These are media myths, and have never been promulgated as such by any knowledgable members of bitcoin community, during the history of my involvement. They have little enough bearing on the value of Bitcoin. Indeed the fact that taxes are imposed on fiat is often used as an argument in favor of the value of fiat. (Hopefully we can agree that it is a specious argument.)
As I wrote before, those claims were and still are being made by some bitcoin enthusiasts. Ditto for the claim that Governments cannot stop bitcoin. I was arguing with one such enthusast on twitter a couple of days ago, and have seen people write that somewhere in this forum.
You are focusing on the fact that these statements are not comprehensively categorically and universally true. I am focussing on the fact that they bear truth, if you have ears to hear it. I find that in this way I perceive more reality. You can use bitcoin to transact anonymously, and people do so frequently. Anonymity is not black and white. There are infinitely many shades of anonymity, and perhaps colors that I could see if I were not blind to that spectrum. What is useful for one purpose is not necessarily useful for another purpose.
It is diverse, but the centroid is something like this: It is wrong to do violence to others. The state is institutionalized violence. Minimizing that violence without creating other greater evils is desirable. Freedom to transact, to contract, is a fundamental right, as are property rights.
You seem to conflate libertarianism with anarcho-capitalism. They are neighbors, but I suspect they appreciate a tall fence between their estates.
You seem to conflate libertarianism with anarcho-capitalism. They are neighbors, but I suspect they appreciate a tall fence between their estates.
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Would you agree that some of them, at least, are against any form of government, or want extremely reduced governments (e.g. with no support for education, health, trasportation, etc)?
Yes.
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Would you agree that some libertarians, at least, are rooting for the collapse of governments and banks?
Yes.
Personally, I despise the injustice and evil that I perceive. Governments and banks are great perpetrators of evil. I despise that evil. I don't think it is wise to generalize to the conclusion that all goverment, all fiduciary business should be opposed, and I think some people who make that mistake consider it part and parcel of their identity as libertarians.
I utterly contemn Ayn Rand, her ideology, and its impact on the lives of her ditto heads. She suffered the natural consequences of her arrogance and veniality. Much like Friedrich Nietzsche. It is a sad end.
I have strong affinity for the principles of libertarianism as I have heard them expressed in defining contexts. It is a political philosophy rooted in the moral value of freedom, and I can get behind that platform. The deontology avoids most of the incoherencies and grotesqueries that other moral philosophies have perpetrated.
