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Decentralisation and the search for political saviours

Decentralisation and the search for political saviours. Dated original source, with context and links.

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Anyone in this space who looks for strongmen or ideological saviors has fundamentally misunderstood where they are.

Crypto was born from distrust toward centralized power. Toward governments that manipulate money. Toward institutions that demand obedience without transparency.

Yet many in this space now cheer for the very types of leaders who historically concentrate power, suppress dissent and divide societies.

That contradiction is hard to ignore.

You cannot advocate decentralization while worshipping centralized authority.

You cannot build censorship resistant systems while supporting those who attack open societies.

Remember where you are.

Crypto exists precisely because concentrated power cannot be trusted.

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