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  • Vitalik Buterin: Bitcoin Fans 'Ignored' El Salvador's Undemocratic Government

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    Ethereum creator Vitalik Buterin has again criticized the Bitcoin community's enthusiasm for El Salvador and its president Nayib Bukele, saying that many Bitcoin advocates have ignored the fact that Bukele’s government is "not very democratic." “This is one of my criticisms of the Bitcoin community: they just automatically love everyone rich and powerful who supports Bitcoin,” Buterin said in a video interview with The Straits Times. According to the Ethereum co-founder, “a lot of Bitcoin people ignored the fact that Bukele’s government is not a very democratic government that actually has a lot of ... (full story)

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clemmo17
Nov 22, 2022 1:53am
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This is my criticism of technocrats like Buterin. They are so surprised that their invention was not used by the masses to make life better but rather to try to get a leg up on their fellow man. So smart yet so naive.
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Goat
Nov 21, 2022 9:08pm
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Holy shit these guys are still teaching morality class?!?
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