Quote from: o_e_l_e_o on May 06, 2020, 07:38:09 AM

Quote from: ultrloa on May 05, 2020, 08:21:00 AM

This is over reacting on freedom things since I don't see any danger on it not unless if you are trying to hide your illegalities

Nonsense. If you decide that only criminals deserve privacy, then the only ones who will have any privacy will be criminals. If you think privacy isn't a big deal, please share your real name, email address, social media profiles, and passwords to all your accounts, so I can have good snoop around your life and post whatever I like publicly. No? Didn't think so. Why is that any different to letting anyone who wants snoop around your financial transactions?

For lawmakers the world over, linking law and order with privacy has been in the vogue for a long time now. We as citizens are made to believe a Utopian picture where if every person is profiled and tracked from birth to death, there will be no crimes. Some people may actually believe this as an acceptable thing because they want to live in a "safe" society.

Whenever this thought crosses your mind, ask yourself, What is Democracy? What is Government? Who gives the government its legitimacy and the mandate to make laws??
Answer:Its We, The People.

Ask yourself, Why do we vote? Why do I pay taxes? What is the government's job?
Answer: The governments "job" is to ensure that law-enforcers and justice system should work, that administrators don't slack, that education and healthcare is available so society doesn't go into decay.

Ask yourself, How well do they do this? What do i see around me?
Answer: The "Government" goes hand-in-gloves with corporations. Corruption and kickbacks become the norm. People like Jeffrey Epstein and his cult exploit minors and women for years. When they get caught, these people commit "suicides" to cut off the trail.

Realize that "Government" remains benevolent and stays on its toes as long as there is a civil society and informed citizenry to judge it. If we accept to become a tagged and databased herd of cattle for "security", the "Government" will not waste time in snatching all other liberties and putting you to work while the select few reap the benefits and fall into a spiral of depravity. Every centralized empire in history is proof of this. When the rulers have absolute power, the corruption and depravity is absolute too.

It is a vigilante citizenry that keeps government power in check. Bitcoin is a powerful tool for any vigilante citizen to have a say in his financial independence and in making his financial choices. Do not guilt-trip yourself that "terrorists" use it or worse. Those depraved criminals existed much before bitcoin. Its the "job" of your damn government to trace their asses and hang them by their toes. Yet, they fail to do their jobs and use your guilt to come after the one thing that gives you power as a citizen. Identify the ruse. Do not accept invasion of your privacy in the name of law and safety. Our aim is to be Honest, Upright Law-Abiding Citizens not Fearful, cowering, submissive, stick-fearing Cattle.