Quote from: JorgeStolfi on January 21, 2016, 04:13:40 PM

Even for libertarian and anarchists, a switch to classic should be indifferent or better. Even if the LN works at all, it will be impractical to use it without going a big hub; and hubs are going to be totally AML/KNC compliant, which means no anonymous payments, govenment blockades, temporary and even permanent freezing of funds, etc..

Moreover, most coin holdings are not in the hands of ideoologically motivated libertarians and ancaps, but in the hands of profit-motivated investors,
big or small.

You don't seem to understand the attack or the p2p LN which will have many decentralized hubs without KYC/AML.
I agree , we will be using both chains temporarily, that is the nature of the attack, but you are insane for suggesting we would be happy with a centralized paypal 2.0 with AML/KYC.

Quote from: JorgeStolfi on January 21, 2016, 04:13:40 PM

I know that it is difficult to understand why democracy is "the worst system of government, excluding all the others". It takes the ability to think socially: "Whatever I can think, do, want, or get, others can think, do, want, or get too".

Libertarians and anarchists are notoriously unable to think that way. So, when they conclude that the choices of a minority should prevail over those of the majority, they always assume implicitly that it will be their minority, not some other minority.

Ahh, you clearly don't understand how consensus is found in anarchistic systems. It is a gross misrepresentation you are making to those unfamiliar with anarchistic politics. I don't have time to give you a whole lecture (and don't think you even care to learn) but for the edification of others-

Anarchism does not mean chaos. Most Anarchists believe in a society of laws. These laws are just devised through other consensus mechanisms than democratic or republic forms of representations. The minority doesn't prevail over the majority, as we are all individuals and a group/state/society doesn't actually exist in reality except as a concepts. This means we understand that there is no evil illuminati or group of lizard people controlling our own fate but we are collectively responsible for both the good deeds and crimes in society and we must have solidarity with each other.