Cryptocurrency is pretty damn close to the libertarian ideal and a lot of the community embraces that. I wouldn't call it "right wing" in the context of the USA left/right though.
Agreed. I have no problem with that alignment as a political philosophy. But calling it "right wing" in US context implies the typical left/right divisive/alienating politicization. The entire thread is very delusional.
Right wing is not politicized. It reflects an ideological scale. If he had characterized it as Republican, then sure. But calling crypto right wing is pretty fair.
I agree but it is the anti-authoritarian potential for crypto that has always made me curious.
In that regard figuring out crypto is like every other idea that needs to be vetted to insure it is not an authoritarian measure being marketed as anti-authoritarian.
Crypto seems to have the potential to avoid being subject to state power. Does it have the same potential to avoid corporate power or surveillance though? That is the question I have found myself trying to sort out.
I am American, living in the UK. I know what it means in the US. I also know what it means to the rest of the world. Like I said, right-wing in most of the world is used to describe ideologies, not to out specific political parties.
