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I totally agree with you about what the problem with the policy is - but I don't think Coinbase is doing this: > pretend[ing] that involving themselves in poli

I totally agree with you about what the problem with the policy is - but I don't think Coinbase is doing this: > pretend[ing] that involving themselves in politics isn't political and doesn't have political consequences beyond "crypto good". I don't think they're pretending it doesn't. I think they're making it clear they simply don't care. They don't care about climate, or BLM, or the 2020 election, or whatever. They only care about crypto. The world can burn so long as crypto numbers go up. But at least they're honest about it.

msbarnett 4y ago
> But at least they're honest about it. They're really not though, insofar as they're framing "not caring" as "not political". It's very political to not care that you're handing money to someone who's anti-abortion (or pro-abortion) because it will get you some other thing, other issues be damned. If they framed that as not caring that would be one thing, but framing it as "not political" assumes a level of abject stupidity in the people they're making that claim to that I'm disinclined to play along with.