It’s a common myth I see touted in the Bitcoin community that going down the bitcoin rabbit hole will make you less of a progressive.

For me that’s not true at all. It did, however, raise my awareness and skepticism of centralized authorities like the federal government, the Fed, etc in terms of handling our money and given too much control to breach our privacy in any instance. I think it is true that more often than not progressives don’t push back on centralized government authority and interference enough, and look to often to the federal government for support of the community and social values we care about. 

Basically I went from not questioning centralizing enough to fighting for decentralization in as many instance as make sense — this is progressive in the sense of greater individual/community control, more democratic, more with everyone playing by the same rules. 

Do you want a world ruled by centralized authorities in every instance, or a world where rules without rulers and decentralized protocols usher in a new era or freedom, liberty, and harmony? This is the message I’m hoping to spread to more progressives. And in terms of educating on money, federal governments, privacy, and decentralization I think nostr:npub1a2cww4kn9wqte4ry70vyfwqyqvpswksna27rtxd8vty6c74era8sdcw83a , nostr:npub17u5dneh8qjp43ecfxr6u5e9sjamsmxyuekrg2nlxrrk6nj9rsyrqywt4tp  & nostr:npub1sn0wdenkukak0d9dfczzeacvhkrgz92ak56egt7vdgzn8pv2wfqqhrjdv9 are some of the best to speak to progressives on these topics without getting bogged down in ideological warfare