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Although I can get the rationale of most things he says, I’m not sure that he’s always offering sane alternative options: > Don't be tracked — pay cash. I’m w
by kartikkumar 12y ago
Although I can get the rationale of most things he says, I’m not sure that he’s always offering sane alternative options:
> Don't be tracked — pay cash.
I’m wondering how he imagines this would pan out. Is RMS also against banking, since banks mine your data too. Does he suggest stuffing your mattress full of cash? (serious question).
In the US, where credit ratings are essential to be able to make any sizeable/significant purchases (car, house etc.), I’m wondering what he suggests as being the alternative. Or is he just supposed to reject all purchases that aren’t feasible with cash?
I’m curious if he’s opposed to Bitcoin too.
I’m not familiar enough with his writings to discern whether he’s simply a dissenter or also someone that has a view towards sane, realistic solutions.
- notthemessiah 12y ago> I’m curious if he’s opposed to Bitcoin too. He likes the privacy aspect of it, but has concerns with how it enables tax-evasion, and lack of monetary policy, hence why TALER (Taxable Anonymous Libre Electronic Reserves) is a GNU project: https://gnunet.org/taler2014ghm https://gnunet.org/taler2014ghm