“[The] SEC’s function now is not to protect the American people, but it’s to protect the banks – particularly the central banks and those interests,” Kennedy said. The presidential candidate also spoke about the impact of inflation […], saying that digital assets presented an “exit ramp” for those worried about traditional money being misused in the name of foreign wars or bailing out big banks.
well, RFK Jr is generally a far-right conservative crank with bad positions and an interest in protecting the worst people imaginable so it’s not surprising he loves him some crypto, the hobby horse which disproportionately attracts far-right cranks who are the worst people imaginable
I disagree with a lot what he says (including in this interview), at least some points are legit and have barely been raised by others. But I admit this could be pure rhetoric because he thinks it supports his campaign. I don’t think he admires democracy nearly as much as he says in this interview.
i think it’s a pretty good assumption to make that he’s lost in the online sauce in the same way DeSantis is and that a lot of this is trying to play to his internet base of hardline anti-vaxxers and right-wing freaks. he has a huge online following (his tweets get huge numbers even though he polls <15%–and ever most of that’s just people not familiar with him thinking he’s a good Kennedy) and he’s being advised by people like Roger Stone who are themselves really online
I certainly belong to them :-) I’m not American and don’t follow politics too much (not even here in Europe). But the name Roger Stone is not completely new to me as this was the guy who allegedly used WikiLeaks information against Hillary Clinton during the 2016 campaign if I’m not mistaken.