Topic: Why I'm boycotting bitcoins. - page 3. (Read 16441 times)

Cry more. There's plenty of opportunity for poor people to make it in the world today. Bitcoin is no different from any other form of wealth.

Sorry to break it to you, but the whole world is classist.
You will always be classified by attributes, e.g. how smart you are, how good you look, how good you play piano...and so on.
You could also say football is inherently classist or learning English or finding someone to marry.

At least Bitcoin won't deny anyone to use it, it doesn't care who you are.

Bitcoins makes sure the rich get richer and the poor stays poor. It's deflationary and rewards hoarders. Those who can afford to hoard them get richer and the poor stays poor.

Unless you made this thread on some kind of non smart phone, I really think you have the capability of sending or receiving bitcoins. I might be wrong, but I don't think so.

Yes, because China, who is currently moving most of the money, are all middle class or higher white males and fit your general stereotype perfectly  
This comment doesn't even deserve a proper response.

You call a cheap PC "high levels of technology"?

It`s no secret that bitcoins can be printed and used as paper money.

You don`t need rocket technology to use btc or mine them.

You are not obligated to mine them, so why do you care about electricity bills?

I really don`t know how bitcoin can make "privlieged become more privileged".

It's inherently classist. Only those with access to moderately high levels of technology can spend or receive it. Only those with access to exceedingly high levels of technology can "mine" it. Heterosexual, middle class or higher white males are disproportionally represented in the demographics of bitcoin users. Bitcoin only serves to uphold the current kyriarchal socioeconomic structures by making sure the privileged become more privileged.

And it's a terrible idea. You spend more on your parents' electricity bill and replacing burnt out GPUs that your parents buy for christmas and birthdays than you actually theoretically make.

Bitcoins are basically just this weird attempt by lolbertarian children to make their own currency and play stock market and dodge taxes.

You Believe or not , Bitcoin doesn't care 

White people are 8% of the world population. White males are about half of that. So either prove less than 4% of bitcoin users are white males or admit you're full of BS.

Um, I'm not a libertarian. I'm actually a socialist anarchist at heart. I support Bitcoin in part precisely because it opens up an alternate form of currency and value in nations for which trust in the local currency is sketchy at best, in crippling hyperinflation at worst. Perhaps you're not aware of the fact that more people in Kenya have smartphones than they do running water.  The internet itself began as a technology reserved for an entitled few, but has become *the* global form of communication, used by both rich and poor.

I sense a rather smug "better-than-thou" elitism in your own words, so I don't plan to waste a lot of time trying to get you to see Bitcoin from a different perspective. But I suspect that you would have written more or less the same words about the Internet in the mid 90s - on paper with pen - and hand delivered it to a local computer user group - of largely heterosexual white males.

China is rapidly becoming the dominant hub of Bitcoin activity.  I don't think they would take too kindly to your claim that they are "white".  In fact, they might consider you a bit of a racist.

But continue to boycott Bitcoins. It really doesn't matter to anyone but you. The world will continue to evolve technologically, but there will always be those who - for whatever reason - resist progress.

Also, boycott dollars. They only serve to uphold the current kyriarchal socioeconomic structures by making sure the privileged become more privileged.  Maybe you can find someone who will accept payment in leaves or bark. Just don't oppress the trees in the process of collecting them.

It's inherently classist. Only those with access to moderately high levels of technology can spend or receive it. Only those with access to exceedingly high levels of technology can "mine" it. Heterosexual, middle class or higher white males are disproportionally represented in the demographics of bitcoin users. Bitcoin only serves to uphold the current kyriarchal socioeconomic structures by making sure the privileged become more privileged.

And it's a terrible idea. You spend more on your parents' electricity bill and replacing burnt out GPUs that your parents buy for christmas and birthdays than you actually theoretically make.

Bitcoins are basically just this weird attempt by lolbertarian children to make their own currency and play stock market and dodge taxes.

Fedora on our heads, buttcoins in our wallet, freeze peaches in our hearts, all topped off by a touch of casual misogyny. Behold, your typical bitcoin user.

SRS scum detected. Added to ignore list.

It sickens me to see that you disgusting excuses for human beings have spread to bitcointalk. I've witnessed your sad attempts at suppressing free-speech all over the internet. You cannot suppress the free currency.

Go back to your clan of ugly, hairy, women; your shilling doesn't work here.

Heterosexual, middle class or higher white males are disproportionally represented in the demographics of bitcoin users. Bitcoin only serves to uphold the current kyriarchal socioeconomic structures by making sure the privileged become more privileged.

White people are 8% of the world population. White males are about half of that. So either prove less than 4% of bitcoin users are white males or admit you're full of BS.

It's inherently classist. Only those with access to moderately high levels of technology can spend or receive it. Only those with access to exceedingly high levels of technology can "mine" it. Heterosexual, middle class or higher white males are disproportionally represented in the demographics of bitcoin users. Bitcoin only serves to uphold the current kyriarchal socioeconomic structures by making sure the privileged become more privileged.

And it's a terrible idea. You spend more on your parents' electricity bill and replacing burnt out GPUs that your parents buy for christmas and birthdays than you actually theoretically make.

Bitcoins are basically just this weird attempt by lolbertarian children to make their own currency and play stock market and dodge taxes.