Bitcoin, Lobbying, & Political Reality - Samuel Armes (THE #Bitcoin Podcast)

"The goal of the government should be to leverage the fiat system as it is to protect American lives and American prosperity as much as it can while hedging bets on what I think the future will be, which will be Bitcoin, because we all know that the fiat dollar won't be around forever."

On this Bitcoin Talk episode of THE Bitcoin Podcast, Walker talks Samuel Armes about lobbying against CBDCs, Bitcoin and politics, Trump vs Kamala, and a whole lot more.

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Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Catching Up
05:31 Discussing the CBDC Legislation in Florida
09:44 Samuel's Background and Entry into Politics
11:19 The Influence of Lobbying in Politics
17:20 Shifting the National Conversation with Donald Trump's Speech at Bitcoin 2024
21:17 The Impact of Trump's Speech and the Perception of Bitcoin in Politics
23:36 The Political Divide and the Potential Influence of Bitcoin in Elections
27:12 Elizabeth Warren's Anti-Crypto Stance and the Perception of Democrats
27:51 Elizabeth Warren's Anti-Bitcoin Stance
35:25 Shifting Away from Endless Congressional Hearings
41:01 Massive Money Printing and its Potential Impact on Bitcoin
48:43 Influencing the Existing System from the Outside
53:32 The Likelihood of Increased Censorship
58:26 The Balance Between Freedom and Tyranny
01:01:23 The Power of Algorithms
01:11:21 The Role of TikTok and Twitter
01:17:54 The Need for Parallel Systems

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