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Just because you have a high IQ or are tech savvy doesn't mean you have to love bitcoin, there is no connection between those things. It's simply that everyone has different interests, passions, and beliefs...and therefore will have different choices.
We need bitcoin not only for privacy but also for the main purpose of making money and getting rich. Meanwhile, Warren Buffet or Bill Gates, they are billionaires and have their own paths, so it is normal that they do not need and do not believe in bitcoin. Honestly, if I were a billionaire, I wouldn't care about bitcoin because I have hundreds of ideas, millions of safer ways to make money than investing in bitcoin, why would I choose bitcoin? Maybe that's what billionaires think too, they have more choices and opportunities than we do.
Like you and many others, why don't you want to invest in gold or stocks, and bitcoin is the only option, while people richer than us choose them? Obviously, our starting points are different and thus our tastes are different, so there is no need to hate them or impose your thoughts on them.
I feel you didn't get my point. There is a connection between complex topics and people with high IQ on average grasping those topics faster than people with low IQ. I doubt that you doubt that.
Bitcoin couldn't make you rich if it didn't have a purpose and a certain architecture that could not be shut down as of to date. The good news is that people with less IQ only need to be smart enough to jump on the bandwagon.
But let me reiterate on Buffet and Gates. I said that in the beginning Gates was talking positively about bitcoin, then Buffet jumped the gun and Gates rowed back. Regarding Buffet, he missed out on so many tech stocks that it doesn't surprise me he says bitcoin has no intrinsic value, which is factually false. But it makes sense from Buffet's point of view as he has this finite view that many people think bitcoin will replace any and all fiat currencies. That's not going to happen because there will always be countries trying to enforce their policies globally and they can hardly do that with a decentralized, censorship-resistant currency. But bitcoin is an incredible tool to carry value across boarders in no time, value preservation in general, many other great characteristics that you can never achieve with a centralized currency.
By the way, Gates also doesn't need any tax evading tools as he has evaded enough by now. It's interesting how today they call for higher tax rates for people in their position, but they could have done that earlier, couldn't they? First build a massive fortune with all kinds of tax strategies, then call for higher taxes.
Watch this video from 3:15, Gates being caught on the wrong foot for Microsoft not paying the taxes it should be paying because of highly sophisticated corporate structures.
That is why I bet that at least Gates understand bitcoin has value. Buffet I don't know, but Gates does and he revoked his positive opinion after Buffet probably kicked his ass for talking positively in public about it.