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by snitko 13y ago
The problem with sending micro payments in Bitcoin is not that you can't divide it into smaller coins, but the fact that unless you pay a transaction fee, your transaction may not be included in a block (e.g. confirmed) for a rather lo
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by snitko 13y ago
Not legal, haha. "Not legal" is a concept invented for the rest of the society and it means nothing to Feds. Source: NSA revelations.
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by snitko 13y ago
So the founder of Tor Freedom is arrested and now this. Quite a coincidence. Maybe not NSA, but probably some kind of government agency. I think the best bet people can make these days is to assume that government is guilty and means to do
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by snitko 13y ago
In other words, they own us.
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by snitko 13y ago
Yeah, I mean, that's the ethical side of the question. I agree.
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by snitko 13y ago
Why? Are you saying that speculating on Bitcoin somehow alters the core properties of the technology?
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by snitko 13y ago
They should buy bitcoins on some money they raised: it will surely spark a new spike in price, but, hopefully, because they initiated it, they can later profit from people who follow the trend by buying and raising the price even more. That
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by snitko 13y ago
The proposition is not to remove the framework, but to de-monopolize it. We currently have a government framework of law, but nothing (except people not realizing it's even possible) prevents us from having multiple frameworks, each op
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by snitko 13y ago
I would recommend a non-fiction book "The Machinery Of Freedom" by David D. Friedman, it depicts and discusses how a society could function without a government.
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by snitko 13y ago
So if tomorrow the herd decided it is acceptable to send you to uranium mines to work for free for the rest of your life because it is better for the society, you'd have no objections to it? And, mind you, it is exactly what the herd h
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by snitko 13y ago
So if someone demonstrated to you that any government is actually a bigger evil, would you consider changing your mind?
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by snitko 13y ago
1. Government doesn't provide food 2. Government only provides SOME jobs Even if we assume that ALL people who can no longer be employed because government disappeared cannot find jobs, it would only demonstrate that they can't wo
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by snitko 13y ago
Let's conduct a thought experiment: tomorrow everyone in the US wakes up and realizes there's no government, no cops, no army etc. And for the purity of the experiment, let's say there is no way to create a new government. Do
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by snitko 13y ago
No, I have not indicated it at all. You misread me. No one likes obeying rules they don't like. You're trying to present it as if I'm some kind of an outcast, which I'm not.
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by snitko 13y ago
You can put your theory into practice by walking into a bank with a gun (in states where it's legal) and kindly asking them to hand you a million dollars. It'd be interesting to see what happens next. But, more importantly, it see
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by snitko 13y ago
A robber comes to you on the street with a gun in his pocket. He kindly suggests you hand him your wallet and that'd be the end of it, no violence is going to happen, he promises. He also points out that if you decide to fight back, he
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by snitko 13y ago
No, I obey some laws because there are men with guns and I obey others because I think it's a good idea to. For instance, I pay taxes or obtain visas to other countries because otherwise officials are going to make my life difficult
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by snitko 13y ago
> In post-apocalyptical fantasies where government armed guys cease to exist, who would usually thrive? Organized armed guys. As scientifically established by hollywood movies. Brilliant.
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by snitko 13y ago
Interesting. So why did they check mine upon exit? I haven't indicated in any way I'm not a US citizen.
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by snitko 13y ago
Why do you want protection from me? I have not given a slightest hint I want to harm anyone in any way and I don't like violence. Why would I fear rules? I fear people who want to randomly enforce those rules, justifying by them anythi
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by snitko 13y ago
Please come visit Russia without a passport or maybe ask people to come visit US without one. You'll see how fast those guns can become real. They won't even let you out of the country if you don't have a passport, which, of
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by snitko 13y ago
Ask yourself, why does the state require you to have a passport to travel? Why can't you just go wherever you want without it? Passports don't seem to stop bad guys from doing bad things.
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by snitko 13y ago
His revoked passport is real in a sense that it's a real piece of paper that some guys decided should be required for people they rule to travel.
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by snitko 13y ago
I know it's slightly offtopic, but can somebody please explain how YouPorn and similar sites make money?
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by snitko 13y ago
Empirically, what you're saying is not true. Many countries use USD as their primary currency, however their citizens do not pay taxes to the US. But let's say I agree. I'm gonna switch to Bitcoin and start my own country. Pr
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by snitko 13y ago
What's so vital about a state that people can't do on their own? What does a state magically accomplish that no one else can?
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by snitko 13y ago
That's an interesting twist. You're basically calling me a burglar, even though it is you who intends to take my money away from me.
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by snitko 13y ago
Well, then don't you have an axiom that taxes are not theft? Simply because most people agree with you doesn't mean you are right and moral and I am not. Would you call slavery moral? Yet throughout most of the human history, most
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by snitko 13y ago
If there was a 0% tax in Monaco, there would be no way to fund public healthcare. In reality, employers are required to contribute to the CSM (Caisses Sociales de Monaco) for each employee. That's a tax.
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by snitko 13y ago
So the question remains: would you personally come to my house to cease it and explain to my kids that they are now homeless because their daddy simply disagrees with what you think is right and refuses to pay to people you believe are good

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