Is this the horse sized duck that we're supposed to fight?

That's why it is declared an opinion piece right at the top.

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What about MLK?

Just because something is legal, that doesn't make it right, and not everything that is illegal is wrong.
One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws

Der Trick mit Bildungszentren und Kitas ist, dass dann der Steuerzahler den größten Teil der Kosten übernimmt.
Indoktrination fast zum Nulltarif.

You assume correctly

Even that use case seems almost meaningless, as most people store their crypto in centralised exchanges.

Spinnenmann in Neuruppin: Creept durch die Nachbarschaft

The screenshot doesn't appear to be faked: https://downdetector.com/status/grindr/map/

Whether the data is correct is another question.

Ah yes. The speedup-loop.
https://thedailywtf.com/articles/The-Speedup-Loop

• The bond's Name. James Name.
• Pleased to… what?
• Bond Name's the james.
• Are you alright?
• Bames Nond's having a stronk, call a Bondulance.

Gundalf