@wuipod.near It helps to start from first principles when you find yourself lost in word games and gobbledygook. First define what entrepreneurship is. Outline your concept of the value creation process. From that point it should be simple to explain why politics is not an entrepreneurial system. If people disagree on the basic premises, that is a classic impasse. No need to waste time. Entrepreneurship requires risk and profit incentive. Where nothing is ventured, nothing is gained. Politicians do not risk their own capital. Therefore they are incapable of economic calculation. Where entrepreneurs are incentivized by profits, politicians are incentivized by votes and graft opportunities. The politician has every incentive to make the most extravagant promises to his voters. Once in office, the politician has the incentive to capture public funds and broker power to those willing to pay kickbacks. From the above points it should be easy to see why politicians are commonly perceived as dishonest individuals by all but the most naive. Dishonesty is part of the job description. All of the incentives of the position demand that they capture value created by others. Even the most well intentioned politician will succumb to these forces. It isn't necessarily a matter of "conspiracy theory" or starting from malicious designs. Bad intentions are a possibility, but they are moot point when you understand the baked in incentives. Accusations of bad faith may be accurate, but making them is often too personal and results in an unproductive dialogue. I could expand at length on these topics, but so much literature has already been written by superior minds. It is disappointing that the NEAR leadership is not better versed in the basic premises of laissez-faire economics, anti-politics and the core values which drive the need for decentralized cryptocurrencies. Posting here because this site seems to be eating my replies! #BOS