It’s hitting me again in this chapter of Bitcoin adoption we find ourselves in why so many continue to be militantly against Bitcoin (even ones you may say they *should* be for it! Like I used to say about progressives). If you believe the state is redeemable and that government, central banks, politicians, etc are capable of handling money, rights and freedoms, then you see no need for Bitcoin. In fact you may ideological or quite literally fight against something like Bitcoin because you fear it means: 1) you’re wrong about your assumptions of government and central banks being the best and honest actors for money 2) you fear advocating for or support of bitcoin will destroy your notions of government and banks and do not want to see this happen And many working against Bitcoin view it and Bitcoiners as a threat to the status quo, and as I’ve said before many go so far as to suggest we *want* governments and central banks to fail. This is not the case at all. We just have eyes and ears, follow incentives, and are highly skeptical (based on historical events 100% of the time) that they are the best actors to be in charge of money and permission-based structures. We say even if governments improve, it’s not worth the risk of asking permission and trusting they won’t constantly steal, change the rules, and prevent us from transacting. We are building parallel structures because the current ones have been failing and the only way they continue is if more and more power is taken from the people and centrally concentrated to the government (and banks). No thanks!