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Bitcoin is a Right-Wing Technology w/ David Golumbia

Tech Won't Save Us

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BitCoin and the Right Wingd Politics of Bit Coin

In the past year, we have seen another significant bubble in the price of bit coin. It feels like a lot of these people who are really invested in bitcoin ... are more openly championing kind of right wing politics. I certainly think that's part of what we saw in that miami conference. Here's a shamelessness to it. As you may know, if you like, follow the bitcoin discussions on redit in particular, and some other social media places. The need to keep this grift going is intense. One of the worst things you can do is go into some of the major bidcoin sub redits and say something like, oh, i sold my bitcoin and i made

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