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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by iszomer on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:46PM (#28767232)
> Trump was elected because he was an oligarch,

Can you source this or is this your personal opinion of him? I'm trying to understand why you're defining this as a purely oligarchal issue where there are many other such instances of oligarchism in history whether it'd be politics or tech/FAANG.

> ..not because of his political experience.

Well he's certainly no Reagan given his class(ism) progression or upbringing, as described on Wikipedia. Is that really the issue here though, because he lacked "political experience" upon entry into the presidency?

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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by dqx on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @07:59PM (#28767360)
> Can you source this

Trump being a very rich business leader with a great deal of political influence? Well, yeah I can.

https://libn.com/2016/09/15/taking-a-peek-at-trumps-foundati...

> why you're defining this as a purely oligarchal [sic] issue

That was the topic of the GP

> Is that really the issue here though, because he lacked "political experience" upon entry into the presidency?

No need for quotes, Trump had 0 experience holding any political office at any level, in contrast to Reagan. He was elected because he was a rich celebrity.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by iszomer on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @08:08PM (#28767440)
> Trump had 0 experience holding any political office at any level, in contrast to Reagan.

Yeah well he certainly does now, however brief it was.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by dqx on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @11:51AM (#28774605)
Yep, we got a great idea of his political acumen handling the pandemic response.
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