the big problem, imho, is the illusion that bitcoin will fix something in the system. it won't. at best, it will become part of the system. it already has. the illusion now is that the future will be libertarian. it won't. not in society. we're heading towards a dystopia and unfortunately bitcoin is already part of that, it was the gateway to cbdc's. most of us will be swallowed up and bow down. nostr may be part of the solution. but as long as the illusion of an unbanked society is sold instead of rescuing the utopia of a self-sufficient citadel, a model of resistance against the status quo, like what has been happening in Myanmar, nothing will change.
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I hope you end up being wrong, but my instinct tells me you are right. But most of this community refuses to consider these kinds of things, which I think is a mistake. Blind optimism has never been and never will be a beneficial way to view anything.
I feel you deeply. blind optimism only ends up leading us to political rallies like last bitcoin conference and right into system's lap. greatest trojan horse ever.