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'Legal tender' is an evolution of redeemable for real money. 'Trust us', and btw we have a monopoly on violence. I take exception the premise that a fully comm
by youalreadylost 5y ago
'Legal tender' is an evolution of redeemable for real money. 'Trust us', and btw we have a monopoly on violence.
I take exception the premise that a fully commie surveillance state is required for society to function.
City states. Government at local scale. Living with the decisions made. Today's take: https://www.freeprivatecities.com https://www.freeprivatecities.com.
> a blockchain is merely a fancy way to implement a spreadsheet, and any sufficiently advanced (and encrypted) spreadsheet can be used to establish economic relationships that escape tax liability.
Sorry, 'blockchain' is a corporate buzzword or shitcoin scam. People who spend time to understand the significance of proof of work get it - I mean this with sincerity and hope that you will take the time to understand the implications of pow.
- lukifer 5y agoI may not have been clear: I am very much opposed to the existence of a surveillance state; and while I am not opposed to taxation or public goods a priori, I consider our current mechanisms of taxation to be both inefficient and problematic (contrast with Henry George's LVT, Pigovian taxes on externalities, luxury taxes, etc).