0 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 20 Jul 2022 \ parent \ on: Call your US House rep; demand they vote "NO" - H.R. 1808 (assault weapons ban) bitcoin
To me, there is no one definition of what a bitcoiner is or should be.
But I agree there is a subclass of bitcoiners who agree with your premise, so I understand your logic and your application of what it means to be a bitcoiner.
My definition of what it entails to be a bitcoiner is the desire to use Bitcoin as a decentralized, fungible and/or uncensorable currency and/or store of value, on or off-exchange (pick whatever characteristic you want, that's the beauty, one takes what he wants for his needs). At some point, it also meant (and in a sense, still means) the freedom to be a big-blocker or small-blocker.
By the way, "free country", "unconstitutional government powers",... these sound very US-centric. Bitcoin does not care about which country one is from. But because your initial post specifically mentioned US House rep, you intrinsically set the boundaries of who you referred to in the context of defining a bitcoiner. Fair enough.
I don't believe in the legitimacy of big government. But unfortunately, big government is a seemingly permanent feature of the situation we find ourselves in. Given the circumstances, I'd like the size and scope of government overreach to be as limited as possible. The infamous, cruel dictators of the past - Hitler, Mao and Pol Pot all disarmed their respective populations before exercising tyranny. I respect your right to an opinion on this bill, but it is out of question to beg a government to take away such freedoms that made this country free from the tyrannical British in the first place
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