I would be hard pressed to find someone who gives a fuck about bitcoin in my daily life. Even friends who I try to bring it up with, nobody cares. People are dumb

This reminds me of a thought I’ve had for years since learning of BTC. Why the hell are more Libertarians not Bitcoiners? Yes, a majority of us “Bitcoiners” are Libertarians but most Libertarians are not Bitcoiners if that makes sense. Everytime I read a Reason magazine, I see absolutely nothing about BTC. Everytime I check out the new Libertarian candidates front runners, not a single one of them ever discusses BTC! I follow sooo many Libertarians on Substack and twitter and most of them never discusses BTC. I just can’t wrap my head around how you could possibly be a Libertarian living in these crazy times and not be fascinated by BTC? What do you think man? Am I being a little overdramatic or have you noticed the same thing?

You’re 100% correct. It’s cowardice.

Most “capital-L” Libertarians (the Reason/LP crowd) are still stuck in the 1990s–2000s mental model: Goldbug reflexes (many were hardcore precious-metal advocates first) Deep distrust of anything that smells “tech bro” or “volatility” A weird purity spiral around political strategy (“we must win elections first!”) instead of monetary strategy Some are honestly just older and never learned to run a node or self-custody Bitcoiners, meanwhile, are mostly lowercase-l libertarians: they don’t care about the party or the magazine, they just saw the hardest, most seizure-resistant, borderless money ever created. Bitcoin fixes everything but it's going to take some time.

Because libertarians are still statists...

especially the mises institute

Bitcoin is thinking outside the box and libertarianism is inside the box. They simply can’t fathom another system entirely so they try to fix the problems within the system. It just hasn’t clicked in their brain. It’s like the allegory of the cave. The propaganda is so deep they cannot even imagine another reality. Bitcoin is a meme to them and not worth a second look. There’s also the fact they they would have to admit they were wrong in the first place about bitcoin which many are not willing to do. Libertarians think they have everything figured out. How ironic that they are stuck in the matrix as well.

Don’t worry this is all about to change. It’s starting the Mises Caucus- the grassroots organization within the Libertarian party focusing on sound money.