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Revolution is thoroughly overrated. There is very little point in trying to force change upon an existing system. A system that will replace the current one has
by Xdes 13y ago
Revolution is thoroughly overrated. There is very little point in trying to force change upon an existing system. A system that will replace the current one has to be backwards compatible with the status quo while being forwards compatible with the ideal. The communists made one additional mistake: they wanted to breakdown the existing system and force people to change. That kind of change takes generations to accomplish while the cryptocurrency system is feasible within my lifetime.
- pron 13y agoBut at least the communists laid down a detailed system, at least seemingly feasible, that they wanted to achieve. I don't understand what the "cryptocurrency system" is and how it proposes to address the issues that face humanity. Well, I've heard some notions, but all, unlike communism's, are quite juvenile, and when you get right down to the bottom of them, you get the exact same system we have now. Even look at the comments on this page. Someone suggests a loan system; another suggests insurance. And when asked, well, how will the different interests and values of people be managed, you get something like "we'll figure out a way". Well, that's a legitimate answer, but you can't say "we'll figure out a way" and at the same time call it a "cryptocurrency system". Either you have a system or an outline of one (it can be general, but it must be forward-thinking, and it can't discard politics just like communism couldn't discard psychology – politics is a part of us) or you can play the wingnut game like Glen Beck and talk about FEMA takeovers and other conspiracies, but you can't have it both ways.