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by vanviegen 188 days ago
> The latent argument is that crypto leads to inequality

Uh, no..? The argument is just what the OP says it is: 'investing' in crypto does nothing productive for the real economy and thus is useless to society.

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Uh, you didn't read the article?

> The gang would be able to buy all sorts of things with their counterfeit money...

Formally it is not counterfeit. The issue is that you afford buying power to some people that others are not afforded - inequality.