Oddbean new post about | logout
 gotta disagree with you here

Do we need to change the system, yes. That does not mean everything will be the same no matter which one gets elected

-both will have to print a lot of money (prob same)
-one side is vehemently set against Bitcoin and will make life harder for Bitcoiners in the USA and this will be worse for the country as we head to wards hyper BTC
-Overbearing taxes will make it harder to stack

So my life as a Bitcoiner will be easier and I will end up with more with one of these candidates

 
 this generation seems to have a had time understanding more than one thing being true at a time.

the entire system needs a redo.
yes true.

some rulers are worse than others.
yea true.

the single point absolutism is weird. 
 Agree, and the list of true things gets longer and longer. To intuitives credit, I think he will digest this feedback and have a rational discourse about it 
 Sure, but is it “Trump or communism?” 
 Full communism, no probably not. 

A lot closer than I would like to be to communism for a second time in my life ... probably yes.

My point is to address the I don't vote because it doesn't matter sentiment that we Bitcoiners carry. I get the meme, I get that we need a new system but with a free action you may make the journey to the new system a little less painful. 
 I see and get your point, and I also agree on how one side is more against than the other and so you'll choose the lesser of evils candidate.. will not go down on the incentives why one party or the other is more pro or against "Crypto" (he doesn't care and neither understands Bitcoin), because very likely we agree on that.. but again this was not my initial point.

Very far from me saying US would be a better place if Kamala would be elected, much the opposite. But also wouldn't be better once Trump will (that's my guess/bet).

All the thread started because the words "Trump or communism" were like a flashback of the propaganda I read when I was a kid and studied about Germany '30.
What is a thing to me is how the world now resonate so much to what it was back then, as "atmosphere". Brink of collapse in society lead to authoritarian/extremic figures that initially are cheered for their promises of making the country great again.. lol wasn't intentional.

Anyway sorry for the long answer, but what I wanted to highlight was more how people look, act and react at those figures more than which is better to be elected.
🫂 
 I understand, thanks for the thoughtful discourse. I do think that's an extreme statement and don't fully agree with it.

I do think the vote will make a difference in how we Bitcoiners experience transition 

 
 🍀🫂