This.
The whole "Bitcoiner culture" works against Bitcoin widespread adoption.
We should have Bitcoiners of all cultures and walks of life.
We should act a little more normal and stop the "laser eyes vs normies" stuff.
What feels real (because It is real) adoption is the people in Venezuela, Gaza and the African villagers empowering themselves and their communities via Bitcoin adoption, fighting against dictatorship, extreme poverty, lack of self sovereignty... fighting and winning.
Exactly!! We have to tell Bitcoin story and how it can help achieve financial stability and independence
But these people you mentioned (villagers etc) wouldn't do anything there with btc if certain infra or tools were not first set up by the nerds in the 1st world countries who are sitting in their chomfy gaming chairs and putting laser eyes on thier avatars :) those in danger zones are simply too busy fighting for basics. Such programming exercises require peace of mind, full stomach and maybe a cup of coffee :) but in general I agree, often bitcoiners are not taken seriously
Sure, you are 100% right, Satoshi was probably one of those nerds, or a collective of nerds just like our righfully revered OGs (Adam Back, Szabo, Finey), an original cypherpunk.
My critique is against a whole different group of people: modern western "Bitcoin culture" people that feel special and entitled.
A kind of elitism of "illuminated" meat eating right wingers who sometimes see themselves as a superior caste over the non illuminated "normies"
My critique was a self-critique for the most part, and this is an important bit.
Seems like only people in the most disempowering of circumstances will pick up on bitcoin because it solves a real problem for them. Everyone else dgaf because they have apple pay. It has to get really bad first, which could be a long time from now, maybe generational. So the most important attribute is staying power and vigilence against centralizing and compromising forces.
