I had upvoted this my standard 50% to save on VP but had to undo it and redo it at 100% because if there ever was a post that deserved a 100% upvote, it's this one.
If I tried to highlight all the things in what you've said that I am in complete agreement with I'd basically have to rewrite your entire article. This is spot on, and what I'm always trying to teach people about the potential of crypto.
And it's not just the pro-bank lot that are defending the current system and utterly prejudiced against crypto.
Not too long ago I was at an international gathering of people at the forefront of socially conscious investing. There were some very wealthy do-gooders in there, and I truly believe they had good hearts. Yet when my turn to speak about my work came and I started talking about my work you should have seen how they responded. You see much of my work is helping people who come from families who've endured generational persecution (pogroms, internment, enslavement, etc.) heal from that trauma. This includes transcending the mindset of "suffer and sacrifice to earn your keep" and using things like crypto to heal from the financial legacy of oppression.
They loved the idea right up to where I started talking about crypto and its values proposition, how it is a version of money that doesn't have to serve the military or corporate interests. Then you should have seen how they hardened. Why? Well consciously I think they just think of crypto as a scam. But unconsciously, because it threatens their own dominance.
They have done quite well with the system of money that measures the value of a person's labor by their contribution to the military or corporate power structures. They've done so well that they now get to be philanthropists, doling out alms to the poor in the form of giving grants to non-profits trying to heal those harmed by the system of fiat currency. They have a lot of identity tied up in being "good people" who are responsibly using their unearned power. All and well, until you say, "well what if we could take that excess power off your hands, to that poor people don't need to appeal to you for alms?" Yeah, not so hot about that one.
Anyway, I think you and I could talk about this at length. There's so much to this. Great to find your article and will resteem it later.
Indeed, when one brings up the revolutionary concept of cryptocurrency to those who have established their wealth and power through the current system of commerce and debt their eyes do glaze over, and their minds seem to turn to concrete. Admire your courage to breach such a subject amongst them. I once spoke at a similar gathering of the very-well-to-do regarding the origins of the Fed and fiat money. By the end of my presentation one could see ice forming in the air!
LOL. You know the experience!
Did they pull out the pitchforks?
No, but they did call my employer (The Freemen Institute) that had published a book on the origins of the Fed, to try and get me fired. Didn't work. And one bold soul, after the meeting, tried to harass me into submission. That didn't work either.
You are absolutely correct. That is why we just need to carry on with pushing crypto ahead each day. That is why I am so involved in Manna and post the link at the end of my posts. Screw the people who are ingrained in the system. Lets go to the people who were left out of that. Two weeks and we distributed to 20K people. Give us a year and we might well be to 10M.
Then people will start to take notice.
I also have been getting people involved with Manna. I love how you include them at the end of all your posts. Btw, instead of resteeming you, I'm going to reference this post in the one I'm working on now.
Thank you I appreciate that.
Yes Manna is a wonderful project. The post that elicited the comment was another basic income one that is no where near as advanced as Manna. Nevertheless, the essence of what Manna is seeking to accomplish is amazing. I am so excited to see where it stands after a month. The grow is amazing.
And people are not even able to move the tokens in and out of their wallet yet due to security and firewall issues being completed. Wait until that happens and some people in third world countries start converting the tokens and actually using the money received for basic necessities.
Then you will really see things explode.