Why are there so many leftists within crypto? As Solana says in his bankless episode, crypto disintermediates and reduces the power of the state. I get why libertarians and rightists like crypto, but why leftists? Leftists should want state power to enact leftist policy goals if they care about leftist outcomes.

A spectre is haunting the purple app. 

I feel many mistake a left political leaning = wanting a nanny state. I don't think that is the case and I'd love to see some more nuanced discussions around it. 

Personally, I probably fall more to the left, but I certainly don't dismiss the necessity of freedom of the individual and markets as mechanisms to govern certain outcomes.

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This guys sets up a nice straw man for himself to knock down.

All of this comes from the obsession of US-based folk to classify everything as either « left » or « right ».  And probably a little engagement-baiting to boot.

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@erik maybe it’s time to switch mental models