Also, I am clear in the article that it is only if it succeeds will it be considered that.
Good grief. That is the most offensive thing I've read on Hacker News in ages. That you would even consider drawing the parallel is nauseating regardless of how you qualify your forward-looking statement. Simply by mentioning it you have already made the assertion and you know that. You are not stupid and you did it on purpose.
Disruption of currency will NEVER be an achievement for humanity on the scale of ending the suffering of a gender or a race. That opinion is seriously flawed.
The world would be a far better place if people spent less time being offended.
Modern day fractional reserve currency is THE main tool being used to enforce our current servitude, a servitude that most people are unaware that they're in. Running into our fourth or fifth generation of inherited servitude makes it difficult for people to recognize their condition.
What is it said by Goethe?:
"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."
You are not going to find much sympathy in a community of people that society is rewarding well for programming ability. I hardly consider what I like to do at a healthy salary servitude, but if you want humanity to revert to hunter-gatherers in chaos, knock yourself out.