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Depends on your worldview doesn’t it? For me, having a transaction system that isn’t controlled by either my own government or corporate America is useful. If i
by zarzavat 2y ago
Depends on your worldview doesn’t it? For me, having a transaction system that isn’t controlled by either my own government or corporate America is useful. If it’s not useful to you then you don’t have to use it.
- can16358p 2y agoThis! It's unbelievable how underrated this whole view is especially in a place like HN where I'd expect more liberal people. Even this property of crypto alone is a single reason to support it, let alone all the other tech that can be built on top of it.
- kitkat_new 2y agoanarchism doesn't maximize peoples freedom
- eterps 2y agoAnarchism rejects hierarchies and centralized power in favor of maximizing individual liberty.
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- kitkat_new 2y agoit doesn't really maximize individual liberty, ultimately almost anyone would end up with less liberty in practice, except for people choosing to centralize power i.e. rejecting anarchism
- lern_too_spel 2y agoThe rest of the people in your country don't want it because if your money is stolen, there is no way to get it back. If it's detrimental to society, I will make laws against it. That's how government works.
- zarzavat 2y agoIt’s the same with cash isn’t it? Non-reversible payments are the rule not the exception. Even bank transfers are non-reversible in general.
- lern_too_spel 2y agoIf the money was obtained illegally, the government can get the money back for the victim. This is not true for unregulated international money transfer. That's why North Korea and Russia like to promote cryptocurrency usage among Western rubes.