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 This stance makes sense and I understand the reasoning behind it given how broken the political systems in our world are, however he is an alternative perspective to consider; while it’s likely that voting on its own generally doesn’t change much, policy is set at the federal level for the most part especially economic policy. This will have an effect no matter how good policies at the local level are. Granted both parties will ultimately defer to the Fed in some way and print more and more, but ultimately It comes down to whether you want a gvt that will accelerate or slow walk the inevitable the inevitable economic collapse. 

In 2021 we saw the Fed gvt push vaccine mandates and many people either lost their jobs for not complying or got injured after taking them. Of course there were some who are fine after taking the shots, but the point is that was a policy that was determined federally & perhaps it didn’t affect you individually but it’s something to think about.

While No politico is able to stop bitcoin or to influence its direction, there is a huge difference between policies that are hostile to the industry and policies that are more neutral to favourable. It doesn’t matter Whether or not a politico supports or understands bitcoin, the ultimate test is their hostility or lack thereof towards it. It’s plainly obvious that the industry would be better off with Elizabeth Warren and her crypto army defanged and having zero influence over the sec on this issue. This is something that can’t be determined locally unfortunately. Just my two sats