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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @JoeNakamoto OP 31 Dec 2024 \ parent \ on: AMA with Joe Nakamoto: Bitcoin Journalist, MC & Amateur Shitcoin Troll AMA
Yep, a lot. Some people have called me out for the 'white saviour' bs. It's like, dude i'm a journalist—i like doing this all over the world and i'm not doing it for internet points or likes on fb lol.
I've lived in the ivory coast, trinidad and tobago, serbia, france, spain, mexico, south africa... i've lived in a lot of random countries and people will stil be like "how dare you make content with locals." I don't understand it but after a while you have to learn to ignore it.
I always try to speak local languages, be as respectful as possible, and try to walk in other people's shoes— and i try to avoid the stupid "white person saviour " trope but people will also be butthurt coz idk, i guess it's the internet.
I think about it a lot and sometimes worry about it but ultimately it comes down to: challenge my work, not my skin colour or where i come from. i literally can't help it or change it.
Its jealousy, ignorance and a desire to maintain the status quo from the haters.
Screw the haters man, you are doing good work, and improving the lives of those around you. They could never do what you do, to put yourself in an uncomfortable place and try to survive, in which you thrive.
Ironically, all this is just human projection. Bitcoin doesn't care about ones genitals, what ones does with them, the color of ones skin or ones politics. Introducing the world to the most inclusive technologies is critical to uplift the lives of billions.
You are not doing it for the fame and adoration of the internet. Your work has a purpose in documenting this journey.
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