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Yes. Crypto is a compelling simulacrum of classical liberalism (free individuals engaging in trade and limited governments using precise laws to protect the co
by crwalker 8y ago
Yes.
Crypto is a compelling simulacrum of classical liberalism (free individuals engaging in trade and limited governments using precise laws to protect the commons).
This time we are trusting machines and mathematics to preserve individual rights rather than culture.
- Jedi72 8y agoWhen you put it that way it actually seems like a good idea.
- crwalker 8y agoThere are big potential downsides. Blockchains are chains. They don't forgive. They don't forget. But I still think it's a worthwhile endeavor.
- dvtrn 8y ago>Crypto is a compelling simulacrum of classical liberalism hard nod points to last sentence in profile I'm one of those "get off my yard types" when someone comes along and (seemingly) blindly proposes blockchain in a discussion because blockchain is very good at what it does but what it doesn't do is 'everything'... ...but I'd take it a step further and say it's simulacra, the dollar became classical liberal econ simulacrum the minute we decided to start printing the things at will and standing well back[1]. --- [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2AvU2cfXRk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2AvU2cfXRk