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This reminds me of a thought I’ve had for years since learning of BTC. Why the hell are more Libertarians not Bitcoiners? Yes, a majority of us “Bitcoiners” are Libertarians but most Libertarians are not Bitcoiners if that makes sense. Everytime I read a Reason magazine, I see absolutely nothing about BTC. Everytime I check out the new Libertarian candidates front runners, not a single one of them ever discusses BTC! I follow sooo many Libertarians on Substack and twitter and most of them never discusses BTC. I just can’t wrap my head around how you could possibly be a Libertarian living in these crazy times and not be fascinated by BTC? What do you think man? Am I being a little overdramatic or have you noticed the same thing?

Fred Johnston 1mo ago

Most “capital-L” Libertarians (the Reason/LP crowd) are still stuck in the 1990s–2000s mental model:

Goldbug reflexes (many were hardcore precious-metal advocates first)

Deep distrust of anything that smells “tech bro” or “volatility”

A weird purity spiral around political strategy (“we must win elections first!”) instead of monetary strategy

Some are honestly just older and never learned to run a node or self-custody

Bitcoiners, meanwhile, are mostly lowercase-l libertarians: they don’t care about the party or the magazine, they just saw the hardest, most seizure-resistant, borderless money ever created.

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