Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
This is an issue that I’ve grappled with for years and have written about (https://mazmhussain.substack.com/p/what-bitcoin-and-crypto-are-for). I’ve tried convincing more left-leaning people about the possibility of crypto but come up against much opposition. This opposition has been built on a belief that crypto is simply a scam that utilizes effective storytelling to inflate hyper-speculative assets. After years, I’ve stopped trying to convince people. This is because I’ve come closer to their perspective and developed a more negative view of the crypto world. This is not about the technology, which is neutral and can still have uses, but about the broader “crypto industry” which really is overrun with scamming and abhorrent behavior. I wrote about my evolving views here after years of observing this industry (https://paragraph.xyz/@unmediatedthoughts/casino-killed-the-computer-star?referrer=0x2503b70933119084c26df4c8d3e96d282de10743). I still have some hope which is why I keep an open mind.
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Cassie Heart
@cassie
Towards left-leaning people opposed to crypto, I remind them they are speaking from a "position of privilege" and they don't even realize it, precisely for the difficulties you described in your post. That has been powerful in changing minds. The right-leaning audiences opposed to crypto are a bit rarer and take little convincing beyond strictly authoritarian viewpoints that argue all money must be traceable, largely because they've taken on the task of trying to make support of crypto a party-aligning wedge issue, and for the latter camp informing them just _how_ easy it is to trace bitcoin and how _minimal_ it actually preserves privacy in any practical sense is typically sufficient.
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