I think the distinction many on the Left draw between themselves, as believers in a collective-minded society, and Bitcoiners, to whom they ascribe a more libertarian belief in the primacy of the individual and a reduction in responsibilities owed to any kind of collective, is a false one.

Many Bitcoiners are, in fact, very collectively-minded people. We’re not uniformly and categorically trying to abolish the idea of a collective or of shared responsibilities. Rather, many of us are trying to reimagine the idea of a collective and reimagine the contours of our relationship to each other and to the state.