This libertarian argument is somewhat disingenuous. It hides the fact that the whales stand to benefit tremendously. The peons will still be peons.

You're asking for us to vote you into power, and so far all of the evidence says this is a bad thing. Power consumption, no restitution for hacks, pump and dump driving insane swings and pyramid scheme behavior, the emergence of ransomware, NFT artificial scarcity.

KYC and AML are good. Regulations are good. The cowboy wild west without these protections is a nightmare that will lead to increased lawlessness, hacks, and thefts that will harm the poorest among us.

I don't want the thought leaders in crypto being in charge. They've already shown what bad stewards they are by downplaying all of these points and continuing to ignore the problems. They're focusing on what they can gain rather than what others are losing.