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Bitcoin and Progressive Politics w/ Margot Paez

Bitcoin Magazine Podcast

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Are Bitcoin and Progressivism Viewed as Opposing Ideologies?

People generally see Bitcoin as a speculative tool for rich people and Wall Street people, big investors to just trade and make money off of. For them, that's a big turn off because they're not interested in Wall Street, they're opposed to Wall Street. They remember the financial crisis so that they just see it as too l'amania. And then also all of the fun around the energy use and the environmental impact of Bitcoin really turns off a lot of people. A lot of progressives who actually would benefit from using Bitcoin or who really appreciate the good things that are happening, especially in the global south around Bitcoin adoption. People think that progressivism and Bitcoin are opposed because they only see

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