Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 06:25:15 AM

I suppose drug cartels use Hallmark cards and candy to maintain their wealth and power.

Ironically,some drug cartel do indeed gave candies to children in their area of power on some occasions.They use the carrot and stick method to maintain control, everybody knows that.Or do you mean how they pay for it?By any means available to them :money, goods, favours,coercion etc .They would readily use bitcoin like any other asset that they have access to .

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:50:11 AM

I never said that all of them do so. I can't even.

Then perhaps you should stop using overly generalising statement such as

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:50:11 AM

The rich and powerful usually resort to violence to achieve their ends.

Which is pretty much false.

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 05:50:11 AM

In theory, but it doesn't work in the internet age. Credit card fraud, bank hackers, ATM fraud, counterfeiting, etc. and taxpayers end up paying for them. Bitcoin makes all of those things impossible. The only major frauds that occur in Bitcoin are confidence games. They usually appeal to a person's greed and their isn't much anyone can do about someone willing to give their money away.

Are we still talking about how bitcoin isn't really more immune to torture and coercion than other value retainers or are you replying to my rebuttal of the the " could only be earned through honesty and empathy" thing.