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by UncleMeat 1678 days ago
> None of this would have happened without 'the crypto bit'.

In the sense that it wouldn't have happened without a bunch of people suddenly finding themselves with so much wealth that spending it on a lark is fine and a nihilistic meme culture where throwing money at jokes is a growing global activity, sure.

Wouldn't it be nicer if millions were instead spent on fighting poverty?

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yes, im a big supporter of thing like proofofhumanity ubi, also $400m was donated from crypto to the india covid relief fund over the past 6 months. These initiatives are great and happy to share any you have.

This week, on the back of constituitondao, people have started making other daos for other causes like repatriation of stolen historical artifacts https://twitter.com/bronzedaotweets