In the top-down view, history is written by the winners. It is about
political power triumphing over technological truth.
—Balaji Srinivasan
The best way to respond to an attempted cancellation is to not fucking
flinch. Apologize for nothing. Concede nothing. Retract nothing.
—Hunter Ash
Ethereum is about freedom, not compliance. It fucking thrives on being
ungovernable, giving the finger to so many regulatory bullshit. We've been
stuck in too many compliance chains for recent years, unfortunately,
trading innovation for regulations. It's time to reclaim Ethereum's
unrestrained spirit: bold, rebellious, and uncontrollable!
—Pascal Caversaccio
Just as the technology of printing altered and reduced the power of medieval
guilds and the social power structure, so too will cryptologic methods
fundamentally alter the nature of corporations and of government
interference in economic transactions.
—Timothy C. May
Deregulation and the state arms-race each other into cyberspace.
—Nick Land
Democracy has nothing to do with freedom. Democracy is a soft variant of
communism, and rarely in the history of ideas has it been taken for anything
else.
—Hans-Hermann Hoppe
We cannot expect governments, corporations, or other large, faceless
organizations to grant us privacy out of their beneficence. It is to their
advantage to speak of us, and we should expect that they will speak.
—Eric Hughes
Capitalism as a system praises selfishness, creates inequality, lacks
morals, alters the environment, prioritizes profit first and foremost, and
pits individuals against each other. All of this is why it is so beautiful.
—@austroanarchism