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> It should have been a goal, and it's necessary (doesn't have to be perfect, but absolutely has to exist) for anything wanting to be used as a means of exchang

> It should have been a goal, and it's necessary (doesn't have to be perfect, but absolutely has to exist) for anything wanting to be used as a means of exchange in a modern economy, outside of Mad Max situations and speculation. Why are you the one to decide what should have been a goal? And aren't you aware that a lot of people do live in Mad Max like scenarios? Even in a modern country like Argentina the currency is in free fall, not to mention many unstable African countries. Not to mention that Trudeau let the cat out of the bag, you can't even trust that teddybear of a country with your money if you say something the government doesn't like.

coldtea 4y ago
>Why are you the one to decide what should have been a goal? Notice how this is an absurd strawman. Also how this is not an argument. I'm not claiming "I am the one to decide", if it wasn't obvious. I'm stating my opinion on what should have been decided, followed by some arguments/qualifiers on where/why it should be applicable. Generally, when people say something, it's their opinion. No clarification is required on that, it's a convention of human discussion. Even though people state things should be X or Y, they don't necessarily make the claim that they are the sole arbitrers of the ultimate authority on a subject: they convey their take on what should be/have been done. >And aren't you aware that a lot of people do live in Mad Max like scenarios? Even in a modern country like Argentina the currency is in free fall, not to mention many unstable African countries We've had inflation and catastrophes and we managed to move value without the blockchain. >Not to mention that Trudeau let the cat out of the bag, you can't even trust that teddybear of a country with your money if you say something the government doesn't like. You can trust the blockchain even less then.
- Grustaf 4y ago
  > We've had inflation and catastrophes and we managed to move value without the blockchain. Nobody claims that life is impossible without crypto, we were talking about reasons and situations where it makes sense, and one example is when fiat currencies fail or are inflated away. No, it's not the only solution, but it's a solution. >> Not to mention that Trudeau let the cat out of the bag, you can't even trust that teddybear of a country with your money if you say something the government doesn't like. > You can trust the blockchain even less then. That's objectively false. Bitcoin, for example, is not controlled by any single entity, especially not any political entity, so obviously you can trust "the blockchain" not to steal your money for supporting the wrong politics, that can't even happen in theory. But we did just see it happen in the regular banking system in a supposedly free democracy.

coldtea 4y ago

>Why are you the one to decide what should have been a goal? Notice how this is an absurd strawman. Also how this is not an argument. I'm not claiming "I am the one to decide", if it wasn't obvious. I'm stating my opinion on what should have been decided, followed by some arguments/qualifiers on where/why it should be applicable. Generally, when people say something, it's their opinion. No clarification is required on that, it's a convention of human discussion. Even though people state things should be X or Y, they don't necessarily make the claim that they are the sole arbitrers of the ultimate authority on a subject: they convey their take on what should be/have been done. >And aren't you aware that a lot of people do live in Mad Max like scenarios? Even in a modern country like Argentina the currency is in free fall, not to mention many unstable African countries We've had inflation and catastrophes and we managed to move value without the blockchain. >Not to mention that Trudeau let the cat out of the bag, you can't even trust that teddybear of a country with your money if you say something the government doesn't like. You can trust the blockchain even less then.

Grustaf 4y ago
> We've had inflation and catastrophes and we managed to move value without the blockchain. Nobody claims that life is impossible without crypto, we were talking about reasons and situations where it makes sense, and one example is when fiat currencies fail or are inflated away. No, it's not the only solution, but it's a solution. >> Not to mention that Trudeau let the cat out of the bag, you can't even trust that teddybear of a country with your money if you say something the government doesn't like. > You can trust the blockchain even less then. That's objectively false. Bitcoin, for example, is not controlled by any single entity, especially not any political entity, so obviously you can trust "the blockchain" not to steal your money for supporting the wrong politics, that can't even happen in theory. But we did just see it happen in the regular banking system in a supposedly free democracy.