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Transporting value across borders is what Bitcoin routinely does, and quite well too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39520886 https://news.ycombinator.com
by janandonly 3y ago
Transporting value across borders is what Bitcoin routinely does, and quite well too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39520886 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=39520886
And if you want to force Afghan refugees (for example) to return and pay their taxes to the Taliban, then I don't know how to respond to that.
Bitcoin gives people freedom, as you can read more about here: https://hrf.org/hrf-op-ed-why-central-bank-digital-currencies-cant-compete-with-bitcoin/ https://hrf.org/hrf-op-ed-why-central-bank-digital-currencie...
- CrazyStat 3y ago> And if you want to force Afghan refugees (for example) to return and pay their taxes to the Taliban, then I don't know how to respond to that. This is such an absurd straw man.
- ceejayoz 3y agoCool. When you enter Japan with $10M in gold, their democratically elected government has opted to charge an import tax. That is one of their freedoms as a sovereign nation. edit: Post above originally said "One country's crime is another country's freedom" instead.
- QuarterReptile 3y agoThis incident almost certainly revolves around capital controls in China, with the Japanese infraction only being collateral damage justified by the China problem.
- ceejayoz 3y agoAre you of the opinion that, upon arrival in Japan, the smugglers would've disclosed the gold and gone "phew, here's your $1M we owe in tax"?