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A lot of people seem to see voting for trump as „the lesser of two evils“, wondering what else they can do to protect their bitcoin from regulatory overreach.

But the US isnt „the greatest country in the world“ because of its presidents - if anything, it is *in spite* of them.

The US government consists of more than the presidency. It has a fairly well working judiciary in place, which exists to help the people hold the government accountable and ensure that no laws will be passed infringing on your rights (doesnt always work but often does).

From a legal perspective, the US is a great place for bitcoin due to its laws around free speech and enterprise, which enshrines the use and ownership of bitcoin not just as property, but as a tool for communication.

The problem ergo isnt the politicians. The problem is your own complete political apathy when it comes to anything other than elections.

If you want to protect your bitcoin, stop spending millions of dollars and thousands of hours supporting political candidates who will say anything to get your votes only to drop you like a hot potato once elected. Instead, use that time and money to boycott and organize - its what the system was designed for.

There are enough grounds to sue the US government, private citizens, companies and institutions if the right to own, use or interact with bitcoin was to be infringed, and its how the majority of civil liberties were established.

Ending racial segregation in schools didnt happen by presidential decree - it happend through Brown vs. Board of Education. The right to an attorney: Gideon v Wrainwright. Interracial marriage: Loving v Virginia. Burning of the US flag as speech: Texas v Johnson. Right to abortion (though now overturned): Roe v Wade. Same sex marriage: Obergefell v Hodges. Porn on the internet: ACLU v Reno.

You have rights, and you need to stop thinking that you are powerless without some babbling politician to enforce them. Spend the time and money on grassroots organizing, which is much more in the spirit of bitcoin anway. Politicians hate this trick.

The President nominates the Supreme Court.

Roe vs. Wade was overturned because we elected Trump and he nominated Neil Gorsuch, Brett Cavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett, and all three voted to overturn.

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I have been actively involved in multiple grass-roots campaigns, including for the right to life and to homeschool, and for Gymnasium 9, including protesting, knocking on doors, giving public speeches, approaching politicians directly with our concerns, and protesting through public prayer and marching.

Part of our efforts are meant to sway the opinions of political candidates because they respond to political agitation on the ground.

These are not two opposing tactics.

Everyone watching me perform the exercise in futility called "respond to Titan with a reasonable counter-argument, but expecting no response" gets to have a first-hand taste of what being part of a grass-roots campaign is really like.

Mostly you, alone, talking to a wall in a public space, saying things nobody wants to hear.

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It is great that they overturned Roe v Wade, but overall they have been rather disappointing. They are much better than those recently nominated by Democrats, but that isn't saying much since those were basically nominated solely on their DEI scores and the adherence to ideology and not their skills and abilities or their adherence to the law/constitution.