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by rossjudson 1851 days ago
Sure, fantastic. Why should it be legal to exchange bitcoin for US$? Or euros?
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qualudeheart 1851 days ago
That sounds like a burden of proof shift. Why should that be illegal in the first place?
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rossjudson 1851 days ago
Because it's used to launder money for crime, destroy the environment, and supports the cringiest, most juvenile libertarian derp (thanks Krugman!) about freedom from the tyranny of money banking government taxes or whatever.
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qualudeheart 1850 days ago
Well, as Rothbardian I think that would be an acceptable cost even if it were empirically true enough to matter.
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