Nonpartisan Money: Depolarizing BitcoinDo not shoot the messenger....
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Do not fucking @ me with some blah blah attack on Ted.... not interested..... just sharing for prosperity, info and interest.
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That video was edited by an idiot.
Thanks for passing that along. The editing by that random crypto-shill Youtube channel is blatantly dishonest. No one with even the slightest sense of ethics would stitch together clips of words and phrases like that.
The very first result in a non-Google search finds the source:
Better to spread links to the source than to the poorly-edited please like muh crypto youtube channel ripoff.
I dont have time to watch this video (or any video), and I am generally uninterested in U.S. partisan politics. Too bad, whats going on there affects Bitcoin; and what Ive seen in the headlines lately looks worrisome. Perhaps I may peruse the video later.
Do not shoot the messenger....
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just sharing for [posterity?], info and interest.
Its sad to see this.
There have always been people from the left in Bitcoin. I dont recall ever having seen this type of apologizing or defensiveness for linking to their opinions about Bitcoin.
I dont usually follow this type of stuff. The apologizing is what caught my attention here.
Bitcoin is the most political form of money ever invented, but it is
nonpartisan money with respect to modern partisan politics. That is one of Bitcoins key strengths.
The polarization of Bitcoin would weaken it.I think that everyone should feel welcome in Bitcoin.
Liberals who care about fairness, equality, and human rights, who want money without institutional biasesmoney that resists the imposition of structural biases. Im not surprised to see people in underprivileged countries reaching out to Bitcoin as a lifeline.
Conservatives who want sound money, fiscal responsibility, and individual freedom. Im not surprised to see the Heritage Foundation taking an interest in Bitcoin.
Thats not compromise. It is a principle, and it is also political savvy.
Bitcoin is like the customary rules of international diplomacy: It applies to friends and enemies alike, it benefits everyone, and its in everyones self-interest to accord this benefit to everyone else.
The polarization of Bitcoin could ruin that.