Oddbean

Ok true, but the metaphor represents violent, adversarial disobedience versus peaceful protest. What I'm trying to say is, prepare for the worst and then formulate a plan around that. What can be done assuming bad politicians continue to run the country?

Why do we have to accept that bad politicians will keep running shit? We have a tech forward millennial who’s anti seed oils and owns bitcoin running as vice president. We’re getting rich as a collective. Our voices will be heard politically. That’s how America works. Money = speech.

You don't have to accept it. I hope that we achieve our goals through voting and lobbying. I am not optimistic that our political system can still function that way, for a variety of reasons. One being that we likely won't even have consensus on who won. The past two elections have both been declared fradulant by the other side, and that is escalating. I take what you say seriously so I'll keep an open mind. My vote is probably worth 2 or 3 times more than yours is (electoral college). But I do seriously see a possibility that we have to defend people like Ross, the Samurai devs, and prominent Bitcoiners the old fashioned way.

Trump didn't pardon him earlier. This tells all. It's like Kamala telling she'll do things she can do now if elected. I think you can't vote out from current situation, every choice(harris/trump) is bad.

Yeah, lets trust the government to unarrest the guy they overcharged and arrested in the first place! If Trump does it, great, but also cosigning a criminal organization like the US Gov't arrests and kills way more people than Ross.

Has power swung enough that he'd actually get in? I find it hard to believe that they'll have an election at all. There's a state level constitutional amendment I care for so I'll be at the ballot. I just might.

Is the power of the president real? Probably he could pardon Ross but I have my doubts as to whether they would let him do even that Is the election real? I have some serious doubts about that Assuming the presidency is real and the election is real, what are the odds that my vote sways my (strongly partisan) state, and that my state sways the election? If I wanted to take an hour out of my life to make Ross's life better, writing him a kind letter would have 1 million times greater impact than voting for Trump

How if the vote by conception is an individualist political action? You don’t vote in “group” right? On the other hand, not accept the responsibility to disagree with the majority and put your individual voice out is surrender to the loudest collective with the same unanimous voice and accepting what they decide for you without even ride your voice.

If he would really get him out, he should have done it has president before and even if not elected (again) he could probably still influance the rights persons to get him out, if he really intent to do so. He only try to steal some more votes from anyone. All politicans are just 🤡 what ever you vote your are screwed and everyone are screwed. If he get elected and really keep his words, that would be probably the only good thing he will do, for one man, but a man that deserve it. But I really don't trust him to keep his words on anything. Poor Ross already paid way too much, hopefully he will have a way out in a way or another.

THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS THE TRUTH IS THESE PEOPLE ARE COWARDS “VOTING DOESNT MATTER” THEY SAY THAT BECAUSE THEY ARE TOO PUSSY TO TAKE A STANCE YET THINK THEY ARE COOL “I DONT VOTE BRO IT DOESN’T MATTER” MEANWHILE ONE SIDE IS ANTI GOD AND WANTS CROSS DRESSING MEN TO TEACH OUR DAUGHTERS COMPLETE CLOWN EXCUSES FOR MEN THEY SHOULD BE SLAPPED TO BE HONEST

@HODL posted this thing about Ross yesterday, and that made its way into my dream. I was in some rural deep south town, maybe somewhere Alabama or Louisiana. It was voting day and I went to vote in some old wooden church. When I arrived, the local election officials were doing crack at the backseat of some 70s mobile. When I arrived they got out to see if I had the right to vote, and I showed them my Finnish driver's license (which doesn't officially count as valid voter ID even in Finland, lol). They didn't understand it but because it clearly was an ID, they let me through. I don't remember all the details from inside the voting church, but RFK Jr. was there and he was pissed because someone was smoking indoors. Somehow this smoking tied into the fact that he was telling people to vote for candidate #6, but at this point I had already voted... for #7. I woke up confused and angry for having voted the wrong candidate. After I regained my senses a bit, I was just laughing at this crazy unrealistic dream - there aren't that many candidates in US elections! nostr:note1xqswfftnr8fd2jcs6u9trzamfjlwdrj84fgs990s848c3tdnqdnqs5cw50