Re:The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of th...
by oreo81 on Friday December 08, 2017 @04:08PM
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So if someone would acquire more wealth than this "limit" you think it's okay to steal it from them? How is theft morally acceptable?
Re:The Bitcoin Whales: 1,000 People Who Own 40 Percent of th...
by pascalxus on Friday December 08, 2017 @06:00PM
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I am a libertarian. I can tell you, for a law abiding citizen, bitcoin is no better than a dollar. You still have to pay taxes on it, report it to the IRS and it's still subject to whatever regulations the government wants to put on it, for example 10k/20k reporting requirements, etc. If the gov wants your money, they will find you, one way or another.
WRT most of the wealth being held by a small number of people, I think it's inevitable that power structures like this arise in human societies. If you leave things unchecked, some people will acquire way more wealth than others. Doing away with regulations will likely only make that worse, not better. I'm more of a socialist, so I would prefer that we somehow limit the amount of wealth that a single individual can hold, because it gives them a tremendously unfair amount of control over the destiny of humanity as a whole.