Re:Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up
by mdpopescu on Thursday February 01, 2018 @02:46PM
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Actually, historically all governments started through conquest (military victory), not social contracts. Societies didn't make any decision - governments did, and societies accepted the status quo.
Re:Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up
by Slansitartop on Thursday February 01, 2018 @03:54PM
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But governments didn't invent society from atomized individuals through conquest. All government did was add another layer in addition to the organically developed pre-existing social contracts.
I haven't made a proposition. I just pointed out that historically, when societies have made decisions about this sort of thing, they've generally decided that such individuals require protection via regulations.
In general, most of the laws we are expected to follow are not ones we personally agreed to or voted on. I'm not sure that makes them less "organic." If you're arguing that you should not be expected to follow laws that you didn't personally agree to, I think that's a bigger conversation.