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Re:Poland’s Central Bank Secretly Paid YouTubers to Slander ... by conanbatt on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:35AM (#16428146)
The central bank (allegedly) works for the people. The central bank using public resources to tamper with the desires of the people is a loss of purpose. The ultimate goal of the central bank is not to have the power to control currency, but provide value for the citizens.

It is absolutely grotesque that public institutions engage in any kind of propaganda. It is also , might I add, incompetent, as a central bank revealed to do this shows that the radical crypto libertarians hating on central banks were right.

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Re:Poland’s Central Bank Secretly Paid YouTubers to Slander ... by devwinportable on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:43AM (#16428186)
> It is absolutely grotesque that public institutions engage in any kind of propaganda

no it's not... then how would you stop malicious foreign/external media influence? let people get scammed?

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Re:Poland’s Central Bank Secretly Paid YouTubers to Slander ... by brann0 on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:50AM (#16428230)
You educate people. Using shady propaganda is not the way to fight "scams".
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Re:Poland’s Central Bank Secretly Paid YouTubers to Slander ... by devwinportable on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:01AM (#16428297)
there's always a limit to "morally right" "education". the other side is using their own 'shady' media channels ('youtube influencers') to advertise their shady product.

how would you counter that?

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Re:Poland’s Central Bank Secretly Paid YouTubers to Slander ... by makomk on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @05:58AM (#16428561)
So your logic is that because scammers use dishonest tactics to market their scams, it should be OK for the Polish central bank to use the same shady, dishonest tactics? The whole reason scammers are willing to use those tactics is because they're swindling people. It's one of the signs they're up to no good. If they're going to act like scammers, maybe we should treat them like scammers.
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Re:Poland’s Central Bank Secretly Paid YouTubers to Slander ... by conanbatt on Wednesday February 21, 2018 @04:46AM (#16428208)
By far, the most damaging malicious media influence has been done by the state. People over-investing on crypto is a petty squabble to the misdemeanors of the institution that controls the entire money supply of the country
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