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The original was posted on /r/monero by /u/dMartian-official on 2024-10-07 00:57:43+00:00.

As much as I love monero, it’s a project and it’s not something to be revered in and of itself.

Yet… where are people going to go, now? All the cypherpunks. All the academics. All the people in dire straights with no choice. All the people who want better but don’t know where to go–yet want anything solid to tether themselves upon for now.

Anything other than the building crescendo of totalitarian control wrapping itself around us like an anaconda.

If the project fails, the same energy, movement, and talent will dissipate and recongeal in more places.

Darkfi is an example. it’s integrating now but it will adapt if something with monero goes wrong.

I don’t think monero is in the position right now of “there can only be one.” If something better comes along, monero people would flock to that while also not abandoning monero.

But so many things have failed. None are perfect. If you’re using signal instead of whatsapp. that’s good. Simplex is better. threema is awesome (REPRODUCIBLE BUILDS FTW).

You can even find good things just by looking for what things accept monero as payment. If it accepts monero, odds are there’s something really good behind it. (not talking about DNM which are their own thing).

There’s something very good happening within the people who touch monero from every part except the resistance to the resistance. There’s beauty and humanity. There’s integrity. Not all contributions are the same by any means but all of them seem welcome and no one seems to bicker about who’s doing more.

There’s great potential for love which we already know is here, and so much potential for the betterment of society in a world that seems so bleak without the people here.