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by PeterisP 4471 days ago
The main way that governments obtain funds for "war and oppression" isn't by disbursing fiat money, but by taxes. If we switch to 100% cryptocurrencies, taxation won't go away, even if it'd have to be done Roman-style, before such things as 'income declarations' existed; and the cryptocurrencies will no more allow people to "secure their money with ease" than gold allows today.