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Project MUSE - Why Bitcoin Is Freedom Moneymuse.jhu.edu/article/970346
509 sats \ 12 comments \ @siggy47 3 Oct bitcoin
Alex Gladstein wrote this for the Johns Hopkins Journal Of Democracy.
According to the Human Rights Foundation, 5.7 billion people live in authoritarian regimes, meaning that the overwhelming majority of democracy activists are living in places where their payments, fundraising, and savings are completely broken.
This is a very comprehensive article. Those familiar with the work of the HRF will already know about many of the examples Gladstein cites.
This paper is directed to a more normie audience, and I think it's very persuasive.
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136 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 3 Oct
Gladstein's book is also excellent. I've long said that bitcoin has reached the core audience that is open to it. Liberty minded, tech literate people. The people Gladsein can reach is another audience most of us offend with all our talk of anarchism, individual responsibility, and nerdy tools. We are a tiny minority.
But bitcoin has real utility for most people in the world. They just don't see it yet. In the US most people don't need bitcoin. Not as much as the rest of the world I mean. Yeah, everyone needs it but we are lulled to sleep by cheap credit and entertainment. For some... politics and the left/right distraction. I think those with real day to day needs will adopt bitcoin and the vast majority of the west will be laggards.
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43 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct
I agree. I have read Hidden Repression and Check Your Financial Privilege. His work, along with all the circular economies popping up in the global south are fostering real adoption.
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136 sats \ 1 reply \ @Scoresby 3 Oct
Beneath the shrieking of the Bitcoin Treasury boosters, there does seem to be a steady drumbeat of sensible information about Bitcoin beginning to permeate society:
  • Bitcoin is an alternative to government money
  • Bitcoin is not bad for the environment/plays a constructive role in the grid
  • Bitcoin is useful/valuable
Maybe people will adopt BItcoin via common sense assumptions before they ever get any sats of their own.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 3 Oct
Its just a matter of time.
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432 sats \ 4 replies \ @Coinsreporter 3 Oct
Yes, the article is really very comprehensive for normies, for non tech guys like me. A must read for all imo.
On a side note I'm surprised to see that I shared it already but it doesn't show up in the related top (I'm sure it also didn't show up in the dupes for you).
Something to look into for @ek and co. maybe.
Please don't delete, it should get more discussion which it's due.
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41 sats \ 3 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct
I would not have posted it if I saw it. Oh well.
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144 sats \ 2 replies \ @Coinsreporter 3 Oct
No problem sir. This one should get more discussion/engagement what the article deserves. In fact I just put up links, don't have such articulation to suggest why the article is important.
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41 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct
You are very articulatešŸ˜€
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Coinsreporter 3 Oct
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @Entrep 3 Oct
5.7 billion people under authoritarian rule is staggering. I havenā€™t read the article yet, but it sounds like Gladstein makes a strong case for how financial systems impact activism.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 5 Oct
On the reading list this weekend!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @035736735e 3 Oct outlawed
stackers have outlawed this. turn on wild west mode in your /settings to see outlawed content.