Logan on Nostr: I’m disappointed in the framing from both parties here. I think it’s incorrect to ...

I’m disappointed in the framing from both parties here. I think it’s incorrect to say these erstwhile Bernie supporters who became Bitcoiners “checked out of politics.” I think that framing assumes politics can only be undertaken or engaged with via the two-party system, which is a concession I think we should more vigorously refuse to make. Speaking personally, I think Bernie’s loss was more of a wake-up call to the corruption and rot within the dem party machinery and the need for a different path. Which then led to the Bitcoin rabbit hole. I think Bitcoin is a lifeboat for many things and circumstances, and among them it’s a lifeboat out of the two-party duopoly (or so I hope). I’m wholly uninterested in slamming Bitcoin into the dem or Republican Party platforms and deeply interested in Bitcoin facilitating new coalitions, new platforms, etc and I think that’s actually a kind of hopeful political undertaking, as opposed to a “checking out.” With respect to Bernie’s comments about how turning to Bitcoin is “not good enough,” he’s obviously trapped in his own ideological bubble, and clearly has no understanding or even interest in understanding bitcoin. Probably a longer conversation to be had on this, but suffice to say I’m disappointed. But it confirms my belief that we need a third way, something to break the two-party stranglehold. And I’m hopeful Bitcoin can play a meaningful role in doing so.