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Vitalik Buterin
@vitalik.eth
No. And I'm also not a capitalist. Both are 20th century ideologies. (And they are words that have been stretched and abused to the point of meaninglessness: remember, in the 1990s, Microsoft called Linux "communist": https://www.theregister.com/2000/07/31/ms_ballmer_linux_is_communism/ ) I support freedom, global equality of opportunity, kindness and cooperation, human welfare and progress. These are timeless principles. The question is how to use the tools we have available to achieve these values in the context of the 21st century. I've written at length about the kinds of mechanisms I personally support, but I definitely do not think that I am the only source of good ideas, I think figuring out the best approach is a shared project of both thinking and also increasingly real world experimentation.
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Stuart
@olystuart
Yeah but that's also known as socialism, why can't we just use the word for it that we've been using? Because some people have negative associations with it due to propaganda... But the ruling class will do that for anything that threatens them. Call it something new but if it threatens the plutocrats they'll make sure it's demonized just like "Socialism" and "Communism"
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~ Elias | FPS
@eliasvm
Yo, due to propaganda is plain evidence you’ve never lived the system by yourself so why don’t put your life where your mouth is? Go live in Venezuela. Go live in Nicaragua. Experience the gap between propaganda and real life. Experience socialism in thy flesh. Yeah! Live the dream.
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Stuart
@olystuart
I don't think those places are difficult places to live because of Socialism. But yes, I'm a white person who has always lived in the USA, so that's my perspective. I've experienced capitalism and I think it's evil and killing humanity based on my experience. Others may have other perspectives and I'm happy to learn about them.
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