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I hope so. Right now I have just about had it with most Bitcoiners. Seed oils, carnivorism, anti vaxxers, Christians etc. Bunch of Blithering Bigots.

david @straycat 1687201550

The psychological tendency towards tribalism is something that bitcoin, in and of itself, does not fix!

(Caveat: the reason we need tribes is to give us frens to protect us. And bitcoin is theoretically something you can protect all by yourself. But even in theory, we’re still light years away from obviating the psychological need for tribes.)

Rimbaud · 139w

I believe that Cryptocurrency/Blockchain/Publicly-Distributed-Ledger technologies offer a novel chance at the perfect time. -- An opportunity to change our politics and the quality of our governance. -- Empowering the individual, and decoupling from centralized authority, the power to manipulate our...

Rimbaud · 139w

I do appreciate this observation though; sooth indeed -- I think that's why it's important to 'remind'/'boost' the part of the 'signal' that says this is beyond politics and divisions---this is freedom---whatever the artists might paint; let them paint, and may the latitude of choice be of myriad hu...

JeffG · 139w

We'll never get rid of the need for tribes. That's a fundamental human need IMO. What we can fix is dependence on rulers and controllers that are far removed from our tribes or communities. The more layers that exist between you and a person that has the ability to control you (through many differ...