Quote from: mortified on February 03, 2015, 02:08:03 PM

Quote from: Dusty on February 03, 2015, 10:29:06 AM

Quote from: JorgeStolfi on January 14, 2015, 05:52:24 AM

Really? Could you please explain how those 100'000 people get more "freedom from oppresive governments" by using bitcoin? Is "freedom" just evading taxes, or buying illegal drugs, weapons, child porn -- or is there something else?

Claim: in its 6 years of existence, bitcoin has caused 1000x more damage than benefits to the world.

Bitcoin has given me hope to be one day free from the ideas that governs your way of thinking.

Thanks for continually remind me it with every post you make.

There is a group of casinos near my property that has done 10000x more damage than Bitcoin.

And WW2 had done more damage still, what's your point? A broken leg isn't as bad as lung cancer, which doesn't even begin to imply that a broken leg's a *good* thing.

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I've heard of so many families destroyed, homes lost, and gambling addiction leading to crime or worse. Casinos pay fines for cheating smaller than their take, so there is no incentive to do so. They cause drug cartels and organized crime to enter nearby towns and cities. Bitcoin could eliminate cheating casinos and replace them with provably fair ones. Silk Road already proved that Bitcoin prevents drug dealing and other crimes.

1. Gambling addiction has nothing to do with casinos cheating or being "provably fair."
2. "Drug cartels" are no less likely to be attracted to "provably fair" casinos than ones that cheat.
3. SR was fail & aids, also http://www.wired.com/2015/02/read-transcript-silk-roads-boss-ordering-5-assassinations/ .

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The biggest problem with JorgeStolfi is he thinks too small. Its people like him that prevent the needed help from getting to victims of government abuse.

The biggest problem lies not with Jorge, but with your tenuous, crude & uninformed grasp of economics.
Sure, even a cat may look at a king, though a cat judging a king is the height of arrogance.