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Re: Wall Observer BTC/USD - Bitcoin price movement tracking & discussion
by
strawbs
on 08/12/2021, 19:24:08 UTC

Regarding, your assertion that they can just print more money.. that's nonsense and you know it.

It is, and I do (you got me - I don't really believe in the point I was making but that's not a reason not to make it). But I think you also understand my more general point: taxation being seen to be unfair whilst money is being created from nothing.

Personally, I do not find the whining about taxes and government to be a very convincing approach.. even though it is quite popular and I suppose that it has its place... and these surely can be evolving topics too, because sometimes I do find myself making arguments that I thought that I would not be making - so we are surely living in confusing times, and even with some of the corona bullshit, it is so damned strange to see so many people wearing masks outside.. and gosh kids seem to be controlled a lot in this regard.. so I really did hate school, and I wonder if I would have hated it more if there were masks back in my day.. or if I would have ended up going along with it.. just so difficult to say because it is sometimes hard to put yourself back into earlier times..and just some of the distrust of strangers and the ways that the alienating of people from others can end up being used against people in terms of implementing policies that are not really in the interest of the people... whether we are referring to monetary policy or social justice issues.. and Jesus I have frequently thought that social justice issues were ways to create division and even to distract from government economic policy issues, and surely we are all over the place with governmental involvement in various areas of identity and individual rights and privacy and surely is frustrating for almost anyone no matter which sides of the issues.

Perhaps a better way to put would be to say that I wouldn't mind paying my fair share of taxes if (when?) bitcoin replaces fiat in the economy and I am taxed in bitcoin. Then I would know that my taxes couldn't equally have been raised from a money printer and cannot be inflated away.