Quote from: creighto on May 25, 2011, 08:27:00 PM

Quote from: stakhanov on May 25, 2011, 09:49:34 AM

Technology is neutral and your little ideological beliefs aren't going to change a thing.

Technology is certainly not neutral. The widespread adoption of Bitcoin doesn't imply any particular ideology with the code, but it does imply a sea change in the idealogies of those who will continue to use it. Like any other disruptive technology, you cannot be unaffected by it's implications. That's why we call it disruptive technology. I've met many a person with enviromentalist and socialist leanings, but I've yet to meet one that refused to own or use a toilet. Composting maybe, but they definately owned a toilet.

To paraphrase the Bible...

'Not all dissentors will become libertarians, but they will all be changed.'

I agree, I don't think a bitcoin-planet would be described as Libertarian. I shouldn't be too harsh on you guys, I beleive your fanatical zeal (though misguided in my opinion) will provide a sustaining core for this technology on the long road to wide adoption. Like the CIA funding the Mujahadeen in a way, yeah...

I doubt the result will be anything like what you expect however, though I do think it could be better than what we have now.

In nature everything has a use.

Onward to Kabul!