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You might notice that many Americans now live safely in what was formerly the wild west.

• smacktoward 13y ago
  Yes, because the Wild West stopped being wild. Governments organized, police departments and fire brigades and schools were set up. Roads were paved, water and sewer lines installed. All the appurtenances of civilization, in other words. And you can't install the appurtenances of civilization without installing civilization with them.
  • dasil003 13y ago
    Yes, obviously. Both you and jbooth seem to be missing my point, you perhaps a bit more painfully, so I'll spell it out in plain English: Just because Bitcoin is unregulated and uncontrolled today does not mean it always will be. And to my original point: MtGox incompetence is not much of a data point either way, other than that MtGox couldn't have come into existence in a more mature landscape.