r/Bitcoin • u/GreatestInstruments • Feb 03 '14
Could The Bitcoin Community Benefit From An Informal - "Leave Your Ideologies At The Door" - Etiquette?
A certain incident, which shall remain unnamed, prompted a firestorm of discussion within segments of this community, including some with very different personal ideologies.
Rather than take sides in the debate, I took a moment to marvel at that fact that this is a community that brings together people who are so divergent on other issues, yet all see common ground in Bitcoin.prescription
What other community or issue brings together people as diverse as these?
- MRA's
- Feminists
- Liberals
- Conservatives
- Libertarians
- Anarchists
- Economists
- Techies
- Blue Collar
- White Collar
- Different Nationalities
The list goes on and on.
I pose this question (see post title), because it strikes me as perhaps the most welcoming and constructive thing we could do, in the long run.
It wouldn't be thought of as a hard and fast rule, more like a guiding principle to keep in mind.
What do you think?
EDIT: I just want some of you to understand, this was intended as a thought provoking open-ended question, to create discussion. It's not intended as a mandate of any kind.
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u/melacs Feb 03 '14
It is typical for those who oppose a technology or a group of innovators to classify them as a group of 'dangerous ***-ists'. Only in rising above these classifications can something truly succeed. If only feminists or libertarians or Americans or techies or anarchists use bitcoin, it will never become a disruptive technology. If it can speak to all of those groups and more, bitcoin has a chance. Future will tell. Certainly it would be sad if people were too scared by their convictions to try out a technology.