830 sats \ 6 replies \ @harrr 31 Oct 2023 \ parent \ on: Bitcoin: A Misunderstood Revolution bitcoin
Financial privilege. The people you and OP interact with probably have no real need for bitcoin as the existing financial system works well enough for them.
I interact with many people that are the complete opposite of privileged, I guess you could say they're financially oppressed, and most don't want to know anything about it.
There are many reasons, it's not that simple.
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What DO they use to escape the financial oppression?
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Booze
Loud music
Women...
The worst shackles are the ones you do not know you have
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yes, the bitcoin brand is strong.
but most still think its a scam.
bitcoin is hard to understand (most of the content is in english).
when bitcoin education grows and bitcoin tools get easy, adoption will grow.
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on the flip side, so many people in the working class are squeezed by their jobs to the point that there isn't time and/or mental fortitude to explore ideas that run opposite to how they were raised. it's a radical shift to make, and i think apathy takes over before curiosity can take hold.
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this. workers suffering from raging inflation also can't afford to grow any savings, weather in bitcoin or whatever currency
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