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crypto is political



Is any technology inherently political, or do we make it political when we pick political fights over it? Did 7-Eleven become a political company when Bloomberg went and banned Big Gulps?


no, i'm not suggesting that technology is inherently political. the ideal of decentralization by way of crypto is a fight for power, which is the essence of "political".


> crypto is political

Crypto isn't partisan. It's not beholden to the democratic or the republican party. Saying "something is political" is meaningless.


politics extends past the democrat vs republican system. "political" means power, whether it's a minority group fighting for power so they can have some basic human rights, or it's some crypto bros fighting for decentralization so they can have power.


For you? Or for everyone?

People say everything is political, that doesn't make it so.


everybody is fighting for power. politics is power. decentralization is very much a fight for power.




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