"Left" and "right" seem especially tired in the context of crypto, which enables new kinds of self-sovereignty *and* collective action. Working in a low status industry full of high agency weirdos has meant bumping into many people with heterodox politics. I think this is good.

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I love the space because it's so revealing how our previous assumptions were held back or outright wrong. A lot of people are becoming "woke" to this.

The sad toxic thing is when we try to regress back to "the way things were before" as if the past is inherently virtuous, ignoring the context of the present or what we could aspire to in the future.

Our political spectrum is the dumbest single dimensional eigenvector.

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Agree. Trying to fit it into a "left" and "right" model is evidence of this: existing institutions trying to make it legible as it becomes more mainstream.

The goal should be for crypto not to be a low status industry. (Would argue we’re already on our way there.)

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Interesting discussion here. It saddens me tho that we're in the 21st century - using modern tech, and dealing with modern crises - but still our economic worldview is shaped by 18th century thinking (that frankly hasn't progressed that much since).

It's a lot less interesting to try to shoehorn blockchain tech into a capitalist/socialist paradigm. Instead we should be thinking about how this tech can transform our world.

It's been 15 years since the first block was mined on Bitcoin (8 yeas for Ethereum) and we're still barely scratching the surface for what this tech can do, and what new economic paradigm it can create

💯 and we need a lot more of this heterodox thinking in crypto.

Somewhat related:

💯 and we need a lot more of this heterodox thinking in crypto.

Somewhat related:
https://warpcast.com/abundance/0x66a182bb

I agree; specifically the values associated with left and right are extremely tired. 

Every time I see ppl in crypto trying to shoehorn in their obsession with the current bipartisan landscape to make crypto some kind of swing topic I just shake my head. 

We're literally here to replace that broken system. 🤦

"Low status industry full of high agency weirdos" is how I'm going to describe my field from now on. TYSM

I find myself working with different factions in different arenas, I think it’s just how it is now.

Don't think that most people have a clue about the libertarian and Austrian school principles in crypto, especially Bitcoin or liberal, socialist or Keynisian economic principals. At best, left - right is a paradox rather than a contradiction. And for the rest, people just do what they want and we seem to be repeating 150 economic mistakes in 15 years. But variety in thinking is certainly a good thing

Yeah I think it adds a y-axis to the left and right spectrum. Maybe centralized vs decentralized, or something more interesting

https://x.com/thetrocro/status/1815491549704438090?t=0yXMIzpwE_pZzWFrT3B3dg&s=19

Are there degens who sincerely support the Democrats?

Ppl just transfer the goal to fianance, however, in many meme groups still keep alive to strengthen their consistency.