Actually, I&#x27;d suggest you do sometimes see people saying that about Linux, especially when Linux &quot;on the desktop&quot; comes up. And the reason is that neither project is simply a neutral software development project, but are politically charged. Linux at this point really just has a political &quot;tinge&quot; to it with the free software stuff, but Bitcoin is <i>drenched</i> in politics. So people are responding with their political brains rather than their raw technical brains.<p>I am not trying to imply this is bad. The politics are intrinsically worthy of thought and discussion. I could wish for a higher level of discourse on political matters, but humans have been doing that for lo these many thousands of years and I doubt this is the year that&#x27;s going to change. Our &quot;political brains&quot; are complicated, messy things, tied into tribal instincts, personal identity, and all sorts of other messy things that make it difficult.