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yuga.eth
@yuga
It feels like Farcaster is starting to lean left in ways I personally don't really love.
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Darryl Yeo 🛠️
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yuga.eth
@yuga
Some of it is low quality election-related posting. Another part is this “crypto is actually leftist” vibe (libertarian socialism, anarchism, DAOs as governance, etc.). I have 0 problem with people who believe in those things organizing on here. But if that becomes the dominant ethos of Farcaster, it will alienate me and, I suspect, many others.
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shazow
@shazow.eth
1. I lean leftist and I suspect we have more in common than is immediately obvious (personally I feel there is a lot of overlap/compatibility/synergy between seemingly-conflicting ideologies if only we abandon labels for a second), happy to explore that more if you're into it. :) 2. FWIW I feel that Farcaster as a whole is moderately anti-leftist. I'd say the majority of people are terrified of leftist labels and aren't willing to even entertain their underlying concepts independently. (See screenshot) 3. I am curious to hear more about what makes you feel alienated, though?
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yuga.eth
@yuga
RE: 3 - my opinion is that crypto is a radically anti-leftist technology. It rejects the collective - most importantly the state - in favor of the individual. That’s part of why I am in crypto. So when I see leftism on a crypto-forward app like Farcaster, I believe it’s self-defeating.
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Nate Maddrey
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It’s true that the early crypto community, especially Bitcoin, radically rejected the state in favor of the individual. But that does not mean that the technology itself is inherently left or right. I don’t think it’s accurate to say crypto “rejects the collective.” You can argue there are many parts of crypto that naturally lead to collective decision making and collective ownership. Also Bitcoin and crypto in general is increasingly being adopted by “the state”, and is being used by politicians and governments around the world. At the end of the day it’s a neutral technology that people project their ideology onto.
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