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Re:Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up by mdpopescu on Thursday February 01, 2018 @02:46PM (#16285175)
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.
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Re:Worries Grow That the Price of Bitcoin Is Being Propped Up by Slansitartop on Thursday February 01, 2018 @03:54PM (#16285789)
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.
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