Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 07:38:53 AM

This deserves its own reply. Some drug cartels employ people, build schools and road, etc. BECAUSE LAW ENFORCEMENT IS TOO AFRAID OR UNABLE TO STOP THEM!!! They are then able to win the peasants over through greed and the threat of violence.

This is another irrelevant point that'll derail this thread even more(than we already are).What this about?The need to maintain a strong central authority and good economic progression to stem the foothold of violent crime organisation?I'm not biting( no matter scrumptious it may seems) .

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 07:38:53 AM

If drug cartels were forced to use bitcoin, well first of all, they tend to be pretty stupid thugs. They would be easy pickings for cybercrime enforcement to lockdown in most cases.

Strange, did you not advocate that proper use of bitcoin could shield the user from government oversight?I'm sure the crime lord would be smart enough to take such advice to heart.Besides if they're powerful enough to take and hold territories from the government their IT department would be similarly up to the task.

Quote from: cbeast on November 20, 2014, 07:38:53 AM

I can't even.

Yes we established that already.