Bitcoin is nothing less than a binary revolution. It is a statement of purpose that embodies the sentiment "Don't tread on me". We're tired of endless ineffective regulation, a body of law that only protects the top 1% of the wealth-holders in the country, while fee structures and arbitrary transaction policies push common citizens to the brink of poverty.
Bitcoin is the upthrust fist of all internet citizens who simply wish to live their lives without needless interference. The existing banking system has become a defective node that will be routed around, if you don't 'talk' Bitcoin, we won't understand you or need you.
By running the Bitcoin client, you are telling the existing financial system you don't need them anymore. They've become the inefficient middleman in an increasingly networked world. The buggy-whip makers in the age of the automobile, the "dead tree" news distribution dinosaur gasping its last breath in the freewheeling ecosystem of blogs and up-to-the-second news sites.
Financial policy and regulations are now decided by who has the most money to contribute, the best lobbyists, public relations flacks and speechwriters. Monetary decisions are made by men who have never earned minimum wages beyond their teen years -- if ever, and never have had to live hand-to-mouth just to survive.
They can't relate, because simply - they don't have to. Bitcoin users know this, which is why the collective will to bootstrap the system and change the world has surged throughout the internet, filtered down to the most remote nodes and places on the planet. We've seen the financial disaster of 2008 unfold, seen the lack of regulation enforcement, the greed and corruption, and we've had enough.
It took the pendulum of greed and corruption swinging through the country like a wrecking ball, destroying lives and homes as the sub-prime monster fed on financial ignorance and bank-enabled butchery, to fuel our growing discontent. Watching the talking heads on popular news programs, announcing another round of congressional interrogation proved ultimately futile, to feed our belligerence.
It is time to take up the standard, hoist the digital flag high and cry out "NO MORE!". It is time to take hold of your own destiny and financial future by deciding for yourself where to put your trust. In each other, not a financial system that benefits the few at the expense of the whole.
They have awakened a large slumbering giant, and we will utterly change the face of finance.
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I find the bolded portion ironic, considering the advocation of bitcoins in this post.
But otherwise, I like it.
