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Polite White Supremacy is the notion that whites should remain the ruling class while denying that they are the ruling class, politely. Affectionately, it’s called #PWS for short. It has been referred to as the Casual American Caste System, Delicate Apartheid, Gentle Oppression, or what I like to call it after a few drinks: Chad Crow, the super chill grandson of Jim Crow.
The Subtle Linguistics of Polite White Supremacy
YawoBrown
Cambridge’s Centre for Alternative Finances estimates that bitcoin’s annualised electricity consumption hovers just above 115 terawatt-hours (TWh) while Digiconomist’s closely tracked index puts it closer to 80 TWh. A single transaction of bitcoin has the same carbon footprint as 680,000 Visa transactions or 51,210 hours of watching YouTube, according to the site.
Electricity Needed to Mine Bitcoin Is More Than Used by 'Entire Countries' | Technology | the Guardian
Lauren Aratani
to whom will the technology give greater power and freedom? And whose power and freedom will be reduced by it?
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