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I feel the same. Mostly because I feel helpless about it. How are we supposed to bring about real, lasting change? How can we trust a government that views the

I feel the same. Mostly because I feel helpless about it. How are we supposed to bring about real, lasting change? How can we trust a government that views the Constitution as an inconvenience instead of our most important legal document? One that they swore to uphold. I'm trying to come up with an effective way to help solve this problem, but everything, including encryption, has serious issues. The only truly effective thing I can think of is to start using Bitcoin, because the government has no power if it can't tax, but Bitcoin is a whole new area of FUD.

mpyne 13y ago
The government can tax Bitcoin too. If somehow the USD went to shit they could even make you pay it in BTC, unless you felt you were able to hide your identity, but we have people paid only in cash play that game already without serious detriment to government power.
- MattyRad 13y ago
  Could you elaborate on how the government would be able to tax Bitcoin? As I understand, since the government can't see your n number of wallets, all of which are probably anonymous, they would have no idea how much tax you owe.
  - mcguire 13y ago
    As you to fill out a form declaring how much you earned, determine that you are falsifying that form based on information provided by your transactions' counter-parties, then put you in prison. See Al Capone. Is this a trick question?
ck2 13y ago
Have you seen the joke meme where they label Obama "you were the chosen one" - sadly it's not a joke to me. It really, really feels that way. I had no illusions he was perfect. I despised the marketing pitch of "change". But I didn't expect this. I mean even the right would have to admit they are a little surprised.