I’m just having trouble reconciling my beliefs in bitcoin and my libertarian ideals. Anyone else dealing with this?
Almost everything that is at all interesting or important lives in tension with something that is nearly its opposite. I like this quote by Niels Bohr:
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.
Unfortunately it means you're probably always destined to struggle, and if you're not struggling, you've become trivial. Fortunately, the struggle is a sign that it matters.