My sincere apologies if I ever gave the impression that I had any sympathy or respect whatsoever for the libertarian ideology. If you care, I could try to remove any lingering doubts you may have about my opinions on the matter.
By the way, I am still trying to figure out what exactly is the "freedom" that the bitcoin "libertarians" are so obsessed about.
It seems that most of them are in the US or "US-like" countries, so it cannot be freedom of speech, religion, travel, residence, association, study, dress, drink, sex, marriage, work, property, trade, investment, enterprise, and many other basic freedoms that the citizens of those countries enjoy to a higher degree than most other people in the world (and that bitcoin cannot do anything about anyway).
So, what exactly are those "freedoms" that the "libertarians" miss, and hope to get through bitcoin?
There should be a different name for "Libertarianism" because it is not an "ism" at all. "Ism"s are always doctrines of people who want to coerce others to do what the Ismist thinks should be done. Libertarians don't want to coerce anyone into doing anything.
Libertarianism is simply the acknowledgement that it is the nature of humans to resist coercion. If you look at the history of government, you will notice that it is quite naturally becoming less and less coercive as the centuries roll past, and it will continue to do so, simply because it is the
basic nature of humans to resist coercion. It doesn't matter if you understand or want this - it is simply a result of human nature.
It's heartening to see that you recognize the evolution of less coercive government that is represented by the United States of America, but I think it's silly that you suggest that we are free enough because we are in some ways freer than others. It seems very natural to me that humans should always seek to maximize freedom and minimize coercion.
You seem to believe that civilization can only exist through coercion - and on that point Libertarians will disagree with you - but we still don't want to coerce you into doing what we want... We just want you to stop trying to coerce us.
Maybe you are free enough, but some of us don't believe we have reached the optimal state just yet. And we believe that Bitcoin technology, whether or not the bitcoin currency succeeds or fails, will be key in the further evolution of freedom and minimalization of coercion.
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