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  • “Responsible” and “Bitcoin” is an oxymoron due to the inherent multi-level marketing pyramid/Ponzi scheme aspect of crypto“currencies”.

    First, you’re removing the next two words “financial diversification” from the statement. Your own personal opinions and emotions aside, financial diversification is not a bad idea. It’s all about percentages and risk calculations. I would agree with you if they went “all in” on crypto, but they didn’t say that.

    Second, you’re lumping in bad people with good tech that has solved a very specific problem - the ability to transfer funds without relying on a central bank or authority. Is email bad because the majority is spam? No. Is the internet bad because the dark web exists and thousands if not millions of crimes are being carried out on it? No. Are encrypted messengers bad because they allow criminals to send message? No. Same concept here. There can exist a good technology that gets abused by bad people.

    “Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely.

    You can stop at “money corrupts”. bitcoin is money and money corrupts.

    Disregarding all of bitcoin’s shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won’t change the world for the better.”

    Disregarding all of the U.S. Dollar’s shortcomings[1], a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won’t change the world for the better.”

    Fixed it for you.

    [1] The US spent 877 BILLION dollars on its defense budget (as much as the next 10 countries combined!) to ensure the USD keeps its power.



  • Do you disagree with their reason?

    Responsible financial diversification requires holding some assets outside of the traditional government controlled banking system.

    They didn’t say they were going all in. They aren’t continuously promoting - at least not that I’m aware. They were just being open and honest about how they’re handling their finances.


  • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlZen Z
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    3 months ago

    they could ask the teacher, sure, but why not fix the problem instead of using a disruptive workaround until the end of time? phrased another way, should we as a society fix problems or provide half solutions that don’t fully resolve them?






  • ᗪᗩᗰᑎ@lemmy.mltoMemes@lemmy.mlits true tho
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    6 months ago

    Correct me if I’m wrong but does FOSS not simply mean the following?

    software that is available under a license that grants the right to use, modify, and distribute the software, modified or not, to everyone free of charge

    source: Wikipedia

    From my understanding AOSP’s license grants all those rights. I think what you might be opposed to is that it isn’t developed out in the open, which is a fair criticism.