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Priem19
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Comment #26507457
Financial demagoguery.
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Comment #26505209
Work less. I realize one can't just go up to their employer and say “I'm gonna work 3/4 or 1/2 now.” And it depends on how far above or below your means you live. However, we need …
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Comment #26502659
>Until such time as central banks cease to exist, bitcoin will also continue to provide a convenient method for holders of this currency to avoid paying taxes to fund all of the wa…
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Comment #26501710
Then don't reply.
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Comment #26500404
“Simply because cancer occurs naturally doesn't mean we shouldn't treat it. In the same vain, sometimes the “free market” just screws up, requiring intervention.” — https://www.cyn…
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Comment #26500010
“Fractional reserve banking. Since bitcoin hasn't lived up to its original vision, it caused a periodical shift in narrative and splintering of its early core developers and adhere…
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Comment #26497961
I think you seriously underestimate how ugly society would get if the government went bankrupt, and how quickly bitcoin would be rendered useless. Moreover, if governments are corr…
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Comment #26497938
By which I mean to say: the greedy rich wanting to preserve or increase their wealth at all costs is what got us into this mess. Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency pyramid scheme …
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Comment #26497703
>Also expect a ton of movement to crypto when wealth taxes get implemented to fix economies. They'll use it to hide assets, guaranteed. Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely.…
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Comment #26497496
I'm glad you used an adjective because the majority of children I teach would beat most cryptocurrency eschatologists in one fell swoop at a maturity contest.
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Comment #26497292
The most sophisticated pyramid scheme ever, hidden in plain sight; so obvious that everyone second guesses themselves. “They all seem to be going along, I guess I must be wrong.” M…
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Comment #26489023
I stopped meditating when I wasn't able to laugh any more. I was at a friend's house, sitting comfortably on a couch. I passed my phone and showed my friend and his girlfriend a fu…
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Comment #26488949
Of course: “Buy CTASK”; take your pyramid scheme elsewhere. Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely: https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocultscience.html .
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Comment #26488907
I wish I could reply with a nuanced take, but I can't. Ban these cryptocurrency pyramid schemes already. https://www.cynicusrex.com/file/cryptocultscience.html
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Comment #26453586
I added a paragraph clarifying my stance on fractional reserve banking. That section could've indeed been easily misinterpreted. Thank you.
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Comment #26449996
No it's not. Your argument is a straw man fallacy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Straw_man .
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Comment #26449677
>“This article has some substance to it that is worth discussion” Thank you, I appreciate that. >“sheer amount of ad hominem in it.” I wouldn't say sheer, but admittedly yes, I cou…
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Comment #26449217
Skateboarders, rock climbers, mathematics, tractor enthusiasts, Britney Spears fanclubs (hence Britney Spears' Guide to Semiconductor Physics http://britneyspears.ac/lasers.htm ), …
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Comment #26448965
I chuckled. I know the last sentence was meant as joke but here's an answer anyway: because the dollar is not a pyramid scheme. Whereas any new currency that doesn't have a fair di…
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Comment #26448833
“you'll see some of the smartest engineers of our generation working real hard” I've been reading those cheap empty words way too much lately. Unless they are the likes of John von…
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Comment #26410495
First, I'm happy to finally see a blockchain project that isn't accompanied by its own token, and therefore isn't pursuing a quick cash grab, nor incentivizes gambling. Second, wha…
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Comment #26393028
It's all become about money. I fucking hate this state of society.
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Comment #26353838
Article added to https://www.quitfacebook.org . Thanks.