298 sats \ 3 replies \ @pillar 20 Jun 2023 \ on: How relevant will Bitcoin be to the next few presidential election cycles? bitcoin
As Bitcoin grows, it will be more present.
I'm just concerned it might not be politicians licking Bitcoin asses, like people around here love to see, but rather politicians and statists might start pointing at Bitcoiners and blaming them for whatever-fucking-thing to try to crush the movement.
I would love all politicians to ignore bitcoiner hard, really hard. And we just keep doing our thing. And hopefully, one day, everyone is using Bitcoin before it even became something relevant in the political sphere. And then, hopefully, it will be too late to try to crush it with propaganda, violence and other miserable tactics.
It's already too late for them to crush it. Bitcoin's decentralization is forcing the hand of other nations. If xyz country tries to stamp it out, that's a competitor's opportunity to embrace it.
We're seeing this happen in real time with the US taking a harsh stance against bitcoin/crypto while China/Russia are starting to cozy up.
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Oh, I'm sure if one single country went hard at suppressing it, it would still work worldwide. Even if it was a large, important country.
But still, I would be concerned about political oppression. Most of the keyboard warriors will shit their pants the moment they see a baton. If some prominent bitcoiner would be arrested, I think we would be negatively surprised at how little would be made about it.
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There unfortunately will be political oppression, but history is not kind to nations who rejected innovation
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