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Re:China's Central Bank Bans ICOs by elefanten on Monday September 04, 2017 @10:41AM (#15168509)
One of your key premises, that investing in startups is a key / good path to getting rich, is flawed. Investing in startups is notoriously NOT that stable of an investment vehicle. If you're a small-scale enough investor to not meet accreditation rules, why would you WANT to throw 10k at a startup?

You speak in terms of rights and that's one debate to have. But evaluating the material harm in this situation, the notion that this denies upward economic mobility in a significant way seems overstated.

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Re:China's Central Bank Bans ICOs by goptimize on Monday September 04, 2017 @12:54PM (#15169392)
"One of your key premises, that investing in startups is a key / good path to getting rich, is flawed" - straw man argument
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Re:China's Central Bank Bans ICOs by crush-n-spread on Monday September 04, 2017 @02:06PM (#15169830)
His key premise is that freedom of association extends to seed investments. As the other poster said you have set up a straw man argument here.
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