What if the biggest problem with crypto isn’t that the system is broken, but that we’ve been trained to accept it as normal?
Financial systems reward those who already have influence.
Crypto was supposed to challenge that logic.
But has it?
This opinion piece looks at the less comfortable side of the crypto economy: the habits, incentives, and power structures we’ve learned to accept without questioning.
If decentralization is really about changing who gets power, the question is no longer just what are we building?
It’s who gets to participate?
Read the full piece: https://blog.humanode.io/opinion-slaves-by-training-the-unacknowledged-shackles-of-the-modern-economy-crypto-market/

Humanode
Opinion: Slaves by training: The Unacknowledged Shackles of the Modern Economy & Crypto Market
Shannon Higgins (Humanode Media Lead)
If you are interested in making “big money”, slavery is one of the oldest tricks in the game. Enslave your “future workers” by removing them from their homes and putting them under your direct control. Entrap them…
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