"A mafia is a group of closely connected people who have great power or influence in a particular field or business."
Bitcoiners who don't understand the definition of a mafia should stay in their lane. nostr:note1ue3u4qgxc9wqcs0d6t8q7rv2442hmjgr2rr3r6xq8yuzqhpnr6asn50ky0
interesting definition you picked, while almost all definitions include organized crime.
no surprise, as the term originates from an organized crime syndicate in Italy that called them selfes "the mafia".
imo, more important than definitions though, is to look at the core principles behind the phenomenon:
-what is the most characterisic crime by mafia structures?
--protection racket
---what is almost the same and antithetical to Bitcoin? -> taxation
-how do mafia structures gain/sustain most of their power?
--often by bribing government agents to look away
--often they are in cooperation with secret government agencies
--by not existing in a free market for security, where they would have to deal with !competing!, armed security businesses,
---which would be impossible to survive against, because people would be able to spend way more sats on security than now with all the money going to waste via taxation
I get it, you want Bitcoiners to be "closely connected and having great power", and I am 100% sure we will be, but by creating value not by violence. Do you understand my pov, why mafia might not the best term for describing the ideal Bitcoin community?
