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shazow
@shazow.eth
I figured out the rift in the Ethereum community. There are two groups who can't relate to each other: 1. Collectivists who see themselves as peers with people like Vitalik and the EF. As labour, they collaborate on equal terms with each other and embrace a plurality of interests. 2. Corporatists who see a hierarchy with themselves as shareholders, the EF as a board of directors, and Vitalik as the CEO. As capital, they expect the interests of the shareholders to be prioritized and feel entitled to make demands. While most of us are both, labour (contributing to the ecosystem) and capital (holding ETH), we primarily identify from the perspective of one. It's not a disagreement about management or roadmap, but a disconnect in how we perceive social structures, our entitlements, and others' responsibilities.
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Moon
@moon.eth
Doesn't Vitalik have way more power than anyone else? I can't see any way to make the collectivist model work for Ethereum.
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shazow
@shazow.eth
No?
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Moon
@moon.eth
Are you serious, of course he does and he's leveraged it.
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shazow
@shazow.eth
What power does Vitalik have over Ethereum that no one else does? Like what can he do to Ethereum next week that I can't do?
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Moon
@moon.eth
If he said fork the network to blacklist a transaction, it would probably happen (in fact it has.) If you said that, it would not happen.
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shazow
@shazow.eth
Disagree, hundreds of people and vast majority of the supply of ETH was involved the last time you're referring to almost a decade ago. If Vitalik just said that, nothing would happen aside from a healthy debate. But in either case, consider that you are in category #2 and I'm in category #1. Neither is invalid, just different perspectives.
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