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FatherMcGruder

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Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 08:06:13 PM

Have you watched Mad Max 2? That's going to be my new catch all line against ridiculous anarchists. Fact is, there's an income tax now, and the current power structure will collapse without it. There would be a total lack of order. Mad Max 2.

Before you go throwing that a-word around, learn what it means. You are describing chaos, not anarchy.

http://www.infoshop.org/page/AnarchistFAQSectionA1

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Quote from: beeph on June 06, 2011, 08:48:44 PM

If the people behind this dont have any kind of idealism or ethics

You have no idea how ironic that is, nor just how offensive it is.

Goldenmaw

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Satoshi - and that's certainly just an alias, and heaven knows if he's even from Japan - got off board a long time ago. I can't say I blame him, although this has doubtless made him rich as all hell.

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so where's Satoshi in all this? Isnt he the creator? The mastermind? .. so a buncha white-collar techie sell-outs co-opt this thing without even comprehending the spirit of it all? Just because it's peer to peer doesnt mean it has to be EVIL.... we can take it upon ourselves to know who we're doing business with and report the drug dealers ourselves.

If the people behind this dont have any kind of idealism or ethics this thing is just gonna turn into another fee-based thing which will charge 0.001% less than the banks (until theres a 'meeting' with the bank which will oddly result in fees being identical or just an outright sale to said bank)

Fine.. I understand.. your scared of the big bad all-powerful government. But why surrender before the fight has even begun? If they reall wanna go down bashing in doors and arresting pasty-faced geeks at their computers then throw in the towel but dont just hand it to em on a silver platter.

Goldenmaw

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They're going to kick our doors down and have at us and our hard drives unless someone convinces them that this is the best way to one-up china, beeph.

beeph

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this is the equivalent of a mafia foot soldier visiting the feds 'just to chat' or the head of the nuclear program visiting iran 'just to give a presentation'

Honestly... way to sell this whole idea out. It's one thing to tolerate the CIA but another to get right into bed with them. Noone is saying to flout the law, but somehow I dont think that martin luther king would have gone to a clan meeting cuz he got paid 3000$.

Do you HONESTLY think these guys are fascinated by the intellectual curiosities of this like little school children?

Sometimes a little passive resistance is CALLED for.. there's enough people selling out to the CIA they dont need YOUR HELP.

Goldenmaw

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So, let me get this straight - our government will willingly abdicate the tremendous control it has over our finances and purchasing power as long as we politely wait for it to happen? What possible motivation does, say, the united states government have for such a move, when it would involve eviscerating its own network of control, firing the overwhelming majority of its employees, and risking socioeconomic collapse?

I don't see it.

I do see the scenario you described in the extreme long term coming about as a result of old power structures weakening severely by comparison to the more liberally minded ones who embrace bitcoin technology sooner. But I doubt either of us will live to see that, unless some kind of compromise is reached, or some charismatic person rises up and... Well, does what Gavin is hoping to do. So here we are, back at goldenmaw post one.

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Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 08:22:44 PM

Who's going to make it happen, creighto? A handful of nerds with assault rifles? The people aren't behind us. They haven't even heard of bitcoin, and what they do hear - from governmental controlled news outlets - is mostly bad.

The irony is that there doesn't need to any outside group making this happen, the governments will naturally do it to themselves. The rest of us just need to stay out of the way and let it happen. The meek shall truly inherit the Earth. Do a google search for that quote that I presented, you might find the author interesting.

Here, I'll even make it easier...

http://kunstler.com/blog/

http://cluborlov.blogspot.com/

Goldenmaw

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Who's going to make it happen, creighto? A handful of nerds with assault rifles? The people aren't behind us. They haven't even heard of bitcoin, and what they do hear - from governmental controlled news outlets - is mostly bad.

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Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 08:14:06 PM

I am getting paid nothing but grief and indignation and ill will. I can purchase nothing with these, and I'd honestly rather not have them.

Bad things are ahead, unless dudes like Gavin can redirect the flood. Remember that scene where Mel Gibson eats dog food and savors it? That's us, sans income tax, because our country's entire infrastructure is SO heavily dependent on it that the whole thing will collapse like a house of cards without it. Do you get it? We can't go back, not all at once. There's just no way without toppling the power structure completely.

Cold turkey is the only way it's going to happen, and it must happen, or this will be a "world made by hand".

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Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 08:06:13 PM

You think the psuedo-anonymity of Bitcoins is going to protect you from uncle sam if he decides to dedicate a fraction of his resources into tracking and penalizing bitcoin possession and exchange? That's what I'm talking about here. There's a huge power structure in place here that stands to lose a lot of its control over trade and traffic of goods if bitcoins takes off. Who's gonna' dump all that value into bitcoins when nobody can trade them openly, buddy? The price can't keep on going up unless people can legally offer their goods and services.

Ithink that's an excellent point, but i think similar as with other technologies. There are certain darkzone areas where it could be leveraged by governments for various political/intelligence agendas. Perfect example is their funding of revolts/terrorists in enemies lands. Wouldn't it be great for them to use a anonymous method to transfer money so it can't be traced back and documented publicly later ?

I can actually imagine how technologies like bitcoin could enable CIA to operate on a much more less transparent, hence more aggressive level. (at least when dark funding is needed)

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I am getting paid nothing but grief and indignation and ill will. I can purchase nothing with these, and I'd honestly rather not have them.

Bad things are ahead, unless dudes like Gavin can redirect the flood. Remember that scene where Mel Gibson eats dog food and savors it? That's us, sans income tax, because our country's entire infrastructure is SO heavily dependent on it that the whole thing will collapse like a house of cards without it. Do you get it? We can't go back, not all at once. There's just no way without toppling the power structure completely.

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Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 08:06:13 PM

Quote from: em3rgentOrdr on June 06, 2011, 07:58:20 PM

This is all I have to say in response:

[facepalm]

[facepalm]

[facepalm]

You think the psuedo-anonymity of Bitcoins is going to protect you from uncle sam if he decides to dedicate a fraction of his resources into tracking and penalizing bitcoin possession and exchange? That's what I'm talking about here. There's a huge power structure in place here that stands to lose a lot of its control over trade and traffic of goods if bitcoins takes off. Who's gonna' dump all that value into bitcoins when nobody can trade them openly, buddy? The price can't keep on going up unless people can legally offer their goods and services.

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Speak for yourself. Many of us desire to use bitcoin precisely because of the difficulty in preventing or taxing trade. If you think government cannot exist without taxation of income, perhaps you should rethink or abandon the idea of government.

Have you watched Mad Max 2? That's going to be my new catch all line against ridiculous anarchists. Fact is, there's an income tax now, and the current power structure will collapse without it. There would be a total lack of order. Mad Max 2.

How much are you getting paid to troll this forum? Really, you can tell us, we already know.

Goldenmaw

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Quote from: em3rgentOrdr on June 06, 2011, 07:58:20 PM

This is all I have to say in response:

[facepalm]

[facepalm]

[facepalm]

You think the psuedo-anonymity of Bitcoins is going to protect you from uncle sam if he decides to dedicate a fraction of his resources into tracking and penalizing bitcoin possession and exchange? That's what I'm talking about here. There's a huge power structure in place here that stands to lose a lot of its control over trade and traffic of goods if bitcoins takes off. Who's gonna' dump all that value into bitcoins when nobody can trade them openly, buddy? The price can't keep on going up unless people can legally offer their goods and services.

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Speak for yourself. Many of us desire to use bitcoin precisely because of the difficulty in preventing or taxing trade. If you think government cannot exist without taxation of income, perhaps you should rethink or abandon the idea of government.

Have you watched Mad Max 2? That's going to be my new catch all line against ridiculous anarchists. Fact is, there's an income tax now, and the current power structure will collapse without it. There would be a total lack of order. Mad Max 2.

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Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 07:25:13 PM

Godspeed and good grace, Gavin. You've got an uphill battle to fight, but you've got a tremendous potential to do good for all of us, and it has to be done. Bitcoin cannot survive in this country in the form of anarchistic fantasies, as a means of untaxable, unstoppable trade. We're all rooting for you.

Speak for yourself. Many of us desire to use bitcoin precisely because of the difficulty in preventing or taxing trade. If you think government cannot exist without taxation of income, perhaps you should rethink or abandon the idea of government.

Hint: there was no income tax until the 1800s off the top of my head.

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youtube.com/ericfontainejazz now accepts bitcoin

Quote from: Goldenmaw on June 06, 2011, 07:25:13 PM

Godspeed and good grace, Gavin. You've got an uphill battle to fight, but you've got a tremendous potential to do good for all of us, and it has to be done. Bitcoin cannot survive in this country in the form of anarchistic fantasies, as a means of untaxable, unstoppable trade. We're all rooting for you.

This is all I have to say in response:

[facepalm]

[facepalm]

[facepalm]

Goldenmaw

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Godspeed and good grace, Gavin. You've got an uphill battle to fight, but you've got a tremendous potential to do good for all of us, and it has to be done. Bitcoin cannot survive in this country in the form of anarchistic fantasies, as a means of untaxable, unstoppable trade. We're all rooting for you.

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Eadem mutata resurgo

Invite senator Schumer, and his advisers/backers, along to this start-up monetary technology talk.

FatherMcGruder

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Quote from: LightRider on June 04, 2011, 01:59:07 PM

CIA agents and persons of interest always have a way of getting into unfortunate ...auto-erotic asphyxiation mishaps...

Gavin, now is your chance to avenge David Carradine. Have you kept up with your swordplay?

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I advocate the Zeitgeist Movement & Venus Project.

Update your will, insurance and important secret documents that are to be released after your untimely demise. CIA agents and persons of interest always have a way of getting into unfortunate automobile accidents or plane crashes or heart attacks or auto-erotic asphyxiation mishaps or suicides.

Good luck!

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