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smitty1e on May 8, 2022 | parent | context | favorite | on: Ask HN: Why is Hacker News so anti-crypto?

Indeed, to quote myself within this very thread:

> Incentives matter in the buyer/maketplace/seller realm of economics.

beaconstudios on May 9, 2022 [–]

then what was your objection? Capitalism incentivises profiteering, the crypto industry is an example of practically pure profiteering.

smitty1e on May 14, 2022 | [–]

Capitalism is an intellectual concept, like Socialism.

Materialism is the driver of the mischief in either the capitalist or Socialist case.

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