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by tsimionescu 1960 days ago
It would be great to get rid of the armies of the world, but that's neither here nor there. Armies and military spending wouldn't go away if people dealt in Bitcoin.

Oh, the purpose of the US army and nuclear arsenal is not to "enforce the USD reserve status", it is to advance America's imperial goals, which vary a lot. The status of the US dollar is a second-order consequence of America's power.