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Re:Ethereum Protocol Developer Holds $115k Worth of DAO Tokens by eternalban on Thursday June 30, 2016 @06:55AM (#12007691)
> The latter can be betrayed or degraded even while the former is preserved.

Yes, just like a constitution. System architecture (political or otherwise) can not save mankind from the failings (of a subset) of itself.

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Re:Ethereum Protocol Developer Holds $115k Worth of DAO Tokens by kaiwen1 on Thursday June 30, 2016 @07:15AM (#12007757)
However, use of cryptocurrencies is opt in and thus caveat emptor. The constitution OTOH is not opt-in, nor for practical purposes opt-out. You're shackled to it at birth.
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