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Never trust a politician, even if they're pro Bitcoin.
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Vote Bitcoin, that’s where your interest lies!
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I think folks miss the meaning of trust.
Trust: Firm belief in the integrity, ability, or character of a person or thing; confidence or reliance.
Now you tell me, does that definition apply to the vast majority of politicians? Are you going to rely on a politician? Do you believe they have integrity? Or are they just telling you what you want to hear. Its a personal question. Ron Paul is the only politician that never really disappointed me. He's the exception and I still didn't trust him. I just wish there were more like him. The incentives of politicians are to tell people what they want to hear, make promises they can't keep so they can gain wealth, power, and influence. Don't kid yourselves. Bitcoiners should understand incentives.
As the number and financial power of bitcoiners rises across the globe MANY politicians are going to become "pro bitcoin". Stay skeptical. I'm not telling you to not vote but don't be fooled. Where we're going we don't need them. They need us.
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Milei is the argentinian Ron Paul. I don't trust him, but he's in politics and despises politicians. He for example has never (allegedly) received one dime from the State, he donates 100% of his state remuneration.
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I hope you are right. If so, this will be good for the people there.
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You're talking about Milei right. He's never stated he's pro-Bitcoin, one might conclude that because he's in favor of currency competition and against legal tender, and despises the central bank.
He's also not a politician even though he put himself in that rat nest.
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Fair enough. I just don't expect that people in the government fixes anything. The system is too big and their incentives are too corrupt.
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Agree with you. I'm not placing my hopes there. But I'd rather have a Bukele than a Lula.
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When you choose the lesser of two evils you're still choosing evil.
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Are you suggesting it doesn't matter because it's evil all the same?
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It's not a suggestion, it's a fact. But I respect people who think they have a choice if that's their thing. I just think that things are not going to change following the same old path. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
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I know where you are coming from because I barely follow any politics. I don't see it as the solution either.
However, you are saying that it's a fact that it doesn't matter which politician gets into office. That is childish and preposterous.
Yes, it makes a huge difference who the country's power is in the hands of. You're basically saying that it's the same living in South Korea than in North Korea.
@ekzys I can't stop thinking about Bitcoin betting on events since you posted some papers on it.
It would be fun to check the orderbook for this and see how close it is to the final result.
Are you aware of any other betting page that's better than fairlay for this kind of election betting?
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lol, another one who spelled my name wrong - but it's fine, it's not an easy nym :)
i am emotionally attached to my nym but maybe i should really, really rename myself to @ek. oof, though decision, haha
Are you aware of any other betting page that's better than fairlay for this kind of election betting?
No I am not but tbh, I wouldn't consider myself to be knowledgeable about the space. I just searched for "prediction markets using bitcoin" months ago and there was nothing which looked like what I was looking for so I gave up, lol
I mostly found some stuff from @psztorc like https://bitcoinhivemind.com/
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i think milei wins, looks like he’s up to 58% odds here https://electionbettingodds.com/Argentina2023.html
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Will be interesting to watch if he wins.
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Interesting, the feeling here is the incumbents are going crazy. The fear campaign against Milei is big and they will use whatever, yes whatever, means not to lose power. You have mainstream magazines featuring Milei as a mentally unstable "leader" with satanic rituals.
Another example, the presidential debate was transmitted via the national TV Youtube channel. When pro-Milei streamers starting sharing it, most of the big channels received strikes from the national TV station - which usually means one week down before appealing, etc. This is one week ahead of the election.
Last but not least, they will use their corrupt punteros to literally steal or make ballots disappear. Let's see what happens but I would not place a bitcoin bet on Milei.
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stack sats, ignore politicians.
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Yup! Who cares.
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Uhm... arent we talking about an election thats already over
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There's various rounds of it I belive .
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Is it working? I can't place a bet.
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Somebody pointed out to me that Milei is listed on the World Economic Forumns website, take that for what it's worth.
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