Cryptocurrency and The Internet as Tools of Resistance — Part 1
“Give me control of a nation’s money supply and I care not who makes its laws.” — Mayer Amschel Rothschild (Disputed)
“It’s technology that solves problems —not politics. Politicians can’t solve problems because they’re not trained to do so.” — Jacque Fresco
“The only way to deal with living in an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” — Albert Camus
One of the most technologically appealing aspects of cryptocurrency is that no individual nor group of individuals is in control of it. This instantly sets these protocols worlds apart from our national and global currencies, which are governed by policy that rests on the decisions of powerful financial interests.
This means we are forced to trust and participate in the preservation of these institutions in order to live our daily lives.
Unlike with these “legacy institutions”, when the code of a cryptocurrency protocol works and is secure, no politicians nor central banks need to be trusted. Their functions suddenly become slightly less relevant to how individuals and society functions, and much of the power they have taken from humanity is redistributed as a consequence.
