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 proof of beef! great idea!! 
 My buddy who is a cattle farmer doesn’t think Texas Slim is particularly useful. He feels like Texas Slim is identifying with the cattle farming industry without putting in the real work associated with cattle farming. He is profiting off of the labors of real farmers while traveling around and building an influencer persona.

(I agree with my friend but I don’t have a cattle farm so my opinion is less valuable than someone who has skin in the game. I think most influencer types are fiat.)

Bitcoin removes redundancies, inefficiencies, and non-value add middlemen. 
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 So he's basically a realtor, but with a cowboy hat?  
 Yes. And he’s aggregating (centralizing) the work of all these cattle farmers and monetizing it with a “on brand” marketing scheme. Seems pretty fiat to me … I suggest we proceed with eyes wide open. 
 There is no possibility of someone with a working ranch to find the time to go do this.

Every industry has niches to fill and Slim is filling one that has been sorely lacking.

Now, if I start interviewing ranchers and farmers to bring out their stories and products will that make me fake?

Do I have to take on a ranch to get the cred? When would I have time to do anything but ranch? I wouldn’t.

We may not like everything everyone does but we have to try. Besides, I know Slim. He ain’t doing this for oddles of money. 
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 His “service” isn’t necessary. They market their own product(s). Or at least my buddy does. He sees this persons as a schtick that leverages his work for someone else’s profit. He’s a big time bitcoiner and a hard pass on TS.

Maybe not oodles of $$ but he is definitely gaining clout and working to build a brand that seems pretty weird. Why not just use his real name? Why not just dress and talk normal?