I couldn't agree more, but that only makes me more angry that I have to do all the security theater to get on an airplane. Just because it doesn't work, doesn't mean they won't make my life more difficult by trying it.

I don't think KYC laws work either, but they certainly make it more difficult for many Bitcoin businesses and for Bitcoiners in general. Just because they don't work doesn't mean I don't have to give all my details to an exchange and then get screwed when their database is leaked.

In the case of our original argument, I don't care what the subject is: porn, marijuana, being able to say racial slurs -- I see regulation of these things directly leading to ever-expanding surveillance of the general population. We are close to the point where the 4th amendment is null and void because there are so many established carve outs.