Full Title: "If You Ask, They Might Say Yes": Americans Hope Immigrants Can Persuade Government to Comply
Written by @rodpalmer
After a tense past few months which included multiple surprise government attacks on compliant Bitcoin companies, users, and developers, weary American Bitcoiners are testing out a new strategy in an effort to convince the government to comply with its own laws and regulations; having immigrants do the asking.
"Remember when we were kids? It was basically common knowledge that asking your parents yourself if your friend– your amigo– could stay for dinner or spend the night had a low probability for success. But the probability for success rose significantly if you convinced your friend to ask for permission. We're hoping this dynamic extends to asking the government to comply and respect our rights to use Bitcoin privately and to self custody" Bitcoin Policy Institute fellow Margot Paez told The Bugle.
The logic is pretty simple. The Biden administration has demonstrated pretty clearly that it prioritizes the concerns and preferences of immigrants and new residents over natural U.S. citizens. This prioritization makes sense for a variety of reasons including the likelihood of immigrants to support President Biden over his Republican opponent, Donald Trump, in the upcoming election. Many macro analysts agree that the Biden Administration sees immigrants as being prime candidates for a hypothetical U.S. Dollar CBDC in the future and probably didn't expect this cohort of likely voters to be impacted by crackdowns on Bitcoin transactions. However, by convincing immigrants to ask the government to comply with its own laws and regulations pertaining to Bitcoin, American Bitcoiners hope Biden will re-underwrite the consequences of this policy initiative.
Not all American Bitcoiners are on board with the new strategy. Dennis Porter is on the record stating that we need to give political activism more time. He says if people give him ten Bitcoin he can orange pill the entire Federal government. One person close to Dennis told The Bugle he is extremely frustrated that people are "outsourcing his job to immigrants." Dennis has vowed to take the fight to state legislatures where he hopes to convince local politicians to support his Bitcoin legislation and to take selfies with him.