Assuming Bitcoin gets Zerocoin applied and it becomes impossible to trace the money, would an honest person want to live in a country where these "evils" might increase?
1) Bribery -- authorities can be bribed to grant favors. Can police/politicians be trusted?
2) Unfair elections -- untraceable alien and excessive donations controlling election advertising.
3) Tax only the honest? -- under-the-table commerce and pay is not taxed. Only fair tax left is a flat "head" tax.
4) Financial aid cheating -- wealth can be hidden so poverty can't be determined as easily. Who should get government aid?
5) Terrorism and Crime -- no stopping funding of enemies foreign and domestic.
6) Porn and Drugs -- buying this stuff is made easier and undetectable.
My answer is YES to all of these because I think solutions are easy. And there is so much good to let Bitcoin happen: a) efficiency of payments, b) prevention of inflation (once people stop pricing things in fiat), and c) freedom from government tyranny/control over our wealth.
Below are my solutions to the six "evil" issues of Bitcoin I thought of:
For example, on
1): all public authorities should conduct their jobs "in the open" - no more closed door meetings. All decisions open to review by the public. That would be quite the change.
Or for 2): Just butch up and let money get spent anyway. The public needs to use their brains to ignore slanted advertising. Sort of like tough love election style.
On 3): If there is a fair tax besides a flat head tax in this MoIP world, I'm all ears.
On 4): Stop all government/institutional needs-based aid programs. Give based on merit, or let local aid programs or people's families step in to help the truly poor.
On 5): Carry a big stick. Make criminals/terrorists regret their actions to prevent recurrence.
On 6): make convicted offenders' jail time more painful. Why shouldn't criminals slave in prisons producing wealth for the rest of us so that their incarceration doesn't cost us anything?
Can you list more "evils" and solutions to them?