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 If Kamala Harris does end up speaking at the Bitcoin Conference, I believe this is good for Bitcoin adoption. Bitcoin should be bipartisan. Bitcoin is neutral. All sides of the political spectrum can benefit from understanding Bitcoin. Righties and Lefties can come together on this. 
 Yes... Bitcoiners who find this abhorrent frankly haven't actually thought very deeply about what mass adoption looks like.  No one gets to unsubscribe  from physics.. and bitcoin is fundamentally a physical-power-based dominance hierarchy.. the largest one our planet has ever seen. 
 Absolutely  
 are you attending? 
 I am not. 😭 
 At least I’m not the only one with FOMO 😭 
 FOMO friends 🫂 
 NOOOOOOOOOOOO. Ima miss you Marie 😭 
 🫂🫂 
 Is she invited? 
 David Bailey said that he's in talks with her team and they seem receptive. Plus she's reached out to Marc Cuban for advice. Hopefully he doesn't shill her Dogecoin. 
 Interesting 🤔 I know the Dems have generally been quite unfriendly towards crypto, but hopefully the pressure from the other side has now changed things enough that they get at least more neutral about it…

(Btw, it's crazy that we're talking across two bridges - I can even see my reply in Damus!) 
 Oh. I see your replies. Do you have the mostr relay added to your Nostr profile? But yes this is super cool. Hello Bluesky! 
 Do not think it will happen. 
My bet is that if Trump floats the Bitcoin Strategic Reserve, they are gonna make it another «drink bleach» moment. 
 I have a hard time thinking she will even be able to make it through her speech without interrupts from the crowd 
 Whatever helps the grow the adoption. BTC can unite, not divide. 
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 Yikes, that’s actually embarrassing 
 Correct. Some of them just own Bitcoin as an asset. 
 Opt out. 

They r not going to solve the main problem: Fiat debasement.

Hard money will win. 

They - left, right, those in middle, gov….. will hold on til the end 
 Agree 
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 Bitcoin is inherently political because it has to do with the monetary interactions within the polity. Not to mean it's divisive or controversial, just that it says something about money, what it is and who ought to define it. 
 Until her event is all about giving up our #bitcoin the suits for safe keeping 
 are they going to be selling face-paint at this “bitcoin conference” ? 
 I don't know, but you can probably buy some JPEGs 😂😂😂 
 Politicians won’t save us. 
 No, but they will help fuel adoption one way or another. 
 Adoption is inevitable.  Time will take care of it. 
 This is literally Bitcoin's Game Theory playing out in real time. 
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 It's great to see the game theory in action 
 I still think it's wild. 
 I was just talking to Susie about this. It depends how you define left.

Philosophically and historically speaking leftism is oriented towards reducing property rights which is diametrically opposed to bitcoin as a technology.

I am starting to think those terms aren't really useful anymore.  
 You right  
 Cheap talk is easy...
She can act now to show commitment.. 
 They should actually do it. Right now. Then say - I already did it.