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Let me say it another way — When the pioneers of the Internet started working on the first protocols, MANY of them thought it would lead to a new area of peace

by rib3ye 1y ago

Let me say it another way — When the pioneers of the Internet started working on the first protocols, MANY of them thought it would lead to a new area of peace and free-thought. In 2025, many of them now just believe they created a corporate surveillance state. As a former bitcoiner, I challenge any pro-crypto person to start imaging ways it could all go wrong. Or at least make a list of three possible downsides?

KetoManx64 1y ago
It totally can. Governments around the world are trying their damnest to squeeze and crush as many of their citizens liberties as they possibly can. The European Central Bank is poised to push out the digital Euro that will track every single transaction you make and can be set to burn itself in your bank account if you post an anti immigration meme on Facebook. That is the direction the world is going. The only way we are going to protect outselves is ensure that our monetary system is a decentralized, peer to peer, self-governed and un-debankable, so that Corrupt governments do not make us financial slaves for the next 1000 years like in George Orwell's 1984.