@hbons i originally thought that cryptocurrency might get its use in reducing the power of authoritarian governments or moralistic payment processors

sadly, as it often turns out, if you set up a libertarian movement primarily around economic concerns, it becomes ridiculously easy for the authoritarians or the oligarchs to buy you off

like, as a left-liberal i can respect libertarians who actually stand by the "liberty" part of their principles (it is worth noting that "libertarian" was originally a label that included anarchists, and in languages like #esperanto, the equivalent term is still "liberecano" ("one aligned with liberty")), but in most cases i find that they sell out the moment they get any morsel of power