2 sats \ 3 replies \ @k00b 25 Dec 2021 \ on: The Progressive Bitcoiner bitcoin
IMO Bitcoin is consistent with progressive ideology - at least in terms of the goals progressives claim to have. Unfortunately, in my experience, many progressives are authoritarians; they don't only want certain outcomes, they also want to punish people who disagree with them.
That mirrors my experience with conservatives.
Individual conservatives tend to be very individualistic and live and let live kind of people, basically little "l" libertarians, even if they're disgusted by lots of people's choices. But when they establish a majority and take control of government, they can get pretty damn authoritarian, right up to policing what goes on in the privacy of people's bedrooms between consenting adults.
I think fundamentally, when people have power in society, they start tilting authoritarian. Perhaps the only reason the right wing seems to be starting to embrace bitcoin more than the left in the US is because the right is largely on the retreat. The last Republican president to win the popular vote (for their first term) was 33 years ago in 1988. They've been clinging onto power with minority approval for decades now. Even Trump is still vocalizing an anti bitcoin stance and pro dollar. Printing currency is an incredibly powerful tool for authoritarians.
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But when they establish a majority and take control of government, they can get pretty damn authoritarian, right up to policing what goes on in the privacy of people's bedrooms between consenting adults.
Please give an example of this happening in the real world. Show some laws passed by "conservatives" that "polices what goes on in peoples bedrooms"?
It looks like you are just regurgitating MSM talking points.
Disclaimer: I have no dog in 2-party politics team warfare, its just that for anyone alive for past 50 years its clear this is not true.