Just because the Tinfoil Vigilante brought some people in Steemit, it doesn't mean is good for the longterm. Most of the people he brought support a certain idea and they are mostly closed within that circle.
I speak also about anarchy and libertarianism for over 10 years now in my country and I cant believe the amount of bullshit he repackages as anarchic or libertarian. The guy brought in the people who just hate "the goverment" and they are not really bright in making an argument without overgeneralising. He is also offering market advice that is downright scam so he can sell the hypes. Classic cult behaviour / mass manipulation. I am not even talking about his shady past because I just learned about him. From the looks of it though, I wouldn't be surprised if everything was true — from scamming people for millions in Chile or having a fraudelent passport business or even rape accusations.
In the same way if one celebrity imports in here a major cult, the followers, most likely, will only know each other without being able to refer others. It becomes even worse for outsiders when they realise the culture accumulating from specific groups as being culty and downright criminal. Longterm these kind of people hurt the community.
Since I joined Steemit, I no longer identify my self as an anarcho-capitalist or libertarian because of Dollar Vigilante and his fans. If it wasn't for the potential of the platform I would already be gone. I can't convince others to join because mostly of trashy celebrities like him.
I'm not here to defend Jeff, but I'm one of those that learned of steemit because of him. I consider myself open minded and listen to the different opinions. I wouldn't consider myself an anarchist believing in no government. Just because you listen to someone doesn't mean you follow what they do.
What I personally believe is that those in government are working not for the people but for their own and other special interest. They promise people stuff to get elected and people fall for it and they become impoverished and enslaved.
Financially we are at the point of collapse. I see that more than likely they are taking us to war. They continue to divide the people and have us fight ourselves instead of them. They keep us busy with scandal after scandal. False flag after false flag. They pick the winners and the losers. They create wars and chaos.
These are the George Soros, Rothchilds, JP Morgan's and other so called elites.
As a steemit community member, steemit is my first time owning any crypto-currency. I love how this system has made it so easy to make it and understand. I even learned the exchange and converted some out just to see if I could and now I'm a crypto-currency fan and actually bought something online with Bitcoin. Which is really cool because I'm ahead of the curve in a networking biz that just started accepting Bitcoin for payment. Whoohoo.
If you look at who I follow here in the community, what I upvote and what I post you will see that I'm pretty rounded and I think I'm a great asset to the community. Hey I was even following you and still am. :)
Jeff is doing much the same. This is another reason why his ethos and arguments don't hold. Goverment has a cult for making money. He has his own. Many people don't seem to be openminded enough to think about this basic premise before they even start talking about "the goverment".
No we are not. We never were. Never will be. Things have always been getting better even with economic collapses. He just sells the hype with gold, makes th tinfoil connection and then profit from his investements. Again. his sheeple cannot see this. Even if there is a crisis, again the economy will rise. the economy goes through circles. he is not prediciting anything. he just repeats the same things until it happens and when it does eventually he sais "i told you so". ..well..no shit sherlock...
Who is they? again you chase ghosts. The people make out the goverment. You speak of it as it is something godly. the sheer will of the people elect the goverment. people want it. id you don't like it, leave. Even if a society was an-cap the same thing can happen. If you don't like it..leave.
You forgot your vigilante. although not as bright he uses the same techniques to make money from sheeple by turning his disciples against "the goverment" whatever that is.
I think you seriously need to make more research. Also nobody knows who made bitcoin. blockchain technologies are used today by many goverments and they have invested in it as well. again. i think you are chasing imaginary enemies. the people with whom you interact with are "the goverment "the religion" the science". Much like Jeff you managed to be closed minded enough to accuse a general concept rather than specific things. At the end of the day, he just sculpted your mind or at least maintained you in the same state by reinforcing the same bullshit you used to believe.
Very good analysis. My experience is that: the people i try to sign up are college level and get turned off very quickly when they see all the drug relations and anarchist post. This is not a good direction...
Most social media is off-putting in my opinion... steemit is the first social media platform I have embraced... there is plenty of good stuff for those who take the time to engage a little more deeply... this is early days... when growth is growth is growth... it will mature.