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> P.S. don’t bother responding if you are coming from the privilege of never having lived under a terrible government. Please don't tell me whether or not to r
by mcherm 5y ago
> P.S. don’t bother responding if you are coming from the privilege of never having lived under a terrible government.
Please don't tell me whether or not to respond. If you want to point out that the question has much more salience for those who have to deal with terrible governments then I think that's a very important point to make and I appreciate you pointing it out. But I come to Hacker News to hear from everyone with insights -- NOT just the subset who happen to live under terrible governments.
- toomanydoubts 5y agoTo be fair with OP, it's very frustrating to read US-centric responses when you're talking about issues that are not present there. Comments like "it's against the law" or "that's not how the energy industry works" or "software engineers are overpaid" might seem innocent enough, but are really frustrating for those readers who understand that the fact we all speak English online doesn't mean we are all from USA.
- jonathan-adly 5y agoExactly. Relevant to this discussion, if you are living in a Euro/USD country where everyone will happily accept your currency and you can indirectly affect monetary policy then why would you care? Of course, cryptocurrency would seem useless to you. It’s not the same everywhere though!
- bb88 5y agoIf you want a free society you have to live like you're in one. Closing debate on any topic is not a free society.
- leppr 5y agoI know of no country where the average citizen can affect the monetary policy of their currency. Otherwise we wouldn't have had two full years of central bank-fueled upwards wealth redistribution almost everywhere in the world.
- jonathan-adly 5y agoIn abstract theory, in the US - you get to elect the president who nominates folks at the central bank and congress (again, elected) confirms them. I agree with you in reality though. The average person have 0 input in the monetary policy in America or Europe.
- leppr 5y agoYou forgot one step (which further highlights the absurdity of this system): US citizens elect "presidential electors" who then elect the president.