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by canjobear 1477 days ago
Replace the statement with “I don’t want my currency’s value to be controlled by a central authority” and you’ll get >0 people.
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There's no such thing as a power vacuum...
So… they’d rather it be controlled by rampant speculation and pumping-dumping?
Libertarian maxis seem to think that negative externalities won't affect them personally.

In lieu of an elected government and sane central bank, monetary policy will be controlled by a cartel of your locality's most powerful gangs and paramilitaries.

There's a reason the example quoted is always Star Trek and not Somalia.