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Author: Vitalik Buterin
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To: System undo crew
Subject: Re: [unSYSTEM] fuck the bitcoin core team
I think by "unpolitical" people mean "politically inoffensive" or
"universally beneficial" (as opposed to being beneficial to some at
others' expense, even if those others deserve it)

On 11/09/2013 09:14 AM, Benjamin Cordes wrote:
> "The political side of things is unrelated to Bitcoin. "
>
> What does that even mean? There is no such thing "unpolitical".
> Everything that influences society is political, i.e. either has
> impact or is meaningless. The beliefs of any actor matter very much
> with regards to the outcome. Do core bitcoin developers believe that
> the software should be accountable to it's users? Do they believe that
> it should integrate with CA's / banking infrastructure? Etc.
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 9:39 PM, Luke-Jr <luke@???
> <mailto:luke@dashjr.org>> wrote:
>
>     On Wednesday, November 06, 2013 9:36:06 PM Robert Williamson wrote:
>     > I wasn't saying that he was a god. However he created a system
>     for personal
>     > financial freedom, it seems like Gavin is playing down the
>     political and
>     > financial freedom side of things to keep the heat off him.

>
>     The political side of things is unrelated to Bitcoin. Playing it
>     down to get
>     Bitcoin accepted in society is a good strategy, even if you think
>     it will
>     bring about a revolution.

>
>     Luke
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