比特币不需要文化繁殖机器

比特币适合任何需要它的人。比特币是非政治货币。比特币不需要政党，比特币也不需要国家。

Noam Chomsky is turning 95 this year. Having suffered a massive stroke last year, he can no longer speak. This article is inspired by him, though it isn’t really about him.

诺姆·乔姆斯基今年已经 95 岁了。去年，他经历了一次严重的中风，现在已经不能说话了。这篇文章的灵感来自他，尽管并不是真正关于他的。

Bitcoin, an electronic peer-to-peer cash system, works well enough on its own. However, the world we have built around it is incredibly alienated and disconnected from the rest of society. We have been effectively siloed, and anyone who thinks this will help adoption is dreaming. I personally think the room stinks and that this little Bitcoin world isn’t working for Bitcoin.

比特币是一种电子点对点现金系统，其本身运行良好。然而，我们围绕它建立的世界却与社会其他部分极其疏远和脱节。我们实际上已经被孤立了，任何认为这将有助于采用的人都是在做梦。我个人认为这个房间很臭，这个比特币小世界不适合比特币。

The irony about the people who like Bitcoin, and I mean really like Bitcoin — the kind of people who would read this article — is that they, or we, think they are immune to propaganda. They believe they are immune to the processes that manufacture consent for decisions that are not their own, and which, given a chance to consider independently, they would not condone.

对于那些喜欢比特币的人来说，讽刺的是，我的意思是真正喜欢比特币的人——那些会阅读这篇文章的人——是他们，或者我们，认为他们不受宣传的影响。他们相信，他们不会受到那些为非他们自己的决定制造同意的过程，如果有机会独立考虑，他们不会纵容这些决定。

Bad news. You are not immune. In fact, I think many of the people who call themselves “bitcoiners” today are only “bitcoiners” because they were propagandized into it. An entire cultural reproductive machine is being built around Bitcoin, and it is incredibly reactionary and, in many ways, bigoted.

坏消息。你也不能幸免。事实上，我认为今天许多自称为“比特币支持者”的人只是“比特币支持者”，因为他们是被宣传的。整个文化复制机器正在围绕比特币建立，它是令人难以置信的反动，并且在很多方面都是偏执的。

For example, posting an LGBTQ flag with the Bitcoin symbol on it is beyond controversial. Attacks on people who are trans or queer and who contribute far more than 90 percent of the people who hold Bitcoin is normalized. Abusive behavior against women is normalized.

例如，张贴带有比特币符号的 LGBTQ 旗帜是无可争议的。对跨性别者或酷儿群体的攻击已经常态化，而他们的贡献远远超过持有比特币的人的 90%。针对女性的虐待行为已成为常态。

This cultural reproductive machine comes in the form of popular influencers who are often millennial men spending a lot of time taking photos of themselves flexing their muscles in front of a mirror. I really wonder how big those muscles have to get to protect the fragile ego buried beneath those muscular fibers.

这种文化复制机器以流行影响者的形式出现，他们通常是千禧一代的男性，花大量时间拍摄自己在镜子前展示肌肉的照片。我真的想知道这些肌肉必须有多大才能保护埋在这些肌肉纤维下面的脆弱的自我。

These influencers are not selling anything real. They are not selling you a way out of the existing system. All they are doing is giving you a simple narrative that will help you sleep better at night. You’ll be okay, just remember: all the bad things happening are because “money printer go brr” and transgender ideology.

这些影响者并没有出售任何真实的东西。他们不会向您兜售摆脱现有系统的出路。他们所做的只是为您提供一个简单的叙述，以帮助您晚上睡得更好。你会没事的，只要记住：所有发生的坏事都是因为“印钞机”和跨性别意识形态。

I call it a cultural reproductive machine because I’m seeing a lot more people holding the same narrow-minded, ignorant, and bigoted ideas taking up space. These ideas are spreading and poisoning well-meaning people’s minds. I wonder if those who hold these ideas could just stop for a moment and ask themselves, “Where did these ideas come from? When did I start believing this?” Realize that the narratives around you are often built so that you think you invented them yourself.

我称其为文化繁殖机器，因为我看到越来越多的人持有同样狭隘、无知和偏执的想法，占据了空间。这些想法正在传播并毒害善意的人们的思想。不知道持有这些想法的人是否可以停下来问问自己：“这些想法是从哪里来的？我什么时候开始相信这个的？”要意识到，你周围的叙述往往是为了让你认为它们是你自己发明的而构建的。

If you’re new to Bitcoin, keep in mind that you don’t have to conform to the mainstream ideas. You don’t have to be for the orange man who likes the orange coin (claims to, anyway). You don’t have to eat steaks every day and hate seed oils. You don’t have to believe in a transgender ideology or hate queer people. You don’t have to keep an altar in your garage where you pray to Hayek every night for the day the collectivists are finally wiped clean from this planet.

如果您是比特币新手，请记住您不必遵循主流思想。你不必支持喜欢橙色硬币的橙色人（无论如何都声称如此）。你不必每天吃牛排并且讨厌种子油。你不必相信跨性别意识形态或讨厌酷儿。你不必在你的车库里放一个祭坛，每晚都向哈耶克祈祷，祈求集体主义者最终从这个星球上消失的那一天。

The reality is that Bitcoin is for anyone who needs it. Bitcoin is apolitical money. Bitcoin doesn’t need a political party, and Bitcoin doesn’t need states. The only thing that Bitcoin needs is people to use Bitcoin and learn about how it works.

现实是，比特币适合任何需要它的人。比特币是非政治货币。比特币不需要政党，比特币也不需要国家。比特币唯一需要的是人们使用比特币并了解它是如何工作的。

Noam Chomsky made some really good points about the problems with society that I think are still relevant. American democracy is alienating because it’s not really a democracy. He said that when political systems function without public input, the general population feels marginalized. It’s obvious that many of you are here because you feel marginalized by this corporate-run society. It’s normal to react. But don’t let people with a loud mouthpiece try to convince you to act against your best interests. Bitcoin wins when we accept each other as we are. Bitcoin wins when we maintain healthy skepticism of political leaders and their promises. Bitcoin wins when we organize against the powers that are trying to destroy us.

诺姆·乔姆斯基对社会问题提出了一些非常好的观点，我认为这些观点仍然具有现实意义。美国民主正在疏远，因为它不是真正的民主。他说，当政治体系在没有公众参与的情况下运作时，普通民众会感到被边缘化。很明显，你们中的许多人之所以来到这里，是因为你们感到自己被这个企业经营的社会边缘化了。有反应是正常的。但不要让那些大声说话的人试图说服你采取违背你最大利益的行动。当我们接受彼此本来的样子时，比特币就会获胜。当我们对政治领导人及其承诺保持健康的怀疑时，比特币就会获胜。当我们组织起来对抗试图摧毁我们的势力时，比特币就会获胜。

I’m sure I’ve triggered plenty of you, but then again, that’s the whole point of this stream-of-consciousness rant. I want you to be triggered. I want others who don’t agree with you to realize that they aren’t alone. No matter how suffocating the bigotry and fascist tendencies may be right now in this space, there are still many of us who will not consent.

我确信我已经激怒了你们很多人，但话又说回来，这就是意识流咆哮的全部意义所在。我想让你被触发。我希望那些不同意你观点的人意识到他们并不孤单。无论这个领域的偏执和法西斯倾向多么令人窒息，我们中仍然有许多人不会同意。

You’re not alone.

你不是一个人。