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Thank you. A lot of folks in the comments currently seem to focus on whether or not they feel cryptocurrencies are legitimate at all, but this is the real crux

Thank you. A lot of folks in the comments currently seem to focus on whether or not they feel cryptocurrencies are legitimate at all, but this is the real crux of the matter. I don't appreciate the government letting me buy things and then informing me I'm using them wrong. If they feel there is some negative externality associated with the good I'm buying then they should mitigate it there, not based on some holier-than-thou judgement about whether not not I'm applying it right. This reminds me strongly of a house I once rented that had in the rental contract that the rental agency was allowed to "monitor my electricity use" so they could "give me advice on better spending" if I fell out of some undefined norm. Simply uncalled for.

IanCal 4y ago
Unless the thing you bought is a fossil fuel based electricity generation facility I don't think this affects you.
- krageon 4y ago
  I think I can conceptually disagree even with things that don't affect me. Similar to how I'm not a fan of blood diamonds or ethnic cleansing.
RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago
> I don't appreciate the government letting me buy things and then informing me I'm using them wrong. If they feel there is some negative externality associated with the good I'm buying then they should mitigate it there, Government does that all the time. You pay for water from the water utility, but they also have restrictions on lawn watering during droughts. You can buy a car, but there are restrictions on who can drive it and under what circumstances. You can buy alcohol, but there are restrictions on when you can drink (drinking and driving, open container laws).
- cft 4y ago
  That they already do it doesn't mean they should do more of it.
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- krageon 4y ago
  It's nice that they do it anyway, but I still don't appreciate it and I don't like it when they do it to more things. I'm not sure why "but they already do it!" should be an argument for liking it (or even tolerating it in novel circumstances). To me that sounds like stockholm syndrome.

IanCal 4y ago

Unless the thing you bought is a fossil fuel based electricity generation facility I don't think this affects you.

krageon 4y ago
I think I can conceptually disagree even with things that don't affect me. Similar to how I'm not a fan of blood diamonds or ethnic cleansing.

RcouF1uZ4gsC 4y ago

> I don't appreciate the government letting me buy things and then informing me I'm using them wrong. If they feel there is some negative externality associated with the good I'm buying then they should mitigate it there, Government does that all the time. You pay for water from the water utility, but they also have restrictions on lawn watering during droughts. You can buy a car, but there are restrictions on who can drive it and under what circumstances. You can buy alcohol, but there are restrictions on when you can drink (drinking and driving, open container laws).

cft 4y ago
That they already do it doesn't mean they should do more of it.
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krageon 4y ago
It's nice that they do it anyway, but I still don't appreciate it and I don't like it when they do it to more things. I'm not sure why "but they already do it!" should be an argument for liking it (or even tolerating it in novel circumstances). To me that sounds like stockholm syndrome.