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 bitcoin has never intended to be communist, these people dont do the proof of work of study and dont get the prize. 
 Empathy. Find some. 
 I mostly just find the slogans boring to listen to lol. 
 As all the slogans, "everyone buy bitcoin at the price they merit" cant represent an absolute truth, but a large approximation and euristic. 

I like a lot this slogan because I find that its a good approximation (correct in most of the cases) AND its also a lot controversial. Most people dont accept it and, applying some game theory, they have all the (communist) reasons to affirm that its just false.

Its not perfectly correct, but after all the complains, its mostly correct. Even if it hurts. 
 A social media full of sloganeering is boring tho. Surely? People's tolerances for it varies too, as you can see from a lot of the comments of people who join and leave quite quickly. 
 nostr is freedom, thats nothing that forces slogans in feeds. The cure for that situation is "more non-slogan contents".
Having "less slogan-contents" or "more anti-slogan complaints" dont change anything; you can opt-out from them in any moment, they cant hurt you.

Slogan in my opinion are inevitable, is a social field where community review continuosly what informations are propagated and rejected (most memes are just slogans, compact ways to encapsulate and trasmit simple messages to much people).
Slogans tells a lot about a community, and if it works well, his slogans would be never totally incorrect, but mostly correct in all the cases (and ever cringe).
Bitcoin maxis slogans are in my opinion high quality mostly correct euristics, and its good to have them. 
 I think it is inevitable, I also think the frequency of it turns people off. Yes, you can mute them or ignore them. A lot of people won't do either, they'll just leave. Just seems to be what happens. I'm not arguing against the possibility of slogans having truths in them. I think it is a problem for clients/devs/people active in growth to grapple with rather than me. It's just the situation ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯ 
 yeah, I also would love to see the variety of human perspective that other social can offer. I think this situation will be fixed by more people joining here, in the meantime solutions like cobrafuma.com are super cool to welcome people in a place that is not "a bitcoin twitter more retarded" 
 Hmm. Yes.

I'm aware that I have some advantages, that make my life easier. Like being unusually smart and well-read. I don't judge other people for not having them.

GN 
 Its not about judging, is just not be communist. Do you donate the more resources you can earn monthly cause of your unusually super talents? Would you do if some random guy point a finger to you saying that dont merit the resources you have cause you "won the lottery"? 
Thats the exact same thing as pointing your finger to the private property of OGs bitcoiner, and its communist and disrespectful. 
 empathy is not a so scarce resource, I have a lot of empathy for all humans💜. But not much bitcoin for them and its a good thing, otherwise it would mean we didnt inevented/discovered digital scarcity. 
 Here’s the empathy. The harsh reality of bitcoin adoption was true then and it’s still true now. The same feeling you have about people who were earlier than you will be had by people who were later than you about you. Bitcoin still has 100x + to go. The ultimate kindness is to make people aware of this reality and offer them help and resources to position themselves in order to take advantage. 
 I may have been later to bitcoin than HODL but I have stacked with every ounce of my earning potential since 2021. Religiously. I have made this investment in bitcoin not only the significant majority allocation of my portfolio but it is a huge piece of my identity. I have defended it to family, friends, acquaintances, and colleagues and when they laughed at me, ridiculed me, or ghosted me I have chosen my conviction over capitulating for their acceptance.

For those who haven’t done something similar, you won’t reap the rewards I will reap. You won’t deserve those rewards until you find a similar conviction and embrace the “risk” I have embraced every day for the last 3.5 years.

I’m not bitter about my timing to the bitcoin party … it was the only time that worked for me and my family … but I am intolerant towards those who proclaim I don’t deserve the success I have coming.