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.

i think there's a common enemy element (big banks, big tech, etc.) and a "communal organizing" element, but yea it feels incongruent with the increasingly influential authoritarian flank

web3 citizen and Open Source Software enjoyer

Is the authoritarian flank in the room with us now?

2008 is a long time ago. Big tech and big banks are woke. Unless you are saying that woke isn’t left, which some people do. But then you’re basically saying real leftism has never been tried.