cryptocurrency embodies the freedoms that appear to be espoused so loudly and delightedy by "the US"^. Guns = good Cryptocurrency = bad Opinions I agree with = good Opinions I disagree with = bad Me getting mine = good Someone else getting theirs = bad Censorship is the battleground issue for the 2020's. ^Apologies for the lumping of 300 million people into a single sentence description, it's for the sake of trying to make a point of the entanglement of "the US" and "freedom" - which isn't a bad thing.