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@abucci I appreciate you calling out my point on inflation last night. I've learned a lot more about inflation now. I am better for it. My goal last night was to seek truth. And some truth we found. When you say things like "Cryptocurrency has ruined the brains of so many people" it's difficult for me to see how that's seeking truth. And frankly, I found it infuriating (which is why I muted in order to de-escalate). I don't mind disagreement. It's totally valid for you to feel the way you feel about Bitcoin. While I would prefer if you didn't think my brain was ruined, I am deeply committed to the idea that you have a right to believe what you believe. I'd rather keep an open line of communication (no mutes). However, last night I realized that I really care about this subject. I intend to find a way to keep talking about it. I'd understand if you don't want to follow me or you just want to mute me entirely.
@brasshopper The reason that I say things like that is that for reasons that do not make sense to me, otherwise-intelligent people say things that are transparently and demonstrably false when it comes to cryptocurrency. So many people seem to really want to believe that cryptocurrency is something that it is not, never was, and can never be. It's like reading a fantasy story like Lord of the Rings and coming to believe you actually live in that world and that the people around you are actually hobbits and elves and whatnot, instead of enjoying what's entertaining and good about the fiction but retaining your ability to reason about the world as it actually exists.
Just in this thread alone you said bitcoin is a commodity, that it is not an environmental catastrophe, that bitcoin is a net good for society. It is none of those things and can never be those things. That's why I think crypto has "ruined people's brains"--because they can no longer see the obvious.
Incidentally, you also stated that you learned more about inflation after I made my post about it, which suggests to me that you are stating some of these things without having a full picture of how money/currencies function. I've noticed this before among people who are into cryptocurrency. They have a tendency to accept libertarian slogans--e.g., "taxation is theft" or "printing money causes inflation"--that are disconnected from reality. I'd urge you to reconsider.
A book I like to recommend to people for understanding how money works in modern economies is _The Deficit Myth_ by Stephanie Kelton. She breaks down what a fiat currency actually is (no, it's not coercion), how it's implemented, and what the implications are of that. If you're going to go all in on bitcoin at least learn what you're proposing giving up.