2025-10-20T09:03:47Z https://nostr.now rkbaggs https://nostr.now/npub1tye3vwnr0u83w037xtx0uj7vkp8p4lkcg23tt5p9zt3v9w9el83qu4mhyu https://blossom.primal.net/d691e20d3db38f24ea71c0cc8452f5b43bd8e1057d2638afeda05fd714aa9644.jpg https://blossom.primal.net/d691e20d3db38f24ea71c0cc8452f5b43bd8e1057d2638afeda05fd714aa9644.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszavcfxunxd0k5jju4a298n2np7hxjuttarsyt67lhs8ev9fknhcgzypvnx936vdls79e78ceveljtejcyuxh7mpp29dwsy5fw9s4ch8u7ywxw4gv The community around Bitcoin is, and has been for many years, fantastic. It&#39;s one of the asset&#39;s greatest assets. But, increasingly, I find myself in a lonely place with the political side of the conversation. <br/><br/>The values I took as central to Bitcoin have been adopted (and in some instances, co-opted) by political figures I find little in common with, philosophically. <br/><br/>I&#39;ve had key Bitcoiners tell me they&#39;re single-issue voters (Bitcoin-only) and thus they&#39;ve disconnected all other politics from the conversation; I can&#39;t seem todo that. <br/><br/>I&#39;m concerned that, in politics, the wrong people have been the first to make the right decision. What&#39;s more, many of these figures who have embraced Bitcoin strike me as disingenuous. That is, being pro-Bitcoin is a means to their own ends.<br/><br/>This isn&#39;t wholly good or bad, and the reverse would be an equally mixed bag in different ways. &#34;Fix the money, fix the world&#34; is pithy, but an exaggeration, and I wrestle with the current menu: Support the Bitcoin-positive politicians I don&#39;t agree with, or support the politicians I align more with and hope they see the orange light.<br/><br/>Whichever path is best, the current situation feels isolating to me. 2025-10-28T11:05:29Z