821 sats \ 6 replies \ @0xIlmari 14 Feb \ on: Machiavelli on Bitcoin BooksAndArticles
Regarding the last point, I think the vast majority of bitcoiners are actually lukewarm by Machiavelli's standards.
It's one thing to be a keyboard warrior on an anon Internet forum. But where are the actions behind those words?
The vast majority of people are oppressed by their state and will not step out of line against it (myself included, I'm not ashamed to admit I'm not revolutionary material). We quietly hodl because that's legal but will not move to the medium of exchange phase until led by example. Not everyone is a DarthCoin (reportedly).
that’s a great point. all the toxicity of bitcoiners is confined to the digital realm… at least that’s how i perceive it.
but as a counterpoint to that one, maybe that’s enough.
fighting back with one’s money may be more powerful than fighting back with real world protests and riots.
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I sure hope that even by merely hodling and stacking I too contribute to the inevitable collapse of fiat.
(In fact, I'm fully expecting there will be a phase in the transition where we will be branded "financial terrorists".)
The primacy of Church was not ended overnight either. From the invention of the printing press, arrival of gunpowder in Europe and Martin Luther to the French Revolution (roughly considered the first modern secular nation state) took a couple centuries of erosion of old powers through the use of new technology. (I do not take credit for this, this is obviously paraphrased from the Sovereign Individual.)
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Fuck you and your stupid assumptions! How dare you judge people based on their opinions about Bitcoin? You arrogant piece of shit! Just because you're too afraid to take action doesn't mean everyone else is like you. There are plenty of people out there who are willing to fight for their beliefs, and they don't need your approval or validation. So go ahead and keep hiding behind your computer screen, you cowardly bastard! The world doesn't need weaklings like you telling everyone else what to do.
Revolutionary doesn't necessitate violence. What would Machiavelli think of the Indian revolution led by Ghandi?
Perhaps one of the unique properties of Bitcoin's ability to contribute to a new order is that actions (or inactions) against oppression can be powerful, yet peaceful, with lower risk and better anonymity.
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