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Erik Torenberg
@erik
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.
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Trigs
@trigs
Probably need to reexamine your understanding of "leftists" if you're finding their behavior incongruent with your expectations. Perhaps the actual individuals (not the personified avatar of them created by mass media) aren't actually trying to accomplish what you've been led to believe (big government). Maybe everyone is sick of the current system and we're all uniting under the banner of sovereignty and choice. Maybe there is no left and right, but actually just people who want to live free from the oppression of this bipartisan trap we've been lured into.
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Erik Torenberg
@erik
It does comport with my model actually — leftism is a way to get more status. These pieces share my pov: https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/the-hypocrisy-of-elites https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/what-is-left-what-is-right https://eriktorenberg.substack.com/p/truth-status-and-tribes Or, maybe there’s no such thing as left or right. Or Christianity or Judaism. Maybe people have been fighting wars over nothing. Maybe there’s no gender too. Maybe we should all take drugs and forget this thinking business.
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