A Bitcoiner’s Case for Progressives: Why We Were Right to Appraoch Trump

Bitcoin Magazine A Bitcoiner’s Case for Progressives: Why We Were Right to Appraoch Trump

In last week’s BM Big Read — “When Bitcoin Picks a Political Side” — progressive Bitcoiner Jason Maier told an impassioned, in-depth story of political choice. Bitcoiners shouldn’t have sided with Trump in the run-up to the American election last year, he argued, since, a couple of years from now, it will set us back; anything Bitcoiners might gain by the political alliance with President Trump will be undone by ostracizing the other half of the political spectrum: progressives and wider, left-wing Democratic voters.

Because of Trump’s explicit connection to the Bitcoin industry, and David Bailey in particular, writes Maier, “It is already more difficult for me to talk with friends, family and cowor