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The reason someone in Vietnam, China, or any other country with terrible government would dare dream of being paid to do graphic design without the government t
by seibelj 4y ago
The reason someone in Vietnam, China, or any other country with terrible government would dare dream of being paid to do graphic design without the government tracking such a payment is not simply about tax evasion. You might be helping to promote abortion. Or gay rights. Or liberal democracy.
There are innumerable reasons why someone in an authoritarian regime would prefer to earn a living outside the political apparatus, which in the current official monetary system is impossible.
- aforwardslash 4y ago"You might be helping to promote abortion. Or gay rights. Or liberal democracy." - right, because eg. abortion is illegal only on "authoritarian regimes". So basically, we're back to the initial argument - cryptocurrencies are good to sponsor criminal/illegal activities - being promoting democracy values on authoritarian regimes or moving money around in human slave trafficking...