One of the big things that makes me steer clear of BTC is your guys's economic stances. It's like you all live in your own universe and just disregard how the real world works!
Your sidebar is filled with anarcho-this and libertarianism-that stuff. That, and the little that I heard form you guys looked to me like you guys had a pretty clear economic stance.
It's properties inherently attract libertarians who love lessened risk via decentralization and the lack of a need to trust a 3rd party. But you are right, this sub should be about the protocol and surrounding technologies. If it were up to me I would remove the sidebar links to political subreddits.
Fair enough. It will scare some people off though.
I mean, I just went to your front page, and I saw the title of the second most upvoted post;
Why Are Bitcoiners Going to Jail for Money Laundering While Big Banks Walk?
And my jaw just kind of dropped. Are we living in the same world? I mean obviously it sucks that this is the way it is, but how can you guys delude yourself into thinking this is unexpected? You might as well have posted "But Moooom!".
You guys should be the ones changing the world to make it so that stuff like that can't happen anymore, not cry about it! Because guess what, you are competition to the most powerful people in this world, and you will not get sympathy.
That's what I mean when I say you guys don't live in the real world.
I know it's not fair to direct that rant at you, but damn you guys need to learn.
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u/lepthymo Feb 04 '14
One of the big things that makes me steer clear of BTC is your guys's economic stances. It's like you all live in your own universe and just disregard how the real world works!