Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA director

Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by gher-shyu3i on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @02:51PM (#26811376)

It definitely devalues your hard work, it becomes very difficult to save. Some people don't want to go into debt because they don't engage in usurious transactions.

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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by genericuser314 on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:06PM (#26824828)

In fact, I've never met anyone who wants to go into debt, and yet here we are in the real world where "The bottom half of Americans combined have a negative net worth,"

[0]: https://www.businessinsider.com/bottom-half-of-americans-neg...

In objective reality, setting aside philosophical objections to usury, since inflation devalues debt as well as savings it is a net benefit to the above mentioned Americans.

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Re:Bitcoin is a ‘boon for surveillance’, says former CIA dir... by gher-shyu3i on Thursday April 15, 2021 @06:21PM (#26826894)

We wouldn't be having this discussion in the first place if people refused to engage in usury.

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