A huge chunk of what Ethereum (mostly - but not only - application layer) is building today is propped up by excuses & massive, hand-waved trust assumptions and VC-driven narrative capture. We need centralised L2s because of "training wheels". We need upgradeable proxies controlled by a few keys held by some foundation or multisig cabal. We need trusted setups, trusted sequencers, trusted committees, trusted councils, trusted whatever the fuck is fashionable this year. We are told we cannot have unconditional & L1-enshrined privacy because regulators might get nervous or throw a tantrum. It is _always_ later. Always soon. Always after we ask for permission from people who fundamentally hate this space. This path turns Ethereum into the fucking soy boy of crypto. Safe. Compliant. Apologetic. Bent over, hoping institutions don't hit it too hard while pretending this is all part of some grand master plan. Guys, this is not how you fucking change the world! We should be the _radicals_. Less bullshit. Fewer trusted actors. Fewer "temporary" centralised choke points that somehow _never_ fucking go away. Privacy by default, not as a special feature you need to justify in a blog post. Credible neutrality that actually fucking means something. If the system only works when everyone behaves nicely and regulators smile, then it is not decentralised. It is a fucking theater. Ethereum should scare people again!