Skribent: Johnny Teatent Dato: Til: System undo crew Emne: Re: [unSYSTEM] FreedomsPhoenix: "what does the membership buy?"
paid wreckers
On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Amir Taaki <genjix@???> wrote:
> Why can't people understand simple concepts?
>
> The organisation represents the interests of its members, not the wider
> community. (they state this in their minutes)
>
> People put up so much money because they want to buy influence.
>
> The foundation positions itself as a gatekeeper of the code. To
> interface with regulators and get big money involved in Bitcoin (touted
> as "mainstream adoption"), because this is what big corporations who pay
> expensive memberships want.
>
> They will oppose through propaganda and lies either through ignorance or
> willful deception, attempts to remove their power over Bitcoin development.
>
> Maybe it's too abstract, but that's the nature of power...
>
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