Folks here are helping me narrow down what I don’t like about crypto. I see the argument that it is a way to freely move currency even in the face of authoritarian governments. 

I guess on the one hand, I just don’t believe that governments can’t find a way to crack down on it. All the crying from crypto folks about the tyrannical SEC suggests governments still do matter. 

But more importantly, I think it’s a much better use of time and energy to organize and fight to stop those authoritarian governments from existing in the first place. I see so many brilliant people spending so much time on this thing that is literally separate from reality (it’s right there in the name crypto) when that energy could be put to more fruitful use. Anyway, no final conclusions, just some evolving thoughts.

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Cool to see skeptics like yourself engaging in good faith and listening to feedback

And definitely hear you that good old fashioned political activism is also needed

Lots of “burn it all down” energy from people who’ve never read about the French Revolution

I think the fact that the best in class crypto networks are default free is the best argument

@xmtp by @shanemac.eth for instance 

you’re a big fan of Signal app it seems, you’ll love XMTP

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