No one in this thread is arguing for senseless war and destruction, but to believe bitcoin will stop it is misguided hope. I’ve got more hope in my blood than doom. I believe in humanity, but I don’t believe in all of the fairytales.
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I guess my framework is just that it needs to be stopped. It needs to end, it cannot continue. nostr:npub1hyqrsvl6hle8r5rc9cpshesm0mpcee75tgde4p5lhke5h83dyqqqdwk7cp would be correct that if we cannot find a solution to these problems, we face a grave existential crisis. Due to this framework, I’m forced to argue that Bitcoin is capable of defunding state violence and bringing more peace and prosperity to civilization, because I see it as by far the best chance we have, and nothing behind it comes very close. If I’m wrong, I’d rather have lived in some hopeful delusion than accept that humans cannot evolve past this as a species.
I think just sitting back and letting our institutions fail, rather than trying to reform and fix them, is just about the dumbest fucking idea at this point. It’s playing with matches at a civilizational level.
I’ve never argued that we should sit back and let institutions fail. I do believe that they are failing. And the only level an individual can change a social system at is the level they interact with it at. I have already changed my individual behaviors to try and create the better world I wish to live in. How am I playing with matches?