We don't need to spoon-feed sanitized and PR packaged Bitcoin to those who are unwilling or incapable of understanding what it is.
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Maybe I just have too much faith in humanity...
I prefer people not be intellectually lazy.
That doesn't need to change; what needs to change are people's minds.
it reminded me that I despise idiocy.
Whether we like it or not, the majority of people
are intellectually lazy, reluctant to change, unwilling or incapable of immediately grasping revolutionary ideas, and, well, to some extent, idiots.
But ultimately, for Bitcoin to become the great success we all hope for, we also depend on this majority.
Now we can all put our heads in the sand, not accept these facts and simply desire things to be different (which won't change jack shit and thus will keep lots of people from properly grasping Bitcoin). Or we can think about what way of explaining Bitcoin to the masses works best for getting more people interested in, understanding, and accepting Bitcoin as a viable alternative for fiat debt-based bank-controlled money.