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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Bitcoin becoming explicitly right-coded is not a great development. It should be seen a something that is obviously constructive regardless of ones other ideological priors. Having it slot into the knee-jerk polarization of U.S. domestic politics is no bueno. A former and possibly future president loudly praising Bitcoin is indeed a watershed event, but he is also a highly polarizing figure. Absent countervailing liberal support the other half of the country will simply associate the technology with a raft of other views and policies endorsed by Trump that they dislike and dismiss it on those grounds. Some people will say it is merely their loss, and that their own folly will lead them to destruction if they miss this opportunity. But I don't think that is a generous or patriotic attitude. Also, practically speaking, political polarization will slow the adoption of the technology more broadly. There are a few liberals like Ro Khanna who like Bitcoin and their views should be given more prominence.
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mmu
@mmu
You make a great point, I been feeling this way lately as well. But Dems and Liberals/Progressives are just going to shoot themselves in the foot if they go with this line of thinking (which we know they will, thats why you made this post). This the main issue with political polarization… No Objectivity, All Tribalism. They can look at something as perfectly good, but because they don’t the people associated with it, they see it as bad
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