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I've thought about that and I honestly don't know. The total get together was maybe 50 people and there was a group of 5 or 6 socialist (maybe more)....I say that because during one of the speeches they started a back and forth with the speaker where they were advocating for gov involvement in bitcoin to 'regulate it'. They were loudly booed, which then escalated to them outing themselves as saying capitalism is evil, etc etc.
I somehow think that they either adopted more austrian views, or perhaps they moved off to some shitcoin project, or who knows maybe they are still with us....however what struck me at the time was that the online presence of bitcoin (ie. bitcointalk.org and /r/bitcoin) was basically libertarian only vibes. So they were either lurking or maybe more likely bitcoin is discussed on other leftist forums that I never saw....
There’s a pretty decent pitch that can be made to progressives. I think you’re right though about them drifting away from statism once they get in.
There’s a pretty decent pitch that can be made to progressives.
Yes and I do wish that bitcoin messaging focused more on the tangible social benefits of having sound money, rather than pure NGU or semi-irrelevant tech-bro debates about quantum computing, NFTs, covenants, etc.
Having people see clearly what the problem is (ie. money printing) is arguably more important for society than just direct bitcoin advocacy....and regardless bitcoin is the natural beneficiary of such thinking.
Do you think those lefties are still bitcoiners?