Let's roll back the clock 10 years. Most of us on the 'right' were trying to psyche ourselves up to be excited about Mitt Romney as a candidate. Just as we had 4 years earlier with mccain.
The point is, we generally believed that the republicans were 'on our side'.
Then Trump came along, and our eyes were opened. Mittens, the Bushes, the Cheneys, McConnell, Graham, mccain, all swamp creatures playing for the dems, not us.
Now we know better. But let's be honest, we were pretty much asleep in 2012.
Just like the dems are now about their party. They truly believe the left is 'on their side', just like we believed the right was on ours.
What will change that? Well it's always possible that the left will produce it's own Trump. What I mean by that is someone that comes out of nowhere and runs for what's best for Americans, not the left. The voters on the left will fall in love with him or her, then see how the left attacks him or her, and the eyes will start to open.
It could play out that way. But I think something else will be the red pill for the left.
Crypto.
Millennials love crypto. I've talked about this before, but in doing research in this space for work, what I'm seeing time and time again is that many of the to voices for crypto are liberals or moderates.
But here's the funny thing, when it comes to crypto, they act like conservatives. They are for small government, let the market decide winners and losers. And they don't even realize they are doing this. But it happens because for them, crypto is NOT a political issue. It's a life issue. They see the potential of crypto to be a massive change agent for good in the world. Everyone that's excited about crypto sees the same thing.
I was listening to a podcast on crypto and coming policy out of Washington yesterday. They had a congressman on to discuss the proposed legislation. I checked, and it was a dem. But he was in his 30s. What he said about the coming legislation stunned me: He said the GOP is very open to crypto and its possibilities. He was actually quite complementary to the right. He said the left was pretty much taking a hands-off approach for now, wait and see.
Then he said the progressive left is really being ham-fisted with crypto and he was really worried about their move to over-regulate. He then added that it shouldn't be the government's job to regulate crypto and try to steer outcomes. We (government) should let the market and consumers decide how the space should best grow.
See? These kids don't view crypto as a political issue, they view it as a life issue. Strip away the politics, and they speak in terms of common sense.
As this space matures, there will be a LOT of money being made, sent and traded in crypto. It's already in the billions, in the coming years it will balloon to trillions.
The left will see all the possibilities and jump in the middle of crypto. They will try to seize power and use the space to facilitate their corruption.
I think when the voters on the left that love crypto see this happening, they will rebel. Because it will be like having a crystal beautiful pool, and some fat guy with diarrhea cannonballs in. He's going to ruin everything.
The crypto fanboys on the left arent going to stand by and let government come in and shit in their pool. And DC being DC, the left won't be able to resist trying to take a big cut of the cash cow that will be crypto.
Gonna be watching the crypto space closely. I think this could be the left's Waterloo.
The point is, we generally believed that the republicans were 'on our side'.
Then Trump came along, and our eyes were opened. Mittens, the Bushes, the Cheneys, McConnell, Graham, mccain, all swamp creatures playing for the dems, not us.
Now we know better. But let's be honest, we were pretty much asleep in 2012.
Just like the dems are now about their party. They truly believe the left is 'on their side', just like we believed the right was on ours.
What will change that? Well it's always possible that the left will produce it's own Trump. What I mean by that is someone that comes out of nowhere and runs for what's best for Americans, not the left. The voters on the left will fall in love with him or her, then see how the left attacks him or her, and the eyes will start to open.
It could play out that way. But I think something else will be the red pill for the left.
Crypto.
Millennials love crypto. I've talked about this before, but in doing research in this space for work, what I'm seeing time and time again is that many of the to voices for crypto are liberals or moderates.
But here's the funny thing, when it comes to crypto, they act like conservatives. They are for small government, let the market decide winners and losers. And they don't even realize they are doing this. But it happens because for them, crypto is NOT a political issue. It's a life issue. They see the potential of crypto to be a massive change agent for good in the world. Everyone that's excited about crypto sees the same thing.
I was listening to a podcast on crypto and coming policy out of Washington yesterday. They had a congressman on to discuss the proposed legislation. I checked, and it was a dem. But he was in his 30s. What he said about the coming legislation stunned me: He said the GOP is very open to crypto and its possibilities. He was actually quite complementary to the right. He said the left was pretty much taking a hands-off approach for now, wait and see.
Then he said the progressive left is really being ham-fisted with crypto and he was really worried about their move to over-regulate. He then added that it shouldn't be the government's job to regulate crypto and try to steer outcomes. We (government) should let the market and consumers decide how the space should best grow.
See? These kids don't view crypto as a political issue, they view it as a life issue. Strip away the politics, and they speak in terms of common sense.
As this space matures, there will be a LOT of money being made, sent and traded in crypto. It's already in the billions, in the coming years it will balloon to trillions.
The left will see all the possibilities and jump in the middle of crypto. They will try to seize power and use the space to facilitate their corruption.
I think when the voters on the left that love crypto see this happening, they will rebel. Because it will be like having a crystal beautiful pool, and some fat guy with diarrhea cannonballs in. He's going to ruin everything.
The crypto fanboys on the left arent going to stand by and let government come in and shit in their pool. And DC being DC, the left won't be able to resist trying to take a big cut of the cash cow that will be crypto.
Gonna be watching the crypto space closely. I think this could be the left's Waterloo.