Our currently existing currencies evolved over time. Central banking and fiat currency were institutions delivered by liberal democracies by the process of public debate.
They were not hair-brained ideas established by anonymous individuals engaged in private debate outside of the forums of democracy.
Look, I know all of you are very excited about these experimental economic and political systems, but please realize that the existing world that you are "suffering" under was mainly developed as a slow process of evolution.
Most extreme revolutionary ideas take a long time to work their way in to the existing societal structures and way of life. When they're quickly forced on to people, all fucking hell breaks loose.
So for fucks sake, get some balance and control your zealotry, people!
And read some history books! The future is built from the past no matter how long or hard of a process that seems to be. Go with the flow!
Engage with other people. Engage with the existing institutions. Even if it is a better idea, there are billions of people who rely on the current system in ways that you can't predict.
"The future is built from the past no matter how long or hard of a process that seems to be."
Observation of the past does not allow one to accurately predict the future. I recommend Karl Popper's classic, "The Poverty of Historicism", which expounds on the topic.
I'm not talking about predicting the future. I'm talking about the fact that you can't escape the past.
And you mean the same book that Popper dedicated "In memory of the countless men and women of all creeds or nations or races who fell victim to the fascist and communist belief in Inexorable Laws of Historical Destiny"?
Much like how everyone is trumpeting the "inexorable laws of historical destiny" of Bitcoin? Hmm?
Thank you for reminding me of this book, BTW, I had sort of forgotten about it! Unfortunately you seem to have misapplied its lessons but it is actually basically in support of the same sort of arguments I've been making about Bitcoin.
They were not hair-brained ideas established by anonymous individuals engaged in private debate outside of the forums of democracy.
Look, I know all of you are very excited about these experimental economic and political systems, but please realize that the existing world that you are "suffering" under was mainly developed as a slow process of evolution.
Most extreme revolutionary ideas take a long time to work their way in to the existing societal structures and way of life. When they're quickly forced on to people, all fucking hell breaks loose.
So for fucks sake, get some balance and control your zealotry, people!
And read some history books! The future is built from the past no matter how long or hard of a process that seems to be. Go with the flow!
Engage with other people. Engage with the existing institutions. Even if it is a better idea, there are billions of people who rely on the current system in ways that you can't predict.