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92 sats \ 6 replies \ @SimpleStacker 28 Mar \ on: Sleepwalking Into a Cashless Society (Reason, Jared Dillian) econ
Let's try to predict all the arguments the NPCs will use to justify it against our concerns.
I'll go first,
"If you have nothing to hide you should have nothing to worry about."
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69 sats \ 3 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 28 Mar
"this makes it easier to stop bad people for committing crimes. You don't like child pornographers or money launderers, DO YOU?!"
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @alt 30 Mar
what's the counterargument to this? I know that the "protect the children" argument is rubbish, but how do you refute it without making yourself sound like a pedo-apologist?
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13 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 30 Mar
There are other ways to fight child porn that don't involve such a dangerous form of money
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @denlillaapan OP 30 Mar
What I "sound like" is in the eye of the beholder... little hard for me to do anything about
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30 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 28 Mar
Okay, and because I'm not always so good at coming up with the counter-arguments off the top of my head, let's give some of them as well!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @SimpleStacker 28 Mar
Most of the time I find debate about it pointless... that's why I use the term NPC.
Because the counterarguments are all so obvious... like how these tools can be used to silence political dissent or target disfavored groups.
The only reason they use their bad arugments is because they quite honestly don't care to think about it. If it doesn't affect them personally in the moment, they just don't care.
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