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WELL. I will concede on the thing about american dollar hegemony. Even I, a crypto hater, would be stupid to pretend cryptocurrency didn’t at all move the needle on that. I’ve seen it benefit third world people with my eyes (I live in the third world, hi)
Other than that I’ll just nod and say ‘yes’ because I really don’t care enough to research into crypto (imma h8r), so I’ll assume you’re right. [nods] “yes”
That said. MAN, you must hate the kind of company you end up stuck with. Crypto as far as I know is MOSTLY very weird AnCap typesThat said. MAN, you must hate the kind of company you end up stuck with. Crypto as far as I know is MOSTLY very weird AnCap types
Crypto indeed is a weird af place. I hate 99.99% of the projects and the people here. The culture is insufferable. But there is space to build projects that actually help working people.
imma h8r
Why though? It’s just tech. It’s neither good nor bad. It can be used for good (public goods funding, donations to causes that might otherwise be blocked, paying artists a la patreon, governance voting via DAOs, etc) or bad (speculative markets, BAYC, memecoins, rugpulls, etc).
Why though?
Two things, really. First, I’m not a tech guy. I’m a writer with mild interest in technology and science. The whole thing is drowned in jargon and it honestly feels to me like a lot of it is intentional. If something a. Is very complicated; b. Doesn’t hook me; and c. It is not my job to know it… I can’t be arsed to research it.
Second, and more relevant if less respectable – Negative emotional vibes. Too many bad experiences with The Worst People On The Internet ™ being all over crypto.
Both of those reasons are valid and fair.
