Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right

Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right by matthewmacleod on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @05:29AM (#13480250)

Doesn't "not controlling one's own wealth" end up equivalent to "subject to arbitrary seizure of assets by a third party"?

I think you could construct a reasonable argument that this is a basic human right.

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Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right by aninhumer on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:01AM (#13480390)

Not necessarily arbitrary, it could be subject to well defined rules.

And indeed, property is one such system wherein people are subject to seizure of assets according to particular rules.

Controlling ones own wealth also means there is a mechanism to seize it from anyone else.

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Re:Controlling your own wealth as a basic human right by DennisP on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @06:49AM (#13480633)

> Controlling ones own wealth also means there is a mechanism to seize it from anyone else.

That's not the case for the cryptocurrencies which Coinbase deals with.

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