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Ryan Sean Adams (rsa.eth)
@rsa.eth
Listened to the marc andreessen and ben horowitz case for endorsing Trump and it's hard to disagree w/ their logic. The hostility of the Biden white house toward crypto & Trump's pivot to support it was Exhibit A in their case. Gary Gensler cost Democrats a lot - maybe an election.
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Satoshi Tomatomoto
@tomato.eth
I'm sure it must be more nuanced than just "Trump likes crypto, and Biden doesn't" because I find that profoundly unconvincing. How do you weigh it against Vitalik's blog post about selecting political candidates based on their crypto support?
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Aunt Homie
@infinitehomie
What was their case? What were the points? (And what’s the link. ) I am willing to listen.
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Dean Pierce 👨‍💻🌎🌍
@deanpierce.eth
I can't get over the Trump campaign's horrific stance on human rights. His whole doctrine is about stripping rights and stoking hatred for women, immigrants, gay, trans, Muslim, etc people, just because they belong to a group his base hates. Don't all Americans have the right to life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness?
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Dean Pierce 👨‍💻🌎🌍
@deanpierce.eth
Their take on the wealth tax stuff was pretty weak IMO. There are obviously a lot of weird issues to work through with unrealized capital gains etc, but @pmarca really piles on the logical fallacies (straw man, catastrophizing, slippery slope). Founders and VC being forced to regularly sell off a slice of over-inflated shares they own in excess of $100m will probably just lead to more realistic pricing of those shares over time, which means more accessible and stable markets for everyone else, not to mention the massive quality of life improvements that could be built with the influx of tax revenue. It seems irresponsible for a nation to allow its currency to accumulate in wildly disproportionate pools of capital while infrastructure crumbles, and millions struggle with basics like food, housing, and healthcare. I'm cool with people becoming ultra-wealthy, but they should have to keep working for it, and keep supporting the infrastructure that made it possible, or be okay with having less than $100m 🤷
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Matthew
@mattheworris
Have you read Project 2025? Support for crypto doesn't matter if they take away every other freedom of the last 50 years. Also he's a convicted felon.
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Jeff Excell 🎩
@jeffexcell
Just feels like a false choice. Why must we pick a president based on that? If denies the other equally as important part of your life where you are a human. Crypto is inevitable right? Then why let it drive your vote. Feels like all these VC’s are just making themselves feel good about being rich. Why should I listen to them?
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criss
@cerbivore
That logic is surprising to me and feels very much like bringing in the toad idea
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Afo
@afo.eth
Crypto was pivotal but now after everything that happened in tha past 2 weeks with the debate and assassination attempt it inconsequential imo. Will probably still influence smaller races in states for congress and governor.
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Prashant Agarwal
@prashy98
Isn’t Elizabeth Warren also responsible?
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