yep, and you're a different religion than me, so i have another form for you to fill out...

i admire your confidence but i don't trust Trump's track record in walking the talk. unless it's about restricting the rights of people he doesn't like.

i think the argument is that jurisdictions can gameify the ID requirements to restrict access for legitimate citizens.

but also, and this is less of a progressive stance, various modern ID programs are a means toward tighter social control by the government, a way to restrict access to other things, like housing, money, travel.

true, it's probably at least 60.

...for forty years.

you're right, thanks for calling me out.

i misinterpreted a third party reference to the time frame. he was "considering" the matter AFTER election day.

i think my campaign promise statement is still correct, given the state of politics, and i was in no way trying to pick on Trump specifically, but i do find it hard to believe that he would actually free Ross if elected.

i also find it hard to believe that Harris will be beneficial to the American people. politicians will lie to get votes, and yet people lean into their confirmation bias and vote to "end fascism" or "free Ross"!

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Vance is a Thiel acolyte. he's just better at not saying the quiet part out loud than Trump.

your friendly reminder that DJT promised to pardon Ross Ulbricht in the lead up to the 2020 election.

campaign promises are shitcoins.

i think we're generally in agreement, but onboarding to Lightning (seriously shouldn't have to onboard to use money) in this way hides a lot of the complexity that i think people need to engage in more critically.

that's what i was trying to argue, not just the problems with ecash, but the problems with all the steps. IMO any benefits of ecash are not worth the baggage of the other steps.

buy bitcoin on an exchange, as a means to somewhere down the line have private custodial paper claims on unsettled bitcoin? that's insane.

this convo was useless and i hope you realize the way in which these sorts of discussions get sabotaged by ignorance and dismissive DYOR platitudes.

enjoy your ecash i guess.

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i'm brain damaged now thx

you misunderstand me. my questions were largely rhetorical because i felt like you were being dismissive of real concerns.

i know how to do it, but all of the choices involved seem very much NOT WORTH the effort.

okay, i have bitcoin and not Lightning sats, but i want to have "private spending money," in the sense we're discussing here.

what do i do, how long will it take, who do i have to interact with? these are not straightforward questions. please don't act like it's as easy as "get an ecash wallet."

only in the sense that Core maximalism is trolling Bitcoin as a whole.

you are also the best kind of asshole.

the Bell Curve is not a real thing.

i finally got around to listening to your podcast, from the beginning. love your investigative series, loving the podcast conversations.

i especially liked when you mentioned, in Sept 2020, that there were processes in place to install Kamala Harris as the presidential candidate....very eye-opening.

keep up the excellent work.

the best kind, though, IMO.

how big of a channel did you open to get on Lightning? who is your channel partner? which mint do you "trust"?

these are not insignificant questions, but it seems like your personal circumstances make them "petty" concerns. good for you i guess, but expand your view, please.