...And I&#x27;m sure you thought you&#x27;re writing a perfectly objective, well-argued post. However, while speculating on bc-distractors&#x27; motives, you&#x27;ve characterized them as naive technophobes.<p>If someone with, let&#x27;s say a doctorate in cryptography and a preference in &#x27;fiat&#x27; reads that, he&#x27;s going to feel a bit insulted and double down on his position.<p>He may (and I&#x27;m just speculating a hypothetical here) start daydreaming about going around with a metaphorical hammer of wisdom trying to beat some ideas into every bc-daytraders&#x27; head. Like the idea that a majority of western societies actually support the general concept of democratically-elected governments wielding some power. Or that having some screws to adjust in regards to monetary policy may be preferable to not having them, some problems notwithstanding.<p>All this is not new, by the way. This discussion lines up pretty well with the conflict over libertarianism, both demographically as well as philosophical.