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main issue maximalist mindset (in any of the above 3 cases, and in general) invokes though is that it assumes that what is best for the maxi is best for everyone, indiscriminately.
one term I've happily stolen from Meni Rosenfeld is "minimaximalist". I think he might have said it as a bit of a joke, to allow conversation to veer away from bitcoin vs altcoins towards game theory. Once it accepts that there are intricate payoff matrices and possibly even equilibria between nondeterministic strategies, the "maximalist" ideology becomes a lot less moralising and normative.
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great point!!
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Idk. I think that Bitcoin maxis, LN maxis and microtransaction maxis are different beasts. Conflating these[1] will likely only lead to disappointment.
The main issue maximalist mindset (in any of the above 3 cases, and in general) invokes though is that it assumes that what is best for the maxi is best for everyone, indiscriminately. Reality says something different though, because there are no silver bullets: there are a plurality of niches among people and these can be served by different solutions. This means that there is space for SN, for LN, for Bitcoin. If there weren't, then there wouldn't be any of this.
Not to mention naziing around about
hYpOcRiTzand taking things to into some kind of holy war. ↩