Hmm.. that's not really an argument. If I questioned the institution of slavery 150 years ago, would you say, "That's just how things are"?

This is the old way of thinking, the pre-internet way things worked.  We are at the forefront of a revolution where the masses will be able to govern themselves via the connectivity of the internet.  21st century politics is based on principles hundreds of years old, they don't apply any longer and it's up to us to start changing them.

Shame there's only half of the states in America can use it.

They only need 77 75 more people to sign. I think that's the fastest I've seen a petition fill up in my life.

Well I agree you should always be saving, but when you invest, it is not guaranteed profit.  You can definitely lose all that money you are investing.

So what are your thoughts on investing?  Safe asset?  Even with a safe asset you can still lose, and say you are making decent money, 10% of your salary is not that much, it depends on how old you are if will hit a million before you retire.  Lots of things to consider.

of course they wont. im just trying to illustrate how silly some of the people here sound. no currency, crypto or otherwise, will EVER have a pure value gain. there will always be bear and bull trends in the marketplace. if they truly think ETH is a scam, then why did they invest? were they coerced into investing, of course not. we make our own decisions on what to invest in, and live with the consequences for good or ill. have i made boneheaded investments that i lost out on... definitely, and more than one. sometimes you have to take a loss, or wait it out and buy again at the nadir of the price curve, or hold it and hope that it eventually pays dividends. the ONLY time its worthwhile to bitch and moan is when an exchange screws you over and takes your entire portfolio and disappears. of course, due diligence in researching the exchange is your responsibility, just as it is researching the cryptocurrencies you think about investing in. and if you cant affford to lose the money you plan on investing, dont invest. nothing is certain. and to start the FUDapalooza less than two months since ethereum began trading, its the sign of an impatient investor. and theyll NEVER make that overnight millions if they cant innovate the system themselves and instead just hope to profit off of someone elses work. its easy to yell "scam! scam! SCAM!" when things dont go your way or when someone profits more than YOU do, its much harder to take personal responsibility for ones own choices.

and i DID offer to fed-ex a kitten in exchange for their unwanted ETH. kittens are cute, ethereum to them is ugly and vile, so its a wonderful trade off. (laughs) you despereately need to recharge your sarcasm-o-meters batteries.

You don't have to move.
Just move your assets. 

Why do I have to vote to get 'my guy' in office? I don't want to force 'my guy' on you and I don't want you to force your guy on me. Why do I have to get the approval of the collective to be free?

Dollar is strong despite what people may think. It does not matter that China is the leading economy of the world now.
USD will be official currency of the stock markets and oil traders for years. Central bank of US and FRB won't let it fall so easily.

I know, good points. It's not easy changing things. But it's doable, just look at history. It's admirable you actually helped organizing. 

I also know from experience, I work for my local socialist party (not kidding here), and we managed to really change important things, like getting rid of bureaucracy in care for elderly trying to live at their own home for as long as possible, and care for young people in trouble. We let the professionals do their job and we implement stuff like "one family, one plan" instead of organising things around either the instutions or the money. In the end it works much better for all concerned (and is cheaper) and I'm really proud we actually did it, while elsewhere in my country care and wellfare are being broken down. Never thought it would've been possible a couple of years ago.

Anyhoo, an exchange like this might appeal to the masses a lot more then the afformentioned Cryptsy and friends.

If I'm not mistaken, I've read exactly on these forums that a quite high percentage of dollar bills have a trace of cocaine powder in them. I don't know if that's true evidence, but it just makes us remember that many fiat bills we hold might have went through the hands of criminals. Do we stop using them for legal purposes, just because of that? Obviously not...

Well if you're looking for a way to avoid taxes by using bitcoin, you shouldn't have qualms about dealing with less then trustworthy people, e.g. Cryptsy and friends. That means losing your btc once in a while.

This libertarian idea of being free of any form of regulation (and taxation) by using btc is just a pipe dream. You libertarians choose the wrong solution to your problem. If you don't trust your government then elect other people, and if there are no good people to elect in your two-party system, maybe you should think about backing a third party or starting a fourth.

I just finished signing up. You first have to confirm you email, then your cell number. Then give your SS number, full name, mailing address, and bank account and routing number. They are making two micro deposits into my account to verify it's my bank account. Nothing about the sign up process was surprising to me, it's the first regulated exchange after all. I have a feeling this might push the price of Bitcoin up if it takes off.

Did you honestly expect that they could have gotten such an approval in any other way? People need to stop living in fairy tales. Nobody is forcing you to use this exchange in particular

For Monero to become a very successful privacy-centric crypto currency, we need to promote it even more. This will result in mass adoption and with a hopefully increase in price. So far, I'm doing my best to spread the word of XMR and already told a couple of my friends about it. Most of them became very interested in it due to the fact that their transactions would be more private than in the Bitcoin block chain. They said they don't want NSA spying on their transactions, and that's why they'll be using Monero from now on. For the moment, I'm going to publicize XMR even more, until then I decide to make my own business which would only accept Bitcoins and Monero as payment methods. In the meantime, let's hope to see an increase in price probably in the next year. (or not?)