There are very few Monero maxis like there are Bitcoin maxis.
Usually they're pragmatic and honest about the trade-offs.
Unlike Bitcoin Maxis.
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Yeah I don't really understand why the two camps don't like each other honestly, sure you will focus on one more than the other but ultimately they both have a similar idea in mind and a similar goal of being used to free people monetarily. I don't hate BTC or XMR I find maximalism to be similar political zealots who make their entire personality their political views. I like both. I'll use both. If you love BTC cool, If you love XMR cool. If you hate both also cool, it's your money to do with what you want.
With that being said I think everyone has been a bit of zealot at times. I have and I regret it honestly.
Yeah, I think that's accurate.
I get on these threads and get autistic because I think it's about critical thinking in the end.
Critical thinking and preparing for adversarial situations is how we got here. If you approach it like a religion,
it's all about Bitcoin, Bitcoin is inevitable, perfect and infallible and everything else is garbage
then you give up that critical thinking which is necessary for freedom.
That attitude to be the biggest threat to regaining the freedom we lost to the fiat system.
iow bitcoin maximalism is an attack on Bitcoin.
Monero side really doesn't care about BTC until the maxis larp about having "freedom". That is when you sound the horn of war. Many of us were early bitcoin adopters, it is just awful to see how bitcoin today goes against the monetary freedom that a cryptocurrency should bring.
It isn't about monero as a religion that is the "right choice", it is about the tools that deliver privacy and freedom to safeguard your economic choices. The moment potentially better options arrive, they should be tested and considered. Heck, each one here should be doing their best to push forward better tech for the sake of our common future.