35 sats \ 4 replies \ @kepford 9 Jul \ on: Inside the 'Nightmare' Health Crisis of a Texas Bitcoin Town news
If true, what this mining op is doing is VERY high time preference and antithetical to bitcoin.
What do I mean?
It is incredibly foolish to ignore how your operation affects your neighbors. Especially when it can be fixed like mining noise. These people will get tired of this and will figure out how to hurt the company. The fact that Time has a story on this and it isn't the typical nonsense story we get says a lot.
Low time preference is getting connected to the community. Listening to their concerns. Making changes. Contributing to the improvement of the community.
Not done by the force of the state, but my choice. It says a LOT more when companies contribute to their communities and become good neighbors. I have lived in small towns that LOVED the companies in their town. Why? Because they were good to the community.
Being kind and considerate doesn't pay today, but it does in the long run.
People that want the state to regulate things aren't all wrong. They see a problem. People being jerks and causing harm and the only solution they see is the state using violence to "fix it".
If you DO want to live in a country with less state power start thinking about how you can self-regulate by being a good neighbor. We focus on not depending on the state for protection and money but not enough on becoming the kind of people we should be.
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“Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” - John Adams
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Marathon should definitely compensate the residents of the town: gain some goodwill and build a genuine relationship which is possible in a small town