Bitcoin Is Just for Libertarians, Right? Two Progressives Disagree - Ep. 698
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Don't think that, you know, having Trump represent us as Bitcoiners or JD Vance representing us as Bitcoiners makes it seem like approachable or normal or not a scam or not weird. And so I just don't think it's just from a educational point of view. I don't think that that's a good look for us. Hi,
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you, Laura. Trey,
why don't we start with you? How did you become a Bitcoiner?
Oh, good question. It was early 2021 when so I'm I'm a millennial. My background is in nonprofits as well, so I'm not necessarily a very wealthy individual coming into this into this space and student loan debt and all these very practical things. You know, I had some stocks and investments and things like that, and I'm like, you know, how much longer do I wanna keep doing that? Is that gonna equal a retirement? All of these other things. And then I started hearing a little bit about Bitcoin, and it it sounded interesting to me at first. I heard about kind of crypto in general, and then I star
Jason, what about you?
Yeah. So I was introduced to Bitcoin originally by, my best friend who is yeah. I like to say he's the smartest person I know. He's also the weirdest person that I know, and I love him very much. And he said, hey. You should check out Bitcoin. And at the time, I don't think either one of us really knew much about it apart from the fact that it was, like, a speculative asset. Right? The number might go up. But I'm a math teacher by trade. You know, I've been teaching college and high school math for about 20 years. So as soon as I bought, you know, $20 worth of Bitcoin, I had this, like, rush o
And so you you both, you know, identify as progressives. And, you know, I'm sure most people know that traditionally in terms of any politics that Bitcoin might align itself with, it's more like along a libertarian bent. So can you both describe for me kind of what you think progressivism is or how you define it personally, like, what it means to you? Yeah.
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