Approximately a 30ย days after he announced his willingness to run in next yearโs Unitedย States presidential election, Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has declared he will defend Bitcoinย (BTC) against what he describes as โinvasive surveillanceโ.ย
Withinย a speech he gave on the final day of the 2023 Bitcoinย (BTC) Conference in Miami, Kennedy declared the top cryptocurrency won him over when he discovered the Canadian Government was using surveillance and data tracking systems to prevent truckers protesting against pandemic measures from accessing the funds in their bank accounts.ย
โWe live in a time now that technology has dangerously expanded the capacity for governments and corporations to control our lives,โ the politician stated, as quoted by Decrypt.ย
โDistant, impersonal multinationals and authoritarian technologies have usurped realms of human activity that were once private or held by the community,โ reportsย by the presidential candidate.ย
Party rival blasts Bidenโs tax proposal
The politician likewise criticized President Joe Bidenโs proposition to impose a 30 percent tax on energy use for Bitcoin miners, claiming it would necessitate the development of an invasive surveillance system to analyze miner energy usage.
Kennedy is the son of Unitedย States attorney general Robert F. Kennedy and President John F. Kennedyโs nephew. In an April 19 speech during which he unveiled his bid to challenge President Joe Biden as the Democratic Partyโs presidential candidate in 2024, he blasted the pharmaceutical industry, social media platforms he accuses of censorship, Bidenโs commitment to the war in Ukraine, but likewise previous President Donald Trumpโs โlockdownโ of the Unitedย States early in the pandemic, The New York Times reported.ย
โThis is whatย goesย on when you censor somebody for 18 years,โ Kennedy stated during his speech, making a reference to his assertsย that social media platforms and mainstream media outlets have not given him a fair hearing.ย
โI got a lot to talk about. They shouldnโt have shut me up for that long because now Iโm really going to let loose on them for theย following 18 months. Theyโre going to hear a lot from me,โ reportsย by Kennedy.ย
The paper observes that, while polls indicate that up to 50 percent of Democrats want someone except Mr. Biden as the partyโs 2024 nominee, no party leader has mounted a challenge to the sitting president, enabling โfringe presidential aspirants from both parties who run to attract attention to a cause, or to themselvesโ.
