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Re:Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering by icebraining on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:38AM (#16947367)
It's not a double-standard. Complaining about a wrong action (like speculating on food¹) is not the same as complaining about a system that makes a wrong action possible (like cryptocurrencies). Much like one can defend the protection of speech one despises.

The equivalent would be to complain about specific uses of cryptocurrencies, or in the other direction, about the very existence of banks and commodity markets.

¹ (just taking your example, not necessarily my opinion)

Re:Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering by rz2k on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:55AM (#16947427)
Why is speculating in food bad? Futures markets feature in explanations of why economies without centralized planning are the ones that never have famines.
Re:Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering by icebraining on Saturday April 28, 2018 @08:59AM (#16947437)
Like I noted at the bottom, I just used parent's example, I don't necessarily agree with it.
Re:Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering by blablabla123 on Saturday April 28, 2018 @09:45AM (#16947602)
Ok this might have been a bad example. I'm aware that Futures historically play a role of an insurance for food producers. Are those then by volume the major part of so called food speculation?
Re:Fake books sold on Amazon could be used for money laundering by smokeyj on Saturday April 28, 2018 @09:55AM (#16947646)
This HN. Capitalism baaad, UBI goood.