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You can explain on a technical level how the Iron Dome fulfills it's functions. You cannot explain it's social and economic ramifications without talking politics. Most of the arguments in favour of cryptocurrencies and blockchains focus on these economic and social factors (decentralised economy, NFTs for selling ones art). The technical merit of blockchain gets discussed so often, the outcome is always either "existing technologies solve this problem better" (which makes discussing the technical merit outside of a academic context futile) or "look at these economic and social improvements this technology provides" (which puts you squarely back into the political discussion).