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<blockquote data-quote="J.Quondam" data-source="post: 8549604" data-attributes="member: 7030100"><p>For me, personally, the enormity of the money involved is precisely the biggest worry. The wealth and influence of people pushing these things is normalizing them, despite the fact that they have no legit use-cases that can't be addressed in other more efficient, better-regulated, and less exploitable ways. </p><p></p><p>Many of these people, recall, are openly derisive of things that happen to be very important to me: stable government, environmental concerns, trust-based social contracts. And they potentially have the cash to foist their vision on the rest of us. They can and do effectively bribe public officials to open up to crypto; buy up infrastructure to repurpose to their ends; exploit tax and subsidy rules; and so forth. And of course, they're able to do these things <em>because</em> they are so "wealthy" off these airy-fairy psuedo-assets. They're charging ahead full speed with vast amounts of wealth momentum.</p><p></p><p>And the normalization of this scam-laden, get-rich-quick scheme <em>is</em> taking root in the form of constant newsmedia chatter; interest by NYSE, investment banks, etc; celebrity endorsements and Super Bowl ads; campaign platforms. Even some TTRPG companies.</p><p></p><p>That's why I am so vehemently opposed to these things: because the world these obscenely rich cryptobros is pushing is one that very well <em>could</em> impact me, no matter how much I don't want it. And <em>that</em> disgusts me to the core.</p><p></p><p>Perhaps that's overly paranoid hyperbole. But since I'm not one of those ultra-privileged hundred-billionaires who can tank the stock market or multiply a crapcoin with a single tweet, I do feel a somewhat justified in my fears. </p><p>Because fear is really all that most of us have got.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="J.Quondam, post: 8549604, member: 7030100"] For me, personally, the enormity of the money involved is precisely the biggest worry. The wealth and influence of people pushing these things is normalizing them, despite the fact that they have no legit use-cases that can't be addressed in other more efficient, better-regulated, and less exploitable ways. Many of these people, recall, are openly derisive of things that happen to be very important to me: stable government, environmental concerns, trust-based social contracts. And they potentially have the cash to foist their vision on the rest of us. They can and do effectively bribe public officials to open up to crypto; buy up infrastructure to repurpose to their ends; exploit tax and subsidy rules; and so forth. And of course, they're able to do these things [I]because[/I] they are so "wealthy" off these airy-fairy psuedo-assets. They're charging ahead full speed with vast amounts of wealth momentum. And the normalization of this scam-laden, get-rich-quick scheme [I]is[/I] taking root in the form of constant newsmedia chatter; interest by NYSE, investment banks, etc; celebrity endorsements and Super Bowl ads; campaign platforms. Even some TTRPG companies. That's why I am so vehemently opposed to these things: because the world these obscenely rich cryptobros is pushing is one that very well [I]could[/I] impact me, no matter how much I don't want it. And [I]that[/I] disgusts me to the core. Perhaps that's overly paranoid hyperbole. But since I'm not one of those ultra-privileged hundred-billionaires who can tank the stock market or multiply a crapcoin with a single tweet, I do feel a somewhat justified in my fears. Because fear is really all that most of us have got. [/QUOTE]
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