I really like bitcoin but I confess I find conservatives, liberals and increasingly libertarians irritating 😂

Because conservatives got kicked off Visa, Twitter, and Chase bank, GoFundMe etc etc. Bitcoin is an alternative to the system, so you don't generally think about it if the system is working for you.

Rest assured if convervatives were the incumbant, they'd say some shit about national security, of how the dollar is needed to support the success of the country or whatever, as Trump in fact did actually, but this is just the version of reality we live in.

Been noticing the proliferation of people sharing their politics on Stacker News...

wouldn't mind if they didn't.

Bitcoin is apolitical. It's properties are appealing to people across the political spectrum. Only rent seeking central planners and the ignorant don't like it.

I agree with that. Many Liberal/Liberterian movements get submarined by conservatives over time. The common denominator being against leftist ideas.

It will happen to r/neoliberal and Bitcoin community if people don't fight for being openminded

Tolerance. You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.

Who is being intolerant here?

Bitcoin is one of the most financially conservative ideas to ever exist. I think that while Bitcoin itself is apolitical, the monetary policy is an appealing thing to anyone who is financially conservative. It just so happens the cohort of financial conservatism and social conservatism tend to be the same, which makes sense.

One of the beautiful things about Bitcoin is that it exposes the government and politics for what they are, and the deeper you dive the more you become fed up with both leanings.

The worst part is all the finger pointing where either side just kind of gives up because "the other side" is preventing them. Then you see stark split the way politicians vote on issues where you can see people on the left vote one way, people on the right another. Not because anyone believes in their stance on the issue itself but because everyone would rather do that than vote on something that might be perceived as "helping" the other side. We aren't even voting on issues we believe in, we're picking and cheering our teams like its a football game.

The icing on the cake is we insist on being childish and name calling as mainstream political discourse. We can't even call our presidents by their name any more. Its either Sleepy Joe this or Agent Orange that. I cannot take any of this political discourse serious when we're all acting like toddlers, and everyone hopes we'll somehow fix this? Everyone has lost their god damn minds.

My advice is just ignore social media entirely. For Bitcoin, most of the conversation takes place on Twitter but you're just better off finding people you want to follow, logging out, and bookmarking their profile to view whenever you feel like. It is a tremendous help in tuning out the noise. If you want to have a conversation with someone with contrasting views to yours, take it offline and do it in person. People are much more reasonable as long as everyone stays level headed. Have conversations, NOT debates. The internet strongly incentivizes debates and that sometimes leaks over into the real world. This is an important rule to remember. Leave the debates to these crusty ass pandering politicians who need votes from whatever audience still believes they give a flying fuck about them.

If someone you follow says some cringe shit that you don't like, you can unfollow them and get your information from someone else. It does not make you fragile or a snowflake or intolerant or whatever. Anyone saying this has made politics their entire identity because they are bankrupt on personality. You won't really miss out on any important or critical info but you will filter out completely unnecessary political noise. If anyone has a problem with how you prefer to navigate the internet and social media, they can suck the whole of your dick and fuck right off.

One of my favorite parts of Bitcoin is the wide range of political beliefs and opinions us users hold.

Getting perspectives from all sides.

Never forget. Bitcoin is for enemies.

Related: #35691

Bitcoin is an apolitical messaging protocol. Thus, it's a perfect facilitator of money for those who understand that they own themselves -- and who respect the rights of every other individual to do the same.

I just got off the phone with Bitcoin and it told me it couldn't care less about your political affiliation.

Bitcoin is for everyone, even your enemies

There is a creek between a conservative and a libertarian but an ocean between a libertarian and an anarcho-capitalist

Can you give an example?