Re:Sovereign Software: peer to peer democracy
by edblarney on Tuesday December 13, 2016 @08:47PM
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"starts spouting hyperbolic, overblown rhetoric about overthrowing the social order"
Because bitcoin is attractive to antagonists.
Just take it all with a grain of salt.
The 'Articles' of the statement I think are also objective - they're making what they think is a 'politically neutral, all inclusive' statement, when really they're not - their pushing a specific kind of ideal.
I think that technology can enable democracy, but that the two don't need to be really tightly bound.
Re:Sovereign Software: peer to peer democracy
by rebuilder on Wednesday December 14, 2016 @12:54AM
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The articles are from the UN declaration of human rights. I don't know whether they only selected a few for brevity or because they didn't agree with all of them.
Because bitcoin is attractive to antagonists.
Just take it all with a grain of salt.
The 'Articles' of the statement I think are also objective - they're making what they think is a 'politically neutral, all inclusive' statement, when really they're not - their pushing a specific kind of ideal.
I think that technology can enable democracy, but that the two don't need to be really tightly bound.