Quote from: myrkul on August 09, 2012, 12:09:19 PM

Quote from: cbeast on August 09, 2012, 12:07:05 PM

Quote from: myrkul on August 09, 2012, 12:01:34 PM

Quote from: cbeast on August 09, 2012, 11:56:49 AM

This is why I have abandoned all the movements to change society. John Lennon had it right in Revolution. Bitcoin is a technology that can help bring positive changes. It won't happen in my lifetime, but this is a revolution in how to think about money.

Just because it's hard doesn't mean it's impossible. Just look at the progress made already in the Free State Project.

Quote from: Henry Ford

If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right.

First you have to change human nature (whatever you think it is). That will take awhile. Behaviorists are working on that, but it won't happen soon. Ford was talking about nuts and bolts, not social mechanisms. Bitcoin is nuts and bolts that make us think about new paradigms, but it doesn't offer any solutions to social problems.

Libertarianism has no plans to change human nature. We want to change the structure of society to utilize human nature, rather than fight against it.

No you don't. Here is where I call you out as a Libertarian. Your poster boy Ron Paul wants to destroy the current structure without anything to replace it. I am all for that just as long as he and everyone else is willing to give up all private property and money and start over. But no. He wants to keep his wealth and take away the structure that allowed him to aggregate it in the first place. That's where I part with Libertarians.