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21 sats \ 4 replies \ @2bithits 19 Jul 2023 \ on: RfK Jr Announces Plan to Back Dollar with Bitcoin, End Bitcoin Taxes bitcoin
I'm not American
Just wondering what the chances are of RFK actually getting in?
He's got to get past Biden, Trump, De Santis right?
He's got to get the Democratic nomination since he's running as a democrat. The chances of this are nil, because the Democratic party apparatus is ruthlessly efficient in putting down anyone who doesn't serve the interests of the moneyed elite.
If he magically gets the Democratic nomination, then he would have to go up against the Republican nominee. Most likely Trump or DeSantis. Against these two I actually think he would have a good shot.
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So if he ran as an independent he would also have no chance?
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Conventional wisdom is that independents have no chance. But it's a self-reinforcing logic that says independents have no chance because few vote for them, and few vote for them because they have no chance.
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IMO, RIP USA after the "election" that put the Big Guy in power.
Anyone who thinks there is going to be an orderly out to this mess is deluded. History is replete with examples of the same power dynamic in the last phases of an empire.
I bet if you dig into the more obscure parts of the history of Rome you discover that roman soldiers also were turned into a clown show just like the USA has done. And the attempts of sane nobility to try and halt the deccline in politics going nowhere.
If I was over there, I'd be looking at getting a patch in the appelachia or other hillbilly dominated hilly and mountainous lands. Or head south to central america where some sanity seems to be dawning.
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