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> Tools are amoral. That's a red hering argument. (In my opinion.) Tools are designed for a use case. Tools are also widely used for some (potentially differ
by dathinab 5y ago
> Tools are amoral.
That's a red hering argument. (In my opinion.)
Tools are designed for a use case.
Tools are also widely used for some (potentially different) use case.
As such tools are often not amoral at all.
A assault riffle is designed to kill people and potentially many of them (self defense per gun doesn't require killing). As such it's not a amoral tool. Even through you might end up using it in a "good" way, or as "hobby" it's design makes it fundamentally a "weapon for killing, not self defense".
Through this is kinda getting off-topic.
Because whatever moral you want to attach to tools is irrelevant for aboves discussion.
Crypto currencies are a tool for unchecked Kaptialism, which has nothing to do with moral nor does it mean others can't use it for other purposes.
- landemva 5y agoWhen did private money / store of value become 'unchecked Kapitalism'? Is gold also unchecked Kapitalism? Seems we both can agree USA-funded murderer Lon Horiuchi did an evil thing when he pulled the trigger and killed an unarmed mother using an assault rifle. https://lmtribune.com/northwest/fbi-sniper-is-at-the-center-of-storm-thats-still-lingering-over-ruby-ridge-those/article_efccccf2-82af-50c2-a95c-20ab91f94dcb.html https://lmtribune.com/northwest/fbi-sniper-is-at-the-center-... 'which Horiuchi said was aimed at Weaver's friend Kevin Harris, instead killed Weaver's wife Vicki. It then hit Harris, lodging in his chest.'
- dathinab 5y agowhen it wasn't designed as a tool to "just" store value but to circumvent any "checks" on value transfer/ownership etc. I mean that's the whole point of crypto currencies. Both for good and bad.