Although true, consciousness itself doesn't seem to be unique among humans. The other mammals certainly appear to experience qualia just as much as we do, and at least some birds act suspiciously like they are conscious too.
You seem to be arguing against yourself here. At the beginning you are arguing for small government and against throwing money at problems, and at the end you are saying that we can't get good government because salaries are too low.
To push him out of office would require impeachment, and that's basically an impossibility, even if there's a significant shift blue. At best there'd be some checks on his power, but he's ultimately still going to be POTUS with all the rights and (denied) responsibilities therein.
In theory, doesn't that just distribute the value to all other Bitcoin holders? I dunno. It's hard to think about the value of something this abstract.
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