I work for a county hospital (yes there is excessive waste with gov) and routinely diagnose uninsured, undocumented patients with cancer, heart failure etc and cannot otherwise afford follow-up or medications.  Many would vote to leave them to the free market.  

Then I see a bitcoiner donate a whopping 5k sats to a cause and then proclaim how amazing and generous bitcoiners are, as though they're pricing in the cost of BTC 30 years into the future.

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Poll- What you dislike the most from fellow Bitcoiners?

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I feel sometimes we really fall short on lack on compassion and empathy.

The fact that we want to protect freedom or individualism shouldn't mean we want a dog eats dog world. Unfortunately, there are those who can't provide for themselves. I understand that most of us want to cut the state's wings, because we believe the state is corrupt and evil and won't help the needy anyways.

But I guess we should remember that, once the state is out, the responsibility (not obligation) of looking after the needy will fall on us. And it will be up to us to decide if want to help others altruistically or not.