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Watched RFK, Jr.'s speech. Checks out for me. Passed my bullshit-dar so far.

For people who're skeptical, you should be. "Don't trust, verify!", right?

But for people who just jump in and say they don't trust him because he's a politician, for one, he's not a politician. He's been a life-long defense lawyer. Just because he's running for a political position doesn't make him a politician.

Tbh, I was nervous about seeing his speech cuz I didn't want to see a politician-kind of thing, which Tulsy Gabbard actually did at one point with her smirk and circling around in an interview and immediately turned me off from her for good.

Secondly, just because one chooses not to have government solving any problems doesn't mean at the current moment there's no such thing as government. And since somebody would have to be in that presidential seat, it might as well be someone that's more on the right path than any other candidates.

This doesn't mean you have to vote or donate to anybody, but living purely from an ideal that can not manifest today is not helping. If RFK, Jr. were not going to be the president, someone will be and it'll most likely be someone less congruent with this community.

Pablo Xannybar 2y ago 💬 1

You're right that someone is gonna be president and it's best if that person advances things in the right direction.

But someone running for president is a politician imo. Maybe not a career politician, but still a politician.

And the general message to not blindly trust politicians is a good one. It's easy to say the right things when you're wanting to be elected. It's the followthrough that matters.

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JoySun 2y ago

Yea I don't think blindly trusting anyone is a good idea. Thus I said "don't trust, verify!"

I guess I met enough regular people who were running for local offices so I don't think a non-politician running is considered a politician. But ironically, I do disagree their approach of thinking politics is what's going to fix what needs to be fixed.

Yes, what one does to back up their stance is more important and candidates are known for making empty promises, but personally, I don't see Bitcoin is just an issue for his campaign. What he stood for and worked in is aligned with him arriving at Bitcoin.