New slogan: Bitcoin can make Trump great again!
This is exactly right, I mentioned it to people earlier today, the question i had for them was how could one get the message you have above to him or to people around him.
Anyone who cares about freedom should be concerned that a head of state and billionaire could be cut off by banks, and censored on social media. Hence the need for things like twister, telegram and the like. If he isn't safe, no one is and everyone should be terrified that they'll be on the receiving end of cancel culture if they step out of line.
Excellent points. Everyone should read that twice.
Whereas to the people doing this, “everyone should be terrified” is a feature, not a bug. It is mass-intimidation:
Do what we say, or else—if we could do this to Trump, imagine what we can do to you! There is a word for intentionally terrifying people as a political tactic; but it is overused and abused, so I won’t mention it.
And no, Trump won't support Bitcoin because he's simply not capable to understand how Bitcoin works.
I think he is certainly capable. It’s not rocket science; and if the President of the United States were incapable of learning Bitcoin, what hope do we have for mass adoption? Anyway,
I offered to teach him! Imagine how fast he could learn Bitcoin with lessons from nullius. 😼
As an uninformed nocoiner, he has spread hate and misinformation of the worst kind about Bitcoin,
Moreover, I believe he's also gone a little too much in his insinuations against Bitcoin that it is not that easy for him to just take a U-turn and suddenly embrace Bitcoin.
You know, in 2013, Michael Saylor also trashed Bitcoin on Twitter:
#Bitcoin days are numbered. It seems like just a matter of time before it suffers the same fate as online gambling.
Trump is not a one-dimensional cartoon. He is a human being—all too human. And the context of his personal experiences is that he is a New York money-man—much like Saylor, from the same American money-man mindset as Saylor, although I think that their politics probably differ.
If Saylor could suddenly turn around and have his company buy >$1.1 billion worth of Bitcoin within a few months, purely on the basis of market economics, then what change could Trump make when, as I said, he doesn’t have any other good choice?
How is he supposed to run his businesses without banking? Even if he finds another bank willing to take him, how can he operate under the perpetual threat that they could cancel him again? It is no exaggeration to say that
Bitcoin could be a survival move for Trump—and in the long term, a foundation for his future prosperity.
And he doesn't like Bitcoin because his enemies Jack Dorsey (Twitter) and Anthony Scaramucci (SkyBridge) are very bullish on Bitcoin. => Can't be good according to Trump => Trump says "Bitcoin bad".
Ah, but that is the beauty of it! Excepting my suspicion of institutional money (which, in sufficiently large amounts, could be a move to co-opt Bitcoin altogether), I love it when my enemies use Bitcoin. It means that
their self-interest compels them to protect my financial freedom—just as I must protect their financial freedom.
This could be Trump’s great revenge on Twit-@jack! Think about it: If Trump runs to Bitcoin, what will the twit-man do? Dump his coins? LOL, no. He will keep promoting Bitcoin—to Trump’s benefit, to my benefit, and to your benefit, too. Meanwhile, Trump will have the satisfaction of using a platform from which neither Twit-@jack nor anyone else can ban him.
Same with Scaramucci—actually, moreso. Scaramucci has bet his business strategy on Bitcoin! He
needs Bitcoin. SkyBridge Capital was in some trouble before Scaramucci turned to Bitcoin; now, it has good prospects. He is invested—not only in money: His
reputation is now invested in Bitcoin.
If Trump were to become a Bitcoiner, then he could laugh as Twit-@jack and the Mooch rage-tweet about it. Though I guess
the latter two are probably not exactly best friends.
Anyway, the banks have always been tyrants but mostly against those at the bottom. And when they suddenly go against a fellow elite, sometimes it's a nice thing to behold. Somehow, it suggests that there is still a little amount of fairness left in this world.
Hey, that’s no way to promote freedom! Rather, to the contrary; cr1776 was spot-on here:
If he isn't safe, no one is and everyone should be terrified that they'll be on the receiving end of cancel culture if they step out of line.
And I think that the latest events are strong evidence that Trump isn’t such an “elite” as you imply—or as he probably thought he was.
To my shame, I admit that much as I have sometimes fought the banks IRL, I have never (yet?) had a bank account closed as personal retribution. I am impressed at Trump!
It is always a nice feeling to welcome converts, probably because there's a feeling of victory along with it, although I think Trump is stubborn enough to recant his harsh statements against Bitcoin.
That’s more like it. Yes, if Trump were actually to go for Bitcoin, I would cordially gloat a bit.
:-)
I hate Trump and personally, it does feel good out of spite to have this abomination go through whatever difficulties anyone can throw at him, even if its banks. Yet, you are absolutely right about the tyranny of banks. It is not just Trump that they can do this to. He is just getting noticed by the mainstream media. They do it to normal helpless people and small businesses ALL THE TIME. THAT in fact, is their actual business.
True. And I appreciate your consistency of principles. On a broader level, not about the banks, I think you may appreciate
the excellent piece by Glenn Greenwald—one of the few people on the left to stand up for free speech in the cases
of Trump, and
of Parler.
Banks all over the world are lapdogs of the rich and powerful. They assist in money laundering and fraud. Every time there is a major scam involving embezzlement of public funds, these banks are inevitably the ones assisting the wrongdoers.
It is a point that can’t be repeated often enough. Whenever the liar-media trot out some smear-story about Bitcoin, remember: Little criminals sometimes try to get away with things using Bitcoin, but corrupt officials and master crimelords have banks “
launder” their money for them.
Trump is welcome to the Bitcoin town.
Welcome, indeed. Whereas the great thing about Bitcoin town is, he doesn’t need anyone’s permission!