Blackouts have hit Iran. The government is blaming Bitcoin mining

Re:Blackouts have hit Iran. The government is blaming Bitcoi... by user-the-name on Monday January 18, 2021 @05:08PM (#25827265)

Other countries have that too, you know.

Fact is, United States is pretty shit when it comes to income inequality.

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Re:Blackouts have hit Iran. The government is blaming Bitcoi... by alentist on Saturday January 23, 2021 @09:08PM (#25888305)

Income inequality isn’t the problem. Poverty is. [0]

I’m not automatically worse off because someone else is better off. That’s fallacious nonsense (the zero-sum fallacy). And it definitely does not meaningfully translate across countries, if what you’re interested in is human welfare.

[0] https://www.hoover.org/research/income-inequality-isnt-probl...

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