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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 30 May \ on: Trump and bitcoin bitcoin
Indeed, this is a positive signal and one I've expected to happen as bitcoin knowledge spreads. It also happens when bitcoin is attacked by politicians and the other set of criminals see an opportunity to differentiate themselves.
Its becoming clear this isn't much of an army. Being anti-crypto or anti-bitcoin isn't convincing anyone that they should vote for Warren that would be voting against her. I really don't think she' as bright as people think she is.
The reason so many say this is experience with politicians as well as Trump. Its how democracy works. All of them do it to some extent. Talk is cheap. There is little lost from broken promises. I like hearing things I agree with but until it happens I'm not getting very excited.
Talk is cheap but I think most of us would like to hear that. What really means something is action.
A key mistake people make with democracy is thinking that we need the politicians. We don't. They need us. They need votes and money to get votes. I wrote about this previously in "Don't put your hope in politicians". Politicians are leaches for the most part. There are maybe a few exceptions that try to do good work to dismantle the system but those people are rare.
Here's a thought I've had recently but haven't written about yet. When politicians know they have your vote they don't have any incentive to promise you anything. When you are in their back pocket you get no attention. If you think about this for a few minutes you can probably come up with some examples.
So what you say. Well, when people don't vote the party line they are up for grabs. When someone is a centrist they are up for grabs. When someone is dis-enfranchised they are up for grabs. Far to many people are easy. They don't have any conviction. They just roll over.
I think what you are seeing from many bitcoiners is the opposite. We've seen a thing or two. We've heard many promises before. Broken ones. We are dis-enfranchised with the whole situation. I recall Obama making bold promises about rolling back the Bush era crimes. Didn't really happen. I recall Trump making promises he didn't keep. Talk is cheap. Its even cheaper with the person talking to you is a politician.
IMO I am more concerned about people falling for a politician's promises than them being skeptical. We don't need them. They need us. They need our consent. If enough people removed that consent we'd see actual change.