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cuban | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 So would all of you say that Kamala v Trump will have 0 impact on:

-how Bitcoin is adopted in the US
-how Bitcoiners and Bitcoin devs are treated in the US
-How much Bitcoin you or your family end up with
-Americas place as the new system starts to unfold
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reltbracco | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 No, not at all. There will be differences on this and other policies. 
But slogans like “Trump or Communism” play so heavily on the emotions that it distracts everyone from the fact that we’re still barreling towards dystopia. Just at 60 or 90 mph, and Maga or Woke flavored. 
I think the image I’m attaching now is closer to the truth than the image in the original post. 

The strength of Bitcoin is that it can survive the state, and I believe its purpose is to starve the state. It is an inherent threat to the state. We should never expect favors from it or for its ignorance of the threat to its existence to continue. https://image.nostr.build/4043e4f96da73e0d60b3cac6654eea345ac5bcc071a1567c11e8166679b0118d.jpg
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cuban | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I agree with most of that, it's the after effects of populism.

I just want to make the transition and path as survivable as possible. 

Maga and woke are two extremes and I don't vote because it makes no difference is also an extreme. I want to avoid all 3