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10 sats \ 2 replies \ @BeefCurtin 17 Jun 2022 \ on: proliferation of conservatives disguised as libertarians among the Bitcoin community bitcoin
Bitcoin is one of the most financially conservative ideas to ever exist. I think that while Bitcoin itself is apolitical, the monetary policy is an appealing thing to anyone who is financially conservative. It just so happens the cohort of financial conservatism and social conservatism tend to be the same, which makes sense.
One of the beautiful things about Bitcoin is that it exposes the government and politics for what they are, and the deeper you dive the more you become fed up with both leanings.
The worst part is all the finger pointing where either side just kind of gives up because "the other side" is preventing them. Then you see stark split the way politicians vote on issues where you can see people on the left vote one way, people on the right another. Not because anyone believes in their stance on the issue itself but because everyone would rather do that than vote on something that might be perceived as "helping" the other side. We aren't even voting on issues we believe in, we're picking and cheering our teams like its a football game.
The icing on the cake is we insist on being childish and name calling as mainstream political discourse. We can't even call our presidents by their name any more. Its either Sleepy Joe this or Agent Orange that. I cannot take any of this political discourse serious when we're all acting like toddlers, and everyone hopes we'll somehow fix this? Everyone has lost their god damn minds.
My advice is just ignore social media entirely. For Bitcoin, most of the conversation takes place on Twitter but you're just better off finding people you want to follow, logging out, and bookmarking their profile to view whenever you feel like. It is a tremendous help in tuning out the noise. If you want to have a conversation with someone with contrasting views to yours, take it offline and do it in person. People are much more reasonable as long as everyone stays level headed. Have conversations, NOT debates. The internet strongly incentivizes debates and that sometimes leaks over into the real world. This is an important rule to remember. Leave the debates to these crusty ass pandering politicians who need votes from whatever audience still believes they give a flying fuck about them.
If someone you follow says some cringe shit that you don't like, you can unfollow them and get your information from someone else. It does not make you fragile or a snowflake or intolerant or whatever. Anyone saying this has made politics their entire identity because they are bankrupt on personality. You won't really miss out on any important or critical info but you will filter out completely unnecessary political noise. If anyone has a problem with how you prefer to navigate the internet and social media, they can suck the whole of your dick and fuck right off.
Really appreciate your comment, i agree in all you say and make me feel a bit embarrase cause it's true, to just pay attention or give relevance to anything said in social media is act like a toddler.
The part I appreciate more is when you say Bitcoin is one of the most conservative ideas, and triggered interesting thoughts.
Again thanks for taking the time to comment and sharing your point of view.
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Yeah its very interesting, and is maybe why you see more of a conservative leaning when it comes to Bitcoin. The system itself can be apolitical but the ideas of the system and what they stand for may not be. It is up to the individual to agree or disagree with that part and understand the demographic those types of things will target and attract.
For clarity I wasn't trying to imply you're a toddler, just that in general I have been in Bitcoin so long this is kind of the revelation I have had about the political discourse that takes place on the internet. I think social media encourages it because its the easiest low effort way to drum up engagement, so maybe to no fault of any particular individual.
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