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VPNs are generic networking/security tools that can also be used for things like circumventing geoblocking.

Cryptocurrency doesn’t have a lot of use cases outside of money laundering, avoiding sanctions and stealing money through rug pulls.

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That doesn’t answer the question. What is the underlying ideology/value system? Lots of people would disagree with your second claim, so if that’s what they believe then this itself implies all kinds of nonstandard values.

I believe it's agreement of a majority of voters.

So mob rule by whichever busybodies buy into the inner circle, with no fundamental principles whatsoever? Ugh.

Welcome to the world. Things do not magically happen, they are done by people. If you want something done right you have to do it yourself. To lessen the load you could also form or join a group of people who want it done the same way.

Just because the fundamental principles cannot trivially be summarized into a single sentence, doesn't mean they don't exist. It's a member association, and the fundamental principles form organically from its membership. That's... how social groups work.

> Cryptocurrency doesn’t have a lot of use cases outside of money laundering, avoiding sanctions and stealing money through rug pulls.

Very similar things can be said about VPNs. Seeing only the bad to justify banning an entire category is terrible.

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