Re: Thank goodness Bitcoin is there to stick it to The Man, right ?
These people weren't trying to use bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency as a currency, which was its original goal. They simply wanted to jump on the bandwagon of thinking it would soar in value once again because blockchain, which sounds technical and people like to talk about on TV. They probably didn't have any specific distrust of government, unlike those who want to replace fiat currencies with cryptocurrencies, for whom trust is a very different issue. Those two groups must really hate one another.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
