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Quote from: sbrys on Today at 07:30:03 AM

Something that always strikes me is that people underestimate the impact of a decentralized world. Especially more vulnerable people that depend on society for ‘survival’.

I don’t think decentralization will spread over to any aspect of society, you will still need government services for most things:

Healthcare.
Police.
Jurisdiction.
Education.
Military(no military only works, if no other countries has it, but if one country starts building militaries again, the others have to do it too, or they can be conquered easily).
Social services.
Basically everything the government is now doing too.

Except if they loose their monopoly over money, it could actually make societies more strong again and where decentralization really brings in huge benefits.

Quote from: sbrys on Today at 07:30:03 AM

- my connection with an employer will be direct and I will pay no taxes —> I have a choice

It’s the same now in most countries, your employer will probably deduct taxes beforehand and you will only get the taxed amount payed out. Just like now, because otherwise the state would start closing their business. The difference with decentralized money will be: No one can confiscate your already taxed money, or make it worthless over time. This is huge, if people had this in the past, the whole course of history would probably have been different.

Quote from: sbrys on Today at 07:30:03 AM

- No support for unemployment. Maybe this will stimulate more people to work but will also create some issues

They will tax people, there’s a saying: only two things are certain, taxes and death. Even if the state looses their power temporarily and a vacuum forms, after some time a new state will probably form again. We can’t escape this.

But isn’t that the essence of the issue ? In the theoretical case where Bitcoin would take over there would be an issue as the middleman (government) would be out and therefore not able to deduct taxes.

Services depending on these taxes (list you mention) would be under pressure.

I agree with you we continue to need these services but a decentralized world could create issues in this field

The government won’t be out, they still have a monopoly on violence and laws, but they lost their monopoly over money.