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Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by throwaway4715 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @04:01PM (#24723235)
How does one ensure "stability" without getting involved in politics?
Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by username90 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:21PM (#24724069)
Getting involved in politics makes your life more unstable, which is why mostly privileged people engage in it. For example extremely few people from below median homes are politically active in USA, while home owners are among the most active. Ergo people are mostly politically active to defend their privileges and not to fix injustices.

I'm not sure how anyone can think that being politically active would make your life more stable.

Edit: An example of this is that black people are much less likely to vote than white people. Is this because black people support the status quo while white people want to change things? No, it is because black people don't have the time and energy to spare to vote. And no, this isn't about voting disenfranchisement, black people are less likely to vote even in very blue states.

Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by war1025 on Thursday October 08, 2020 @09:29PM (#24725801)
To quote a recent Tyler Childers song[1], by "tucking our tails as we try to abide"

Stability isn't about dominance, stability is about being uninteresting enough not to get your teeth kicked in.

[1] https://genius.com/Tyler-childers-long-violent-history-lyric...

Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by jimmygrapes on Thursday October 08, 2020 @05:19PM (#24724050)
Possibly by observing the actual changes implemented and interpreting them in their own context (i.e. IRS changes tax forms, but all the numbers stay the same when filling it out). Not being convinced that their fundamental right to attempt existence is threatened by imaginary what-ifs.
Re:A follow up to Coinbase being a mission focused company by tshaddox on Thursday October 08, 2020 @07:09PM (#24724925)
One way might be to stigmatize or ban discussion of politics.