There was a video (perhaps even from kurzgesagt) which describes how critical it is for our society to allow as many people as easy access to knowledge as possible and not only for obvious reasons but also to increase the chance for all of us that the hidden genius is finding a cure for cancer.
You can even study for free in Germany as an non German. You know what happens? Those people might stay in Germany and make Germany a better country.
Imagine a world were we compete globally with the best education system. Let's allow more people to shape our future.
How much is a human life worth to you? How much are we all responsible for everything and nothing?
Collective punishment? It's just that there are limitations on tools global politics can use.
Independently of this perhaps my expectations on fellow humans are different than yours.
And at the end of the day crypto can be blocked and will be blocked sooner than later. every event like this which circumvent global mechanism will be worked against
The timing for such a bad argument is bad and it is still shitty.
Crypto bros telling us how great it is for the poor people in such countries to get money. Now we see the downside of this as well. Oligarchs protecting their assets as well.
Leveled playfield.
No added benefit from crypto anymore.
And yes right now for me, sanctioning is more critical to me to increase the pressure on Russia to stop killing people than Russian people being able to use crypto.
But yes. Let's ban it.