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toxicbitcoiner | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +15 
 Notice how none of the popular dissidents/heterodox class, says “Fix the money, fix the world.” Because that doesn’t sell.

They don’t want the solution, they want to monetize outrage and complaining to midwits on YouTube.

Kisin, Nawaz, Oliver, Brand. Even JBP, Tucker, Rogan, Weinsteins, Greenwald. They hardly ever mention Bitcoin.
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pleblee | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I hit a wall talking to some people irl. Anytime I start talking talking about Freedom, self sovereign money it's immediately like I'm speaking a different language and the person is like "so you're saying I should go 100x long now?"

I have no idea how to bridge that gap
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toxicbitcoiner | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 It doesn’t always work, but something new you could try is: have them name 1-3 causes, problems, etc that they care about and tell them, before they name them, that you’ll quickly explain how Bitcoin fixes them. It helps if Bitcoin solves a problem for them. Either something tangible in their life, like being debanked, censored, etc. Or some abstract cause they care about.