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by snitko 13y ago
Why do you want to pay taxes?
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by snitko 13y ago
>Inflation is an indirect motive to spend money today and not hoard. Why is spending good? If I spend money on the things I don't really need because I'm afraid I'm gonna lose otherwise, why do you think it's good f
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by snitko 13y ago
It is up to you to decide whether you are convinced or not. If you have any logical counter-arguments, then great, I would be willing to listen to them, discuss them and change my mind about deflation. However, simply saying "it doesn&
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by snitko 13y ago
It is really a sad state of things that people misunderstand deflation. They have this idea that no one will spend, but it doesn't stand any scrutiny, really. Please read these articles, we made a real effort here to explain why deflat
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by snitko 13y ago
Yeah, how about redefining what a criminal is in the first place. Then you don't need to protect the public.
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by snitko 13y ago
And that's why we have regulations. So people can only purchase an innovation that not only looks great, but is actually more effective, in like 2 to 5 years which it will take to approve it.
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by snitko 13y ago
I talk about hoarding and there's nothing wrong with that. If you want a new house or a new car, I think saving money until you have enough is a much nobler way to do it. When you say that "money should work and do something usefu
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by snitko 13y ago
More interestingly, deflation is an ultimate rich tax. If someone makes money in the economy he automatically shares it with everyone else, even with the poorest guy who only has 1btc on his wallet. You don't need IRS or any other agen
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by snitko 13y ago
With an inflationary currency all those wonderful things you describe that allegedly help recovery are actually done at the expense of those who save. When you say "deflation punishes those who are in debt" I raise you "infla
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by snitko 13y ago
It's not a problem even if your economy only has Bitcoin. Deflation is not a problem.
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by snitko 13y ago
That is a very important question. Because it is so often asked when talking about Bitcoin, I took some time to write an answer for it. Please read it and let me know if you have questions: http://snitko.ru/blog/the-bea
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by snitko 13y ago
How is it that the poor need protection from the rich? It seems to me, the most imminent danger to the poor is the government: it sends poor people, who don't have money for lawyers, to prison for victimless crimes; it violates their r
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by snitko 13y ago
Why do you describe it as libertarian leanings ? What in the libertarian philosophy still makes you uncomfortable?
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by snitko 13y ago
So how come Bitcoin is so fundamentally opposed to the concept of state and regulations then? Doesn't make any sense. Where's the catch?
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by snitko 13y ago
No, I disagree that we should be asking "Why do you pay taxes?" because this is an open ended question which leaves a lot of room for speculation and asks for an opinion, not an action. Action is what matters. People might convinc
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by snitko 13y ago
> people don't pay taxes because they are forced to do so by force, people pay taxes for a wide variety of reasons Easy to test. Ask people if they would keep paying taxes if they weren't afraid of IRS (or equivalent). My exp
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by snitko 13y ago
Very good. But you cannot claim the majority of people actually share your morals, because you also initiate force against them. If people weren't afraid of your force, my guess is most of them wouldn't be willing to pay taxes. It
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by snitko 13y ago
And why do you suppose people decide to stand in line without anyone actually forcing them to do so? It must be because they know that if a couple of them decide to break the line and go ahead of everyone else, then everyone else would do t
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by snitko 13y ago
There's a larger implication, actually. You think it's moral to use force against people who disagree with you. It doesn't matter what the question is, the idea is that you are prepared to initiate the use of force, while lib
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by snitko 13y ago
I just pointed out a number of sources of unemployment originating from government interference and you just replied with "but government interference always existed, therefore it cannot be a reason for unemployment". That's
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by snitko 13y ago
There exists no such thing as social contract. It's made up. Can you prove its existence?
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by snitko 13y ago
As for why unemployment exists in the US... Please factor in illegal employment created by government criminalizing drugs and other things (prostitution or gambling, for instance). Factor in minimum wage, which allows some people to earn mo
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by snitko 13y ago
If people weren't afraid an IRS agent could come and take away their possessions and if they refused to cooperate a policeman could come and handcuff them, we would see whom most people would agree with. It's like saying "but
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by snitko 13y ago
I think what oleganza is trying to say here is that while unemployment may indeed exist under any system, what we have to understand is that by creating laws and regulations to fight it, we really are doing it at someone else's expense
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by snitko 13y ago
And what is merit? Does Satoshi who created it have merit? Or do those who started mining it back then because they recognized the true potential have merit? Or those who bought it at $2 and then a $10 and then at $100 have merit, because t
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by snitko 13y ago
There must be some reason why people would prefer the currency of one club over another. Maybe it's because in "the Bitcoin club" no one tells you what you can do with your money, no one devalues your money at will and no one
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by snitko 13y ago
Where we're going we don't need roads http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flge_rw6RG0
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by snitko 13y ago
> there’s a better chance that banks and governments of the world will start to get serious about cleaning up the global mess they’ve created Never gonna happen. Bitcoin is the cleaning we need. There's absolutely no incentive f
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by snitko 13y ago
That is a very good idea, I don't understand where the downvotes come from.
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by snitko 13y ago
> The problem? Young people are terrible at self-reflection. No. Some people, not just young, are terrible at it. And some are good at it. Universities don't change that because they continue to be nannies. If you want people to b

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