Ryan Grim (ryangrim)

What’s the predominant view over here on whether the U.S. should help Israel bomb Iran?

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He’s out - and apparently refusing to meet Netanyahu

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It’s truly out of control

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Came here to learn more about crypto so I can more effectively advocate for its abolition before it ruins everybody here and the rest of us along with it

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ok so I’m seeing that a counter argument is that the money part of crypto is not the leading argument anymore, but it’s the backend tech that will allow for a democratic internet. I’m all for that, but here I am trying to set up a Coinbase wallet and I want to blow my brains out. After jumping through every hoop successfully now it says “something went wrong” and to make sure I have the most updated version. I do. Shoot me. If the tech can’t be used by idiots like me, how is it gonna scale in a world filled with idiots?

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Folks here are helping me narrow down what I don’t like about crypto. I see the argument that it is a way to freely move currency even in the face of authoritarian governments. I guess on the one hand, I just don’t believe that governments can’t find a way to crack down on it. All the crying from crypto folks about the tyrannical SEC suggests governments still do matter. But more importantly, I think it’s a much better use of time and energy to organize and fight to stop those authoritarian governments from existing in the first place. I see so many brilliant people spending so much time on this thing that is literally separate from reality (it’s right there in the name crypto) when that energy could be put to more fruitful use. Anyway, no final conclusions, just some evolving thoughts.

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