• 0x0@programming.dev
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    2 months ago

    “Cast a vote, but don’t join a cult,” he told the audience. “They are not our tribe, our personality — they have their own interests, their own values, their own things they’re chasing.”

    “he” being Snowden. About the only logical take on the whole fest.

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      2 months ago

      The amount of political representation at this year’s conference, he said, was a “wonderful, remarkable thing,” but it was also cause for concern.

      The sentence right before yours. I wouldn’t call that take “logical”, he’s still happy to see politics mixed in, it seems.

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        2 months ago

        The more traction/visibility cryptocurrencies have, logically the more politics will be a thing. Whether that’s wonderful though…

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    2 months ago

    I went in expecting MAGA to have been the awkward, drunk, uninvited guest of the party, but they seem to be right at home in that story

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      2 months ago

      They’re politicians, it’s their job to lie to your face with a convincing smile.