Charlie Warzel

And that technology, when it first, you know, came out and no one was really caring about it except for like engineers and super nerds. And I mean that, you know, in a, in a, in a loving way, like those types of people are like techno cyber libertarians, right?

They are people who want that sort of democratization, who have a healthy skepticism of institutions and authorities and power and would like a technological tool to circumvent all that. So those are a lot of the people, right? who had an early investment in Bitcoin, who got in on the ground floor.

They are people who want that sort of democratization, who have a healthy skepticism of institutions and authorities and power and would like a technological tool to circumvent all that. So those are a lot of the people, right? who had an early investment in Bitcoin, who got in on the ground floor.

They are people who want that sort of democratization, who have a healthy skepticism of institutions and authorities and power and would like a technological tool to circumvent all that. So those are a lot of the people, right? who had an early investment in Bitcoin, who got in on the ground floor.

And by the ground floor, I mean the real ground floor and the people who have 100,000x returns on their investment at the moment and who have been made incredibly rich. Then you have a lot of the other like speculator class and people like that. But so many of the people who have been on this bandwagon for a long time got in not necessarily just because it was like a really good speculative asset.

And by the ground floor, I mean the real ground floor and the people who have 100,000x returns on their investment at the moment and who have been made incredibly rich. Then you have a lot of the other like speculator class and people like that. But so many of the people who have been on this bandwagon for a long time got in not necessarily just because it was like a really good speculative asset.

And by the ground floor, I mean the real ground floor and the people who have 100,000x returns on their investment at the moment and who have been made incredibly rich. Then you have a lot of the other like speculator class and people like that. But so many of the people who have been on this bandwagon for a long time got in not necessarily just because it was like a really good speculative asset.

They got in because of this sort of ideological rooted connection. Those people being made really rich, like they are now a meaningful political constituency because of their money. And that influence in this moment is another like really big cultural factor in our like anti-institutional moment.

They got in because of this sort of ideological rooted connection. Those people being made really rich, like they are now a meaningful political constituency because of their money. And that influence in this moment is another like really big cultural factor in our like anti-institutional moment.

They got in because of this sort of ideological rooted connection. Those people being made really rich, like they are now a meaningful political constituency because of their money. And that influence in this moment is another like really big cultural factor in our like anti-institutional moment.

swing demo not like a decisive one but for for trump this time oh definitely and it has so much overlap right with the not not even the manosphere but sort of like the you know the bro podcast sphere that you know that he was going on and and trying to court like there's an overlap there so

swing demo not like a decisive one but for for trump this time oh definitely and it has so much overlap right with the not not even the manosphere but sort of like the you know the bro podcast sphere that you know that he was going on and and trying to court like there's an overlap there so

swing demo not like a decisive one but for for trump this time oh definitely and it has so much overlap right with the not not even the manosphere but sort of like the you know the bro podcast sphere that you know that he was going on and and trying to court like there's an overlap there so

There's a whole culture that, you know, I mean, really during the pandemic is when it kind of took its form that it has now. And through, you know, the whole like GameStop and SBF and FTX, all that stuff that happened in the last couple of years, you know, the laser eyes, meme kind of stuff, like sort of edgelordy culture that formed around it has a lot of overlap, right?

There's a whole culture that, you know, I mean, really during the pandemic is when it kind of took its form that it has now. And through, you know, the whole like GameStop and SBF and FTX, all that stuff that happened in the last couple of years, you know, the laser eyes, meme kind of stuff, like sort of edgelordy culture that formed around it has a lot of overlap, right?

There's a whole culture that, you know, I mean, really during the pandemic is when it kind of took its form that it has now. And through, you know, the whole like GameStop and SBF and FTX, all that stuff that happened in the last couple of years, you know, the laser eyes, meme kind of stuff, like sort of edgelordy culture that formed around it has a lot of overlap, right?

Because it is anti-authority, anti-institution. It is sort of like... people on X who, you know, want to use words they feel like, you know, would get them canceled in, you know, polite liberal spheres. There is an overlap with that audience. So I think it was actually very smart for the Trump campaign to court that, to adopt that.

Because it is anti-authority, anti-institution. It is sort of like... people on X who, you know, want to use words they feel like, you know, would get them canceled in, you know, polite liberal spheres. There is an overlap with that audience. So I think it was actually very smart for the Trump campaign to court that, to adopt that.

Because it is anti-authority, anti-institution. It is sort of like... people on X who, you know, want to use words they feel like, you know, would get them canceled in, you know, polite liberal spheres. There is an overlap with that audience. So I think it was actually very smart for the Trump campaign to court that, to adopt that.

I also think that when I would like to have been in the room the first time, That someone actually explained like crypto and not like the blockchain, but I mean, like, you know, the world of speculative asset trading and money laundering and stuff.