Bitcoin maximalist falsehood #1: “Bitcoin only.” A fixed supply does not guarantee economic freedom. Debt slavery and usury existed under some of history’s soundest monetary systems. Those without money must work on terms acceptable to those who already hold enough to pay them. Once ownership becomes sufficiently concentrated, holders can impose increasingly unjust and usurious terms while still claiming the money itself is “sound.” You are not free merely because the currency used to pay you cannot be inflated. Real freedom includes the right to allocate the fruits of your labour to another currency. The credible threat that people may direct their time, production and savings into money not already hoarded by existing holders limits that power. Bitcoin should earn users through free choice. Declaring every alternative heresy protects incumbents, not users.