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Why did you specify liberal governments (is this not something all governments do?), and put it in quotes?
by notvladputin 11y ago
Why did you specify liberal governments (is this not something all governments do?), and put it in quotes?
- mintplant 11y agoI would guess because Taler's tagline is "Electronic payments for a liberal society!"
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- oberstein 11y agoOther less liberal governments will simply ban something they consider sinful instead of try to make money off it while letting their populace (who they are supposed to care about) slide into hell (if the thing is truly sinful). Historically this doesn't work so well in the US, but in other places like Singapore it works better.
- vacri 11y agoNot true at all. Conservative governments often desire things like trade protection tariffs. They may ban 'immoral' things rather than merely tax them differently, but they are still very interested in controlling the flow of money.
- spacecowboy_lon 11y agoAnd which sort of "liberal" do you mean classic 19 century free-trade ones, American Liberals, uk style Liberals??