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You don't want to use raw technological power to achieve your aims. The political process is actually alive and well. It's just that there happen to be too many
by matt4077 9y ago
You don't want to use raw technological power to achieve your aims. The political process is actually alive and well. It's just that there happen to be too many people insisting on their wrong opinions, at least in regard to drug policy.
Note that societies have actually come a long way in the last decade or two, current setbacks notwithstanding. With all the noise the certainly not perfect US political system produces, it's easy to overlook how many things actually work quite well, both in the US and in other democratic countries.
Other crimes that cryptocurrencies may be useful for are obviously tax evasion, and any sort of money landing from all sorts of schemes. I really don't see a reason why we should rethink the basic principle of fair taxation, or, in general, why we should abandon the current system based on law for one where might is right.
- theossuary 9y agoIsn't that the entire point of democracy though? If enough people hold the "wrong" opinion it becomes the right one?
- sbuttgereit 9y agoLike slavery or segregation?
- matt4077 9y agoIt's more or less true that democratic societies tend to have developed in a direction we'd consider 'right', and I'd even agree that this direction is "right" in a sort of universal sense. But it's not actually the majority opinion that makes it "right". In fact, the most impressive advancements have been in protecting people from the "tyranny of the majority". Things like due process even for terrorists, or presidents, or pedophiles would probably not get a majority. Think about it: the system based on majority-rule happens to be the best if you're generally hated by everyone. If people like you, Russia doesn't actually feel that different :)