Crypto promised us financial freedom while my cousin in Soweto still sells data on the corner to eat. They’re building DAOs in Cape Town while the lights stay off and our art gets stolen on Instagram without a single NFT helping. I was sold a dream of ownership, but all I’ve seen is another layer of gatekeepers with better branding. Amapiano producers are making real money off beats they posted for free — not from lazy minting, but from people actually paying. The revolution ain’t in the blockchain, it’s in the sound. And the banks? They’re still laughing from Sandton.
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