I'm opposed to the spread of ahistorical misinformation, on principle. And having principles means doing things that are personally uncomfortable, because the principle is more important than your comfort
Things like defending crypto
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I made the mistake of checking QTs. The only people calling bullshit are cryptos and alt-right. I hate the goddamn internet
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Just assholes pissfighting with other assholes and all the bystanders are forced to pick which asshole they must always agree with
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Do I wanna support the guys who don't understand economics and think Bitcoin is literally the body of Christ or the guy who doesn't understand history and thinks that Bitcoin is secretly a eugenics project
Gotta pick one, so hard to choose
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I'm seeing a lot of otherwise smart and rational people defend this as "the overall point is accurate, crypto is infected with anarcho-capitalist psychos."
That's the problem. People are willing to give him the benefit of the doubt and ignoring all the obvious red flags.
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You don't want to give conspiracy loons any kind of legitimacy. It feels so good to watch them rip into our enemies, so we let them hollow out our virtues. Eventually the loons are all that's left.
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Holy shit, TIM O'REILLY fell for it
nitter.vloup.ch/timoreilly/statu…
This is horrifying
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