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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by einpoklum on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @12:53PM (#26649672)
> I wonder how many people who got into crypto and found something they clicked with and were able to make something of compared with a dead end job

For every one of these people who bought cryptocurrency and "made something", there is someone - for the sake of discussion, another poor sap with a dead end job - who just bought cryptocurrency and hasn't made anything. And lots more from the second group who have made a tiny minority of crypto owners rich.

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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by luxuryballs on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @03:54PM (#26652248)
Sure but that doesn’t take away from the other guy, not everything is for everyone, that’s ok.
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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by einpoklum on Thursday April 01, 2021 @05:41PM (#26666468)
It literally takes away from the other guy. Poor sap #1 earned money so far, poor sap #2 lost money so far. At any given point there are more poor saps of type #2 than of type #1.
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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by luxuryballs on Sunday April 04, 2021 @07:33PM (#26693767)
That’s not how that works, “sap #2” was a willing and active participant, nothing was taken away.
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