I'd like to initiate a discussion on how politics may affect the blockchain community over the next year or two.

My reason for doing this is to begin to understand where common goals may lie, as opposed to the diverging viewpoints that seem to be rapidly blooming.

The dichotomy:

Bitcoin. The beacon of freedom from tyrannical central banks. The death knell for governments around the world. The true libertarian dream.

Blockchain. The ultimate opportunity to control outcomes. The progressive dream of allowing technology to dictate what is true and what is not. The ultimate gamification of humanity has finally arrived.

With over 900 publicly available cryptocurrencies already out there, each one has a slightly different take on what works and what doesn't work when it comes to economic principle. Cryptocurrencies range from the deflationary, gold-mimicking Bitcoin to Bancor, which seems to follow a Keynesian set of principles. However, even within the singular Bitcoin community, we're seeing a major rift due to differing political & economic philosophies.

Beyond cryptocurrencies, we're seeing blockchain projects that are being developed by teams comprised of highly progressive minds. Many of them are aimed at altering the way that humanity interacts to make business relationships more seamless by removing the need for human interaction. Some are initiatives that many conservative-minded individuals in the US would bristle at, because they could be seen as a loss of what makes our relationships "human".

Is anyone else seeing this slow, subtle divergence between Bitcoin's original philosophy and the newer, more progressive direction for many blockchain projects? Where is this all heading? Is there any chance that blockchain development can turn out to be an amazing, productive impetus for political discourse?

Thanks in advance for sharing your thoughts!
Chris "Crypto" Blechschmidt