if bitcoin became illegal by law \ stacker news ~Personal

1237 sats \ 35 comments \ @Hamstr 26 Apr Personal_Finance

What would you do? What's not illegal now can be illegal tomorrow. So you're instantly a criminal just by holding Bitcoin. They see your name though metadata (from KYC exchanges) so you do have bitcoin, they just haven't caught up to you. what's the plan?

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191 sats \ 1 reply \ @aljaz 26 Apr

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Apr

good one ! I usually do that in the taxman office

52 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 26 Apr

LOL "move to monero"... nice try shitcoiner...

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @kytt 26 Apr

Monero shills never give up

51 sats \ 6 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Apr

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @nullama 26 Apr

True.

For example, owning slaves in the US was at some point completely legal.

10 sats \ 3 replies \ @DarthCoin 26 Apr

And you are still a slave, but you were not informed... Read more about the words of Col Eduard Mandell #516050

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @nullama 26 Apr

Not everyone is an American or lives in the US.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americentrism

31 sats \ 1 reply \ @DarthCoin 26 Apr

You are wrong and you should study more. Those words were not only about americans, are applied to the whole world. Start here

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr OP 26 Apr

Okay I'm interested. I'll like to believe most bitcoiners already suspected/knew they were numbers, hence SSN. Trapped in a broken system.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @TwoLargePizzas 1 May

They figured out how to make you a slave and have you think that you're not.

47 sats \ 0 replies \ @0xIlmari 26 Apr

I'd have a boating accident and emigrate out of the country.

26 sats \ 0 replies \ @Taft 26 Apr

This is not likely to happen, so don't worry, stay calm, stack SATS and enjoy your life.

31 sats \ 0 replies \ @riberet19 26 Apr

I'll be a happy criminal :)

25 sats \ 0 replies \ @TheBTCManual 26 Apr

Criminalising capital is tough, since you could just take it to a country where it isn't unless all countries don't want bitcoiners

18 sats \ 1 reply \ @MarsIronPI 3 May

I'd genuinely like to know Bitcoiners' arguments against Monero.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr OP 3 May

Some people just aren't flexible. They see an orange, blue pill but not the red.

10 sats \ 6 replies \ @rtr 26 Apr

Just move to a country that accepts my capital, I guess. If others do the same, then that hypothetical Bitcoin country will be very productive.

0 sats \ 5 replies \ @Hamstr OP 26 Apr

it'll be hard to move to another country if USA bars citizens from leaving. We saw this in Japan and korea, Citizens could not go in/out of the country during flu 19. Even if you left.. they demand you file your taxes as it's your duty to do so. So how can you say you're free if you're still tied? US and Australia are doing worldwide taxes, even if you don't live there- you must file it

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @south_korea_ln 3 May

For the record, S Korea never stopped anyone from leaving the country during Covid, AFAIK. It was just a lot of paperwork, proof of vaccination, etc... that made it not worth it to travel for most. But you could still travel if you wanted to. Just to be factual about this point, not to disagree about the actual gist of your message.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr OP 3 May

You're right, but they made it stupid difficult to move in and out. What was it? Some test you needed to take, a day or two before you could leave? And if you failed that(but you already paid for the airfare) at the airport, they could restrict you from travel.

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @rtr 26 Apr

I doubt they can prevent people from leaving without a threat of violence. The only reason they got away with that is because people were too afraid of the flu.

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Hamstr OP 26 Apr

there's another variation of the flu-- you can't leave!! BS.. they could come up with whatever. Or do you think I'm wrong?

12 sats \ 0 replies \ @rtr 26 Apr

No, what I mean is that if the situation is bad enough people will leave regardless. They can't stop that short of putting a gun on someone's head. They'll make it incredibly tedious and annoying but they can't stop you.

Plus, I don't think outlawing Bitcoin is something that can happen overnight. They can't, it would be incredibly unpopular. It will be a slow affair and if you listen well enough you'll know when to dip.

5 sats \ 3 replies \ @Enemy_of_the_state 27 Apr

Over my dead body, and a pile of theirs. Molon Labe

0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Hamstr OP 27 Apr

according to DarkCoin- we're all dead

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Enemy_of_the_state 27 Apr

That’s why we win. We know we are dead either way. When the outcome is the same, die as a slave or die free, a large number of young men will choose to die on their feet, vs on their knees.

I am not implying a majority of men, just a large enough number to be a big problem for the parasite class.

There are 3 choices in nature when faced with violence - fight, flight, or freeze. When fleeing and hiding are no longer an option, guess what happens when you corner an animal? It will rip you apart or die trying. At some point, the lion decides the honey badger isn’t worth it.

Not every honeybee needs to sting, just a few. And those few that do, will die. But all the bees benefit from that sacrifice.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Hamstr OP 2 May

Eh…, I don't like the idea of everyone that is a bitcoiner holding up a gun as a last resort because one is cornered.

Like you said, die as a slave or die free. That's very roman times. The worst part of this scenario is you die.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @oraltosun 26 Apr

If they could do it, they would have already done it. They don't have that chance anyway.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @kytt 26 Apr

I guess Blackrock, Microstrategy, etc will be the biggest criminals of them all

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @030e0dca83 26 Apr

"They're in charge while we use their money"

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @DEADBEEF 26 Apr

Oh no I had a tragic boating accident and lost my keys.

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @gatto 26 Apr

Well, at the beginning I would use the card "I have lost the seed phrase"... but it would be very uncomfortable for me this kind of scenario... and probably it would force me to give up 😣

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Fabs 26 Apr

If they make me a criminal because of that, fine. Then I'll behave like one, too.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @sagars209 1 May

Nice fud try