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1027 sats \ 0 replies \ @elvismercury 24 Jun \ parent \ on: when do people stop trading houses that are on fire for fireproof houses? bitcoin
We've come back to the 'shared delusion' idea of money, which is entirely correct. And then we have to ask what gives rise to that shared delusion?
I like the thought experiment, and think it is under-considered. It's my grievance w/ Saylor and his ilk. If we decide that Saylor having 5% of the coins isn't a problem, what about 10%? What about 50%? What if he had them all? How do we feel about the implications of such a money? Somewhere in here the sandcastle falls over. How much use do you have for a money where a handful of people are very rich, and the rest are very poor?
A delusion where I'm in a shittier spot than I am today is not one I will readily share, any more than I'm likely to buy into a religious faith that excludes me from its salvation, whatever it is. Such an arrangement puts a lot of weight on tent pole a and I don't think the pole can support it.