An opinion piece on CoinDesk
"Nayib Bukele Is Not the Bitcoin Hero We Need"
https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/01/14/nayib-bukele-is-not-the-bitcoin-hero-we-need/
TL;DR Installed Israeli spyware Pegasus on several regime opponents, mainly journalists.
Just like Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia (remember Jamal Khashoggi?) and other citizen-friendly governments.
"Nayib Bukele Is Not the Bitcoin Hero We Need"
https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/01/14/nayib-bukele-is-not-the-bitcoin-hero-we-need/
TL;DR Installed Israeli spyware Pegasus on several regime opponents, mainly journalists.
Just like Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia (remember Jamal Khashoggi?) and other citizen-friendly governments.
I bet this was ordered to discredit Bukele and Bitcoin. When I see a word combination "non-profit organization" I read CIA (or some other three letter agency) between the lines. It's hard to believe average joe journalists can detect war spyware like Pegasus, identify the person behind it, locate all victims etc. Looks like a job for intelligence guys.
I doubt it's made up.
Bukele being a self-centric autocrat might not fit our (I mean even MY) narration about bitcoin being the cure-all-fix-all tool it is, but it still is largely neutral - as good tools are supposed to be. They work in the hands of both saints and devils.
The simple fact that he's been able to pull off this significant, game-changing stunt on an almost individual whim could say a lot about the man's attitude and concern for dissenting opinions.
Disclaimer: What I say only comes from prejudice = pre+judice; that is, an opinion/judgement that comes from my personal history, things I happen to know or believe given my personal history. I've never been to El Salvador so I can't vouch for the sentiment there.
Well humans do the same damn thing over and over looking for the perfect leader, person, representative, savior, president and so on.
Bitcoinners have done this with Satoshi himself, Roger Ver, and so many from the olden days ... and more recently @jack, Saylor, and Bukele.
And EVERY time they let us down . Of course they do. They are not Jesus. And they are selfish, imperfect humans like us all.
But I think as long as we can stop trying to turn important bitcoinners into saviors we will be OK. I like Bukele. I would not mind if he were my president. A lot better than the crap we have going now in my country. Perfect? Certainly not.
And people always pin the future of Bitcoin on these people, and bitcoin does not care at ALL when they fail. But we might...
I think Bukele is a net positive for Bitcoin, and most likely will continue to be. But even if he does not stay in the boat with us, and ever tries to tip it over bitcoin will not be harmed at all. But probably Bukele will be destroyed.
Look at Ver.
