It’s very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly.
I’m better with code than with words though.
Satoshi Nakamoto, November 14, 2008.
You’ve kindly highlighted a sentiment from long ago. It is gratifying to realise the community has indeed explained Bitcoin’s tenets so effectively since then. The code, perhaps, proved to be its own most eloquent advocate.
And look...I'm a cheap skate. Of course I would rather spend less sats today than I did in early October, but the volotility will continue until people understand what this movement actually is.