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> Get the boot out of your mouth. If cash is legal tender, then any amount is, by default, legal. The concept of what is and isn’t “legal tender” is pretty ext

> Get the boot out of your mouth. If cash is legal tender, then any amount is, by default, legal. The concept of what is and isn’t “legal tender” is pretty extreme in the US compared to many other places. E.g many (most?) countries routinely takes bank notes out of circulation and make them worthless. But this isn’t so much about whether is legal tender but more about KYC laws: your €20K is no good to me as payment for a car if my bank won’t accept it in a deposit without a lot of hassle. > Stop pretending the government (any) has the “average” man’s best interest I like my government. I believe it operates with the best interest of the majority in mind. Why would they not? I elected them? It doesn’t consist of shadowy bureaucrats with hard- to-decide motives as far as I can see. They usually make laws with public support and have to answer when making impopular laws. The whole “governments are universally bad” thing is sad. Are people accepting living in democracies they experience working so poorly that they believe government has its own - or worse someone else’s - best interest in mind.

wizeman 4y ago
> I like my government. I believe it operates with the best interest of the majority in mind. Yeah, I used to believe that too. > Are people accepting living in democracies they experience working so poorly that they believe government has its own - or worse someone else’s - best interest in mind. Yes, unfortunately. And that's something people learn to accept because 1) most people are not aware that governments could work better, and 2) even if they know governments could work better, it's not clear to them how to achieve that, and 3) even when there are governments that already work better, it's not easy to move to another country, be it due to friends, family, lack of jobs in your expertise, language barriers, cultural barriers, different climate, strict immigration policies, etc. And even when you can move to another country, many countries still have most of the same underlying problems with government, because even when there is genuine interest in solving the problems (which is rare), their root causes are never actually solved (or at least, not effectively).
- flandish 4y ago
  Adding: most “democracies” are not truly democratic - representative governments are, “proxy” or “hopeful” or “you promised!” democratic but not democratic. Add in the layers of “manufactured consent” and you get… this to help “fight” “terrorism.”

wizeman 4y ago

> I like my government. I believe it operates with the best interest of the majority in mind. Yeah, I used to believe that too. > Are people accepting living in democracies they experience working so poorly that they believe government has its own - or worse someone else’s - best interest in mind. Yes, unfortunately. And that's something people learn to accept because 1) most people are not aware that governments could work better, and 2) even if they know governments could work better, it's not clear to them how to achieve that, and 3) even when there are governments that already work better, it's not easy to move to another country, be it due to friends, family, lack of jobs in your expertise, language barriers, cultural barriers, different climate, strict immigration policies, etc. And even when you can move to another country, many countries still have most of the same underlying problems with government, because even when there is genuine interest in solving the problems (which is rare), their root causes are never actually solved (or at least, not effectively).

flandish 4y ago
Adding: most “democracies” are not truly democratic - representative governments are, “proxy” or “hopeful” or “you promised!” democratic but not democratic. Add in the layers of “manufactured consent” and you get… this to help “fight” “terrorism.”