From the White House to Caesar's Palace: Trump at the 2024 Bitcoin Conference (blog post) (thedabbler.patatas.ca)
from smallpatatas@lemm.ee to buttcoin@awful.systems on 30 Jul 2024 17:05
https://lemm.ee/post/38372338

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dgerard@awful.systems on 30 Jul 2024 20:23 next collapse

this is excellent

(and i’m not just saying that cos i’m in the footnotes)

smallpatatas@lemm.ee on 30 Jul 2024 21:31 collapse

Thanks!!

dgerard@awful.systems on 30 Jul 2024 22:02 collapse

someone was just asking me “so there are people doing this. what are their names” and this answers that handily too

gerikson@awful.systems on 30 Jul 2024 21:04 collapse

Because Bitcoin sets itself up as the antithesis of governments’ ability to use fiscal discretion in budgeting, or central banks’ monetary discretion in stabilizing an economy, people’s financial investment in Bitcoin usually ends up morphing into an emotional and ideological investment in being antagonistic toward those parts of liberal democracy, regardless of the policy being implemented.

Great summary.