True that, if I'm going to be a slave, I'd rather be aware of it. Most people don't seem to ever consider the predicament we're in. I don't think it's just taxes, but this whole system which makes slaves out of us. Work or die is the theme, and whether I'm free to choose to die doesn't make me any less of a slave. As a slave, with a fair master, you're set for life. With the introduction of a wage, for most, it's work without guarantee you'll be set. Hell, the original slave owners of Muricuh decided keeping slaves was just too expensive, and paying workers was more cost effective.

It would be an awfully empty board I can probably count the amount of active artists on this forum on one hand

Enjoy

Uncle Sam likes the way you think

You're absolutely right about that.  Anything that isn't glorious democracy (which never was a democracy but try telling a Christian there's no God and see where that takes you ) is pure evil and probably associated with communism.  I've actually been researching anarchism lately, and have learned many new things.  It seems any time you mention anarchism, people immediately think of total chaos and everyone dying and getting mugged and raped.  It's almost a losing battle, since belief in the state begins through forced public education and only beats you down until you submit by the time you finally get out.

If ever there'll be change, it has to start with education.  But I don't see anyone fighting for it.  In fact, it's supposed to be getting worse.  What to do?  There's a choke hold on these old ideas that people just don't want to give up.


Had to look this one up So it would be like jury duty almost?  Where, instead of appointing a politician to represent a group of people, a random person is chosen to step to the plate.  I like the sound of this idea, as long as it is truly random and people are rotated very often.

Find precious orangey-yellow metal

Mine for four years

"Hey that's not fair, you should share it with everyone!"

"Why?"

"Because it's shiny and I want it."

I'll buy any kind of food with bitcoin

Living the dream right there

If you mean, by sharing, spending, that would be great!

But if you mean sharing as in, giving away, ehh probably not gonna happen.

They either bought the coins for cheap, or spent the time and money to mine them.  And there was no guarantee bitcoin would ever become anything.  It could've flopped and then, nothing.  They're being rewarded for believing in it while others said it was silly and would never work.  There's no right or wrong to it.  It's just the luck of the draw.

They took a much bigger risk.  There are lots of currencies beside the gov-issued which fall through and subsequently become mostly worthless.  It's like investing.  Those people saw the potential and put their money where their respective mouths were.  To give that up because more people are jumping on the bandwagon now that Bitcoin has better proven itself wouldn't be very fair.

I'd rather these nations assimilate and dissolve than try to add another

a key to the cuffs

I never understood why it was illegal either.

America has casinos all over the freaking place.  Were the casino owners crying to their government to stop online websites from taking their business?  I can only come to this conclusion, seeing as we have absolutely no problem with gambling offline.

Don't most of us consume raw milk when we're babies anyway

Well.  This thread escalated quickly.

People, please, these are questions that have been asked quite a number of times.  Gestas, Vince; why not research how Bitcoin works before asking remedial questions?  Better yet, research how the dollar works, and why every question presented could've been answered by Google.  There is nothing in this world which has known omnipotence from day one.  There was a day when today's standard American dollar wasn't even a twinkle in Uncle Sam's eye.  Bitcoin has been alive for a measly 3, 4 years?  Can't you see beyond the nose on your face?

He he I see   Anarchy would be a cool turn, but it seems once anarchy takes place, people start asking for more government.  Unless everyone's fiercely anarchist in any area you could fit your thumb on a map, people will want to collude and figure out a way to run each other's lives just so they'll all be on the same page as to what's okay and what isn't okay.  The only way it would work is if everyone wants the same thing for their community, and though I do believe everyone essentially wants the same things in life, you'll always have one guy who wants to one up everyone else and proclaim himself leader and garner a following.  It assumes people have a tendency to think for themselves, but it seems we only tend to think without prompt when we're idle, which can't be so without technology.  So maybe with the advent of fully automating all industry to the point nobody had to work to live, anarchy would work.  And I do believe we have the technology to do that.  But as it stands, if right now anarchy was accepted worldwide, it wouldn't last.  Someone would come up with this grand new way for people to live and act.

Usually that follows a couple of reasons why, but I'll bite; why don't you like it, and what system would you prefer in their place, if not this or the current?

Bitcoin has value because it's scarce and we say it has value.

Gold has value because it's scarce and we say it has value.

TF2 Hats have value because they're scarce and we say it has value.

These three are different than the following.

WoW Gold has little value because it's not scarce and we base its value on how annoying it is to get.

Dirt has little value because it's the opposite of scarce, but it can be a pain to haul in large quantities if you need to get some dirt in a place that doesn't have any (which wouldn't really price the dirt, but the effort it takes to move it)

The dollar has negative value because it's not only the opposite of scarce, but can be produced on a whim, and we have no say in its value, which is always negative.  We use this because it's common and the gov said so, and what the gov says is as good as God's word.

Some people believe Bitcoin's value directly represents the Dollar's actual value, which is less than dirt.  It's value increases based on how many people realize this.  But if you're implying Bitcoin shouldn't have value because it does nothing, you should bury your money in a hole and see what it does at the end of the day.

The following is a list I've comprised of things you can do with paper money that you can't do with Bitcoin.

1. Use it for campfire fuel
2. Sew it into an ineffective blanket
3. Wipe your ass
4. Snort crack
5. Blow your nose
6. Paper ball for office hoops
7. Create a public diversion when running from the popo
8. Fold to expose 9/11 was a hoax
9. Draw a mustache on great American historical figures

However, with the advent of paper Bitcoin money, this list is/will be moot.

I'll vouch for electrum.  It works without the blockchain.  That is all.