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 I think we're actually on the same page. I do not support violence to push bitcoin through. I think bitcoin is a means for politics to enforce or restrict/deny something.
With "ignored" I just emphasized that the choice is not coming from the vaccine itself. Equally, the pharmaceutical industry doesn't push the vaccine *for* the veccine. Whether you subscribe to good or bad intentions, the vaccine is the means, not the end goal.
Bitcoin demonstrates how the true combination of characteristics that were already ascribed to value (i.e. money) can work in technology. The design mechanics of bitcoin don't "enforce politization". Instead, politics got concerned with/about bitcoin.

Anyways, I suspect we're on the same page at least in understanding. I wanted to clarify but it's easy to get carried away explaining my view.