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62 sats \ 7 replies \ @Scoresby OP 1 Jul \ parent \ on: Bitcoin Is Not Freedom: The Delusion of Digital Escape - Mises Institute bitcoin Politics_And_Law econ

Yes, I originally clicked on the article link hoping for a bit more of a reasoned argument or evidence or something. His evidence was mostly that the state hasn't disappeared yet.

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81 sats \ 5 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Jul

That said, it would be nice to solve the problem of the state cutting an entire country's internet.

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161 sats \ 4 replies \ @optimism 1 Jul

Kinda solved by that little space business that IPO'd the other day.

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76 sats \ 3 replies \ @Undisciplined 1 Jul

Why wasn't it? Or, were there people with StarLink in Iran during the blackout?

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12 sats \ 2 replies \ @optimism 1 Jul

I'm quite sure that there's a US export ban on that kind of stuff to Iran. So that's a poor example. Pick any place that isn't on a US sanctions list and this will work.

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76 sats \ 1 reply \ @Undisciplined 1 Jul

That makes it a great example of this problem, actually.

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28 sats \ 0 replies \ @optimism 1 Jul

Why? Because a bunch of oppressive overlords on the other side of the world hate your local oppressive overlord so they choose to punish you, the real victim? Meh. I think that just shows that no one gives 2 fucks about anyone and you're on your own.

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71 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan 1 Jul

cool formula.

Bitcoin gets used by 1% of the population, entirely and properly by maybe 0.1%. State immediately withers away.

eeeeh, what.

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