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bacool's avatar

Well written.

The crypto industry must now pay a steep price that has never been paid before.

The rest of productive society will no longer be pawns or collateral damage for the crypto industry’s greed and desire to topple society for their own bags to go up.

It doesn't take a 180 IQ to see where this leads - crypto’s endgame is a radical political revolution against the state and entire societal order - if left unchecked, it leads to societal unrest, revolution, or war.

Not talking about legitimate blockchain enterprise and infra use cases that improve productivity.

What if full on anti crypto populism is here now?

Crypto bros really thought due to a decade of ZIRP the world ran on shitcoins and DeFi.

Turns out when shit hits the fan it still runs on state backed violence.

Crypto bros really thought they could market half baked, flawed tech to the masses as replacements for the banking system,

inadvertently lead to terrorist financing and billions to be hacked, and nothing would happen in retaliation from users and the Feds. Lmao.

Frank Wilhoit's avatar

What you're seeing is devolution. Crypto is a coincidence.

bacool's avatar

How do you know devolution wasn't actually a ZIRP phenomenon now swinging back to centralized power in fact?

Frank Wilhoit's avatar

Because it began with the destruction of the educational system ~1960. Think about how the next human lifespan would look after that. At first, the die-off of the last educated cohort would make little difference; but as their numbers drop below a sustainable level, there is a threshold effect, which gives the appearance that something sudden, illegible, and accelerating is going on. Anyone looking at it will be tempted to interpret it in terms of their own pre-existing concerns.

Frank Wilhoit's avatar

We are using the word devolution in two different senses. I mean by it the opposite of evolution.

bacool's avatar

I see. Well what I'm saying is that crypto bros need to wake up and get the book thrown at them. Expect a SEVERE populist response the likes of which has never been seen before at such a global scale. It's inevitable as crypto grows unchecked.

Doug's avatar

Hats off to you, such a great read. Thank you!

Doug's avatar

So 15-30 minutes of deliberation, 2 hours or so for the pizza dinner, cleanup and paperwork then back into court.

Sounds about right!

Thank you for the reporting!

Steve the Builder's avatar

I appreciate the sentiment and the writing style, but why do you keep using Trump as the boogeyman? With the absolute horror show that's followed him, Trump seems positively benign in comparison.

MR's avatar

Great article. Thank you.