[Quindecillion]

While Satoshi certainly had libertarian leanings, I don't see how anyone could possibly assign him to the "right" side of the political compass

> “It’s very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I’m better with code than with words though.” - Satoshi Nakamoto

The impression you get from Satoshi's writing and the people he associated with (e.g. Hal Finney) is that he seemed more left-leaning if anything.

There's a strong right-wing bent to the community NOW, I don't think there's any doubt of that, but to call its ROOTS "right" is unfounded

[johnny22]

I don't know about what satoshi thought. I do however know that most of the folks talking about it in the spaces I was in were libertarian (in an american sense).

They were all about gold standards and hard money and auditing the fed as well.

Basically they were the Ron Paul folks.