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Trust me (or not - your choice)
Agreement or disagreement with me is irrelevant - and I spent enough time and energy wasted destructively spreading misinformation to not call B.S. out directly. Sure, compassion may have a time and place - though cognitive biases can be pretty fucking dangerous when unchecked. I should have been insulted for much of the ridiculous extremist conspiracy theory crap I propagated during my foolish years, and while an insult may not seem “nice” or “positive” to the weak-skinned, there is often a hidden opportunity in the negative charge - be it a challenge to question the extent to which one may be wrong about their beliefs, or otherwise.
If you’re expecting anecdotal evidence ‘in support of an argument’, you may have misunderstood the context of this article. Or maybe the sensationalistic headline may have been somewhat misleading if not looking beyond the surface and getting hung up on whatever point triggered the defensiveness.
Answers to your questions:
It doesn’t cut them out of the picture. i.e. what percentage of world banking is still conducted via banks versus crypto? Could, in time, though rather idealistic and unrealistic in consideration of the scope and scale of the existing networks supporting the global economy.
There are 7 billion different objective realities occurring simultaneously on this planet - some of them, for numerous reasons that go beyond the scope of a comment thread.