"The actions of a massive portion of the active community, at least online, act in complete contradiction with the principles of libertarianism. Freedom, liberty, and voluntary interaction. Many rightwing or libertarian Bitcoiners encourage the exact opposite of that, they bully and intimidate and push people to adopt their worldview."
Obviously the pareto principle (80-20) applies here.
I was part of the "libertarian" wave of bitcoin in 2013 and today, we're mostly focused on topics other than thought-policing the values of other bitcoiners.
Real libertarianism respects different views and lifestyles, and in fact is supposed to wholeheartedly respect and defend the right to do things in your own way as long as you don't hurt other people.
If there is some online reactionary movement, it is people who generally view bitcoin twitter/nostr as a sport and they don't really understand nor live the principles.
You made that latter point,
@Shinobi, so I agree with you.
A necessary article, though it should be targeted at the few rather than the many.
Live and let live, laissez-faire.
Bitcoin Magazine
Occupy Bitcoin: Bitcoin Is Not Just Libertarian
Bitcoin is not defined by the politics of the loudest voices in the space, in fact, many of them act in complete contradiction to their stated prin...
