Guest Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamthierer/2012/02/12/15-years-on-president-clintons-5-principles-for-internet-policy-remain-the-perfect-paradigm/#7e39c13f7170 It's about policy. Please take a minute to understand what connection the Clinton administration has with technology and regulations. I know I might be old but it's good to have historical references. Link to post Share on other sites
Thomas666 207 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Just ... haha, well done marketing. leadballs 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Bmatt44 418 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 2 hours ago, LordVetinari said: I don't like him personally but take a moment to see why he was chosen. His policies did a lot to enable the technology we use today. If it weren't for his policies, we'd still be using dialup. I remember that time. http://ontheissues.org/Celeb/Bill_Clinton_Technology.htm There is a reason and it's not political or personal, it's policy. I beg all members here to do some research. This is not about blㅇwjㅇbs. This is about proving regulations and technology can go hand in hand. I agree the optics suck but this is a person most disruptive technologies facing regulatory scrutiny want on their side. You don't need to champion or defend Clinton, I personally think he's a pig, but his policies changed the way we do things today. Al Gore would have been a better choice since many give him credit for facilitating the growth of the internet in its infancy. He also would have been cheaper. Ripple made a bad move on this one. Crypto is already so tribalistic and now they are making it political. Obviously Ripple the company is liberal, based in San Francisco with former Silicon Valley guys in top positions. But they should realize that their native token is the most hated on the market. Why turn the knife in the crypto bros sides with this speaker? Not sure who put this idea forward, but this was pretty half baked. Crypto is made up of conspiracy theorists, so lets get the central figure of 94% of conspiracies to speak...... I love Bill Clinton, but I can put aside my political bias for .2 seconds and see that this was a bad choice that will only fuel the FUD fires further. Very disappointed that their decision was so short sighted. Link to post Share on other sites
ImTheRippler 2,185 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) The Clintons are polarizing in the US, some people love them some people HATE them. Hillary after all lost to Donald fuckin Trump, to give you an idea how little people like them. Globally, I can understand they are seen as more of a positive. This isn't particularly surprising though, the "teams" have been clear for awhile with Bill Gates etc having worked with the Clintons for a longgg time. Edit: This could actually help in China. Edited July 31, 2018 by ImTheRippler Link to post Share on other sites
enrique11 1,486 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) Anyway, I just hope his message overshadows his controversy and that Ripple's connections behind the scenes eventually lead to the success that we're all hoping for. This is a very different kind of Ripple from when I first started. Back then, they weren't even sure whether or not to target banks. Well, Ripple did say XRP is for institutional use - it certainly seems headed in that direction with Clinton as this year's Swell keynote speaker. I guess Ripple didn't want to be distracted by another potential surprise announcement by the media about Stellar. Ripple doesn't want to get overshadowed by another such announcement, I suppose as one of the reasons they went with Clinton. Well, I wonder what Stellar, IBM, etc. have up their sleeve this year, if anything at all. Not saying they will, just wondering if they're going to do a similar repeat of last year's last minute announcement prior to the start of SWELL. Edited July 31, 2018 by enrique11 Link to post Share on other sites
kanaas 3,903 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Is Bill Clinton the right person?? Media exposure is good, I guess. Reading the tweet posts. No one likes Bill Clinton.That’s because its mostly the stupid to react the loudest [emoji57] ADingoAteMyXRP, Cryptsycrackers, naphta and 6 others 7 1 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 3 minutes ago, kanaas said: That’s because its mostly the stupid to react the loudest Not always. Link to post Share on other sites
kanaas 3,903 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Yeah, why not Obama? Obama is cool. No bad press about him. He would definitely be a better choice than Bill Clinton.Would have been a good choice as well but BC globally is also highly respected for supporting freedom of the young internet. There’s a link from an IoV to this.... Link to post Share on other sites
kanaas 3,903 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Not always.Making noise IS stupid [emoji118] Zerptime 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 2 minutes ago, kanaas said: Making noise IS stupid Not always. Link to post Share on other sites
Raz 781 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) 13 minutes ago, kanaas said: Making noise IS stupid And you somehow think this isn't making noise by calling names? I mean, you know I don't care for him so it wouldn't surprise me if you didn't consider my point of view, but is it really cool to call dissenting points of view stupid? Edited July 31, 2018 by Raz Sharkey 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Testudo 32 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 (edited) 1 hour ago, kanaas said: That’s because its mostly the stupid to react the loudest Love the hot take here. Edited July 31, 2018 by Testudo Spell check error. Link to post Share on other sites
cuber 5,135 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 I posted this elsewhere in the forum but i guess it applies here too. William Hinman who is currently the Head of Division of Corporate Finance at the SEC was the guy who announced that Bitcoin would not be regarded as a security. https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/bitcoin-and-ethereum-are-not-securities-but-some-cryptocurrencies-may-be-sec-official-says.html Well it appears that he also donated to Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign. https://www.thecorporatecounsel.net/blog/2017/04/corp-fin-will-bill-hinman-be-the-new-director.html Just saying. Also Link found between the Gates Foundation and the Clinton Foundation. Is it possible they have also discussed Mojaloop? https://www.clintonfoundation.org/contributors Deeznutz and ImTheRippler 2 Link to post Share on other sites
enrique11 1,486 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 Clinton will divide the XRP community the way Trump's election win divided the Democratic party. ;*P~~~~ Already looking at youtube...even the pro-XRP types that frequent XRP-related channels are not saying positive things. Oh well, Ripple must have some really impressive trick up their sleeve to have make this controversial choice as if it's business as usual. Link to post Share on other sites
MemberBerry 886 Posted July 31, 2018 Share Posted July 31, 2018 4 hours ago, DreXRP said: Swell 2019 Bill Cosby Sharkey 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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