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History has shown us otherwise. Fear is a powerful motivator. And there is no power greater than a majority of people who fear the “other”. Peace and stability is what we all desire, but to think you can achieve that without the threat of violence, runs counter to the evidence of history that we have to look upon for guidance. People will willingly give up many of their freedoms and rights to property when presented with an existential threat. Bitcoin doesn’t solve this.

Mike Brock 2y ago

The vast majority of humans will give up liberties in exchange for security if they’re afraid. History shows us this time and time again. Bitcoin isn’t going to change this. There’s going to be no spiritual awakening on this. We are hard wired — literally in our DNA — to have a tendency to close ranks with our tribe when the tribe is threatened. It’s bedrock human nature shit.

This is why maintaining stability is so fucking important. People embracing collapse and chaos as an opportunity for some libertarian or anarchist awakening are in la-la land.

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