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More than 2 billions of people live in authoritarian regimes where the government rules exist only to oppress the population and make it more easily controlled.
by throwaway405769 5y ago
More than 2 billions of people live in authoritarian regimes where the government rules exist only to oppress the population and make it more easily controlled. Bitcoin gives them the option to maintain their property rights, avoid financial surveillance and money controls. Saying that crypto is only used for ponzi schemes is simply false and disingenuous.
- peoplefromibiza 5y agoand Cryptos would help them, how? Authoritarian regimes are very good at filtering and blocking unwanted content. Bitcoin is as easy to block as any other traffic that's easy to recognize.
- throwaway405769 5y agoHave you heard about VPNs and TOR? What authoritarian regimes are we talking about?
- qaq 5y agoThis is crypto equivalent of think of the children.
- throwaway405769 5y agoThe crypto equivalent of "think of the children" are the people who scream money laundering and ransomware. Sort of similar to people who used to oppose end-to-end encryption and TOR.
- hansonkd13 5y agoI think ToR is the worst example you can use. Good in theory? Yes. In practice it is pedophile and drug honeypot with exit nodes run my the government with limited legitimate actual people using it.
- seoaeu 5y agoYou didn’t actually point to any evidence that a meaningful number of those 2 billion people actually benefit from crypto.
- throwaway405769 5y agoWhat is a meaningful number of people for your highness?