# 029 - Was it worth it?

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Podcast: [Free Talk Cast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/free-talk-cast-7097149)
Published: 2025-01-29T16:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://freetalkcast.podbean.com/e/029-was-it-worth-it/
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Duration seconds: 2636

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Well, Trump is president now. Libertarians sold their votes to Donald Trump to free Ross Ulbricht. That isn't a criticism. Aria admits she was going to do the same thing, and only didn't because her boyfriend was in the hospital. But... she's glad she didn't. The horrors we've already seen from the Trump Administration... Richie Rich points out that we didn't necessarily get equivalent authoritarianism with Trump.

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