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Quote from: aminorex on April 25, 2014, 05:30:29 PM

His hatred for our freedom knows no bounds, [ ... ] He usually manages a semblance of sanity until his "libertarian" reaction formation is activated, whereupon all bets are off.

Quote from: KFR on April 25, 2014, 07:02:04 PM

Good to see you airing those "academic" prejudices a little more openly again, prof. Have the high priests of the global Bitcoin conspiracy been getting to you again? Roll Eyes

Bitcoin could be your saviour but you're so terrified of some of its libertarian fans somehow taking complete control of this massive open-to-all consensus-based network that you'd rather dedicate your time to saving the world from those dangerous imaginary cultists [ ... ]

Quote from: cAPSLOCK on April 30, 2014, 04:46:21 AM

I think your political bias might be showing a tad. Wink

My sincere apologies if I ever gave the impression that I had any sympathy or respect whatsoever for the libertarian ideology. If you care, I could try to remove any lingering doubts you may have about my opinions on the matter.

By the way, I am still trying to figure out what exactly is the "freedom" that the bitcoin "libertarians" are so obsessed about.

It seems that most of them are in the US or "US-like" countries, so it cannot be freedom of speech, religion, travel, residence, association, study, dress, drink, sex, marriage, work, property, trade, investment, enterprise, and many other basic freedoms that the citizens of those countries enjoy to a higher degree than most other people in the world (and that bitcoin cannot do anything about anyway).

So, what exactly are those "freedoms" that the "libertarians" miss, and hope to get through bitcoin?

Freedom from bank bailouts and the continued devaluation of the dollar.

And freedom from having to let a central entithy - whose policies we disagree with in many ways - have total control over our means of exchange, which are perhaps the most important part of a civilized life.

Cryptocurrencies gives people control on their money -thus economical freedom-, while fiat is at the mercy of the whims of an irreasonable government which can't see more long-term than its term in office.