[nitrixion]

This is not my opinion but instead how I view the Coinbase company's perspective. I'm playing the neutral party here.

ICE is a client that wants to utilize Coinbase services. Coinbase "core mission" is making money. As such, servicing ICE is completely within their "core mission".

[gkoberger]

Puppy Kickers LLC is a client that wants to utilize Coinbase services. Coinbase "core mission" is making money. As such, servicing Puppy Kickers LLC is completely within their "core mission".

[fleddr]

You make a joke out of it, but this is how business works. You provide a customer a product or service and generally are not responsible for whether your product is used for good or bad. An incredible array of generic products can be used in harmful ways but are generally available.

You as a consumer may drive your car to the grocery store, fill up your cart, have lunch at some junkfood place and drive back home. You've now committed countless harmful acts if you were to trace back the supply chain of everything you consumed.

But now you don't care. It's all hypocritical virtue signalling.

[gkoberger]

I run a business. You're allowed to pick morals over money.

Sure, nobody can make sure every single thing they touch, up and down the supply chain, is pure good. But don't act like you have no agency. If everyone makes small improvements when confronted with them, combined it adds up.

[fleddr]

I agree, the only thing I have an issue with is hypocrisy or lazy politics.

"Sure, nobody can make sure every single thing they touch, up and down the supply chain, is pure good."

The above is an agreeable statement, but in reality a cop-out. Doing better means putting in a lot of effort and giving up comforts, something I see extremely few people do at any serious level.

Another example: I saw some lady freak out on Twitter as she saw some ridiculously oversized pickup truck in her street. Filming it, harassing the driver, and loudly calling for such cars to be banned.

She has a point. The problem is though that there's very few such cars. If we're so serious about caring about climate change, it would be way more effective to ban the sale of TVs over 55".

And now...surprisingly few people are interested in the planet anymore. She doesn't want to give up even an inch of comfort, literally.

So that means you just don't care. You only care when it doesn't affect you.

Still you're right, any progress is good progress but at the same time I'm tired of this style of politics. Always claiming perfect morality whilst there's close to none.