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 You could say the same for “the right” 

None of it is. There needs be be a soft transition to a bitcoin standard.

A soft landing 😉 

But there probably won’t be :/ 
 Typical Lefty. When you don't want to answer the question directly, point to the worst example of your enemy.  
 I talk progressive values. I’m may not agree with certain government policies, as you would know from my writings and other notes. I don’t have answers for a lot of these things yet but I argue the system is not working.

I’m talking things out in real time on nostr

You’re trolling and labeling. I don’t have enemies based on labels of individual people. Everyone is caught up in this system 

It’s not right v left 
 Progressive values without government is just the lamest religion ever.  
 Exactly. Liberal policies are to print money and use it to make lives better for the poor and disenfranchised. (Which they sometimes do.) Conservative policies are to print money and give it to the rich and powerful. (Which they always do.)

If neither can print money, then they both will have to cut their welfare policies and/or raise taxes.

It’s easy to inflate the currency, which is essentially an invisible tax on the poor and disenfranchised. It’s harder to actually raise taxes, particularly on the poor and disenfranchised, because it’s more visible and, by definition, they don’t have much money. And there’s a lot of them and some of them tend to vote. 

In a Bitcoin standard, if we want any programs that benefit all of society, there’s only one solution: 

Tax the fucking rich.