I appreciate your engagement in discussion as well. I think I better understand where you are coming from now than I did in the original post. I don't doubt you are correct about many not reading things for themselves, I mean that is pretty much the status quo for most subjects. I would be careful though to not assume folks that use these catch phrases don't have more depth or value to add. I think what you are describing is very similar to how I lost interest in the tech press / podcasts years ago. It was just the same thing over and over again but when I was new to working in technology it wasn't old to me. I learned a lot but I grew and needed to move on. Maybe you can be one of these folks that takes a look at bitcoin from new and different perspectives and contexts. I am very interested in the perspectives of people coming from non-western nations and how they think about these things. How people in oppressive states have been able to use bitcoin, or what issues they have with it. Gladstein talks about this a lot. As you mentioned I'm interested in the history of money and how it developed. Money is something very few understand. I would say I'm still learning about it myself.

I would not label myself as a maxi but I understand the tactics they use online. I also understand why so many bitcoiners focus on these "old news" topics. We have new bitcoiners coming everyday that don't get why bitcoin was created. They just see $$$$ and wanna piece. They may not dive deep but they likely didn't dive deep into the status quo either.

Just a few more thoughts.