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The us military is probably doing slightly more like providing jobs, protecting people etc and not just money. Independent of this as usual: of course someone

The us military is probably doing slightly more like providing jobs, protecting people etc and not just money. Independent of this as usual: of course someone should also review the energy usage of everything including the military. We are talking here about crypto and not military

lowkey 4y ago
> The us military is probably doing slightly more like providing jobs, protecting people etc and not just money. Slightly more, like for example, killing over 1 million Iraqis over a lie about WMD, or bringing freedom to the people of Libya which resulted in the country going from the highest per capital standard of living in Africa to one of the poorest and one that now features open-air slave markets? Notably both Iraq and Libya had the audacity to try and trade their oil in something other than US dollars. I don’t think it is a coincidence that every single country that tried to trade oil in any currency other than USD this century was rewarded with an invasion by the US military. That is simply the US military doing it’s job in protecting US dollar hegemony. > Independent of this as usual: of course someone should also review the energy usage of everything including the military. But you still haven’t explained why we should prioritize banning Bitcoin mining over say banning the US military. Especially when, by objective measure Bitcoin mining consumes less than 0.0001% of the energy of the US military, not to mention other externalities like the widespread death and destruction caused by the US military simply to protect the US dollar. > We are talking here about crypto and not military Perhaps, maybe we SHOULD be talking about the military. See my points above.
- Melingo 4y ago
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  - lowkey 4y ago
    It is not a straw man to point out that both Bitcoin mining and the US military solve similar use cases of protecting their respective currencies. Or that the US military uses 1 million times more energy than Bitcoin mining, mostly from dirty fossil fuels. You continue to ignore each and every point I raise to in response to your arguments. Why?
    - Melingo 4y ago
      Bitcoin can't physically protect or fight a country. It's just not the same at all. Referencing the us military instead of discussing Bitcoin and it's issues is strawmanning. Instead of arguing about the point you talk about something different. And as stated a few times: yes we need to discuss the energy usage of ALl things. But on a Bitcoin topic the discussion is about Bitcoin and not the us military

lowkey 4y ago

> The us military is probably doing slightly more like providing jobs, protecting people etc and not just money. Slightly more, like for example, killing over 1 million Iraqis over a lie about WMD, or bringing freedom to the people of Libya which resulted in the country going from the highest per capital standard of living in Africa to one of the poorest and one that now features open-air slave markets? Notably both Iraq and Libya had the audacity to try and trade their oil in something other than US dollars. I don’t think it is a coincidence that every single country that tried to trade oil in any currency other than USD this century was rewarded with an invasion by the US military. That is simply the US military doing it’s job in protecting US dollar hegemony. > Independent of this as usual: of course someone should also review the energy usage of everything including the military. But you still haven’t explained why we should prioritize banning Bitcoin mining over say banning the US military. Especially when, by objective measure Bitcoin mining consumes less than 0.0001% of the energy of the US military, not to mention other externalities like the widespread death and destruction caused by the US military simply to protect the US dollar. > We are talking here about crypto and not military Perhaps, maybe we SHOULD be talking about the military. See my points above.

Melingo 4y ago
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- lowkey 4y ago
  It is not a straw man to point out that both Bitcoin mining and the US military solve similar use cases of protecting their respective currencies. Or that the US military uses 1 million times more energy than Bitcoin mining, mostly from dirty fossil fuels. You continue to ignore each and every point I raise to in response to your arguments. Why?
  - Melingo 4y ago
    Bitcoin can't physically protect or fight a country. It's just not the same at all. Referencing the us military instead of discussing Bitcoin and it's issues is strawmanning. Instead of arguing about the point you talk about something different. And as stated a few times: yes we need to discuss the energy usage of ALl things. But on a Bitcoin topic the discussion is about Bitcoin and not the us military