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I’ve been thinking about this more recently.

I don’t think it’s good to tie your identify to any one thing.

I wrestle with whether I identify as “a bitcoiner.”

I hold progressive/left politics and values, I like bitcoin and think its an incredible tool I use and would like to fight for, I’m a husband, soon to be father, New Englander and a bunch of other things.

But I’m not a single issue voter. I’m not a single issue anything. Our world is complex.

I’m a human being and strive to live Ubuntu—believing in our shared humanity.

Anyway, just food for thought 💭

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Poly Pagan 1y ago

I think this is exactly why so many Millennials and GenZers use our profile bios to just list a bunch of identity terms. It helps to show, in simple terms, as a general overview, the complexity of humanity and identity.

Trey Walsh 1y ago

Very true. I think many Bitcoiners I engage with online like to approach, at least conversation with me, in very black and white terms

Progressive = fill in the blank

Bitcoiner = fill in the blank

Progressive is a very, very broad identifier depending on so many things for instance. We’re all just people trying to figure this thing (life) out.

And for me, I guess kind of controversially, I don’t think there is a meaning to life. I think it’s up to us to create it and live in harmony the best we can.

El Guiri 1y ago

But then you use the word progressive a lot. As a brit living in a very american expat community, its been weird to constantly hear that. Its either one badge or the other it seems, with the other constant of convservative. I am slowly coming to the conclusion as i make less effort to join in conversations that its an easy way to give a "club" identity to cover tge simple fact that theres a cultural lack of desire for proper understanding. I actually word counted on one night. I left when i realised i averaged 3 words in response to a question before being interrupted. Most bizarre. Why ask the question?

Maybe these labels are being thrown around more because people are losing the art of listening

m00ninite 1y ago

Bitcoiner is a loaded term and reminds me of corporate cults (eg, how internally, Google calls their employees "googlers".)

I prefer the term "bitcoin enthusiast".

Dave🐸 1y ago

my pronouns are: mid and poster 🫡

are you even a driver and an emailer bro?