Re: [tlug] [OT] Mt.Gox Debacle. Please Comment.

[David Blomberg <dblomber@example.com>]

On 2014年02月28日 08:56, Simon Cozens wrote:
> fait. Turnbull's the odd one out, how extraordinary!
> Don't be so sure. What I see is the Bitcoin enthusiasts tend towards the
> libertarian, which makes them hard to evaluate on the traditional left-right
> scale - for reasons which would take a long, acrimonious and off-topic
> subthread to go into.
+1
> The combination of libertarian values, mistrust of authority, and the promise
> of technological self-sufficiency tends to attract the hacker ethic types,
> which leads in turn to the belief that all social problems can be solved with
> the sufficient application of technology.
>
> The results of this are often hilarious.
Well I know a few libertarians but not too many of them that trust 
technology... Or maybe it is large technology companies would be more 
accurate. This is a funny twist as most tell me to let the market decide 
(except monsanto, haliburton....)