Re:Because I Am Bored
by fennecfoxen on Thursday August 12, 2021 @01:04PM
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> You turned his "I despise libertarianism" into "an aspiring central planner
No, sir. I turned his "preferred solution to the problems created by cryptocurrencies is to treat them all like child pornography: totally illegal, possession a strict liability offense, choke off interoperability with real currencies at the credit agency/bank interchange level, and make them useless for non-criminals, at which point only criminals will bother with them. And India is going down this route"
into that. Despising Libertarianism is merely co-occurrent, proceeding from the same philosophies.
Yeah, well, that's even more stupid. Because if one is convinced that they are as bad as child porn -- a perhaps somewhat exaggerated view IMO, but not at all outlandish -- that's the only sensible stance to take. So, you turned an arguably reasonable stance into whatever libertarians want to rant against today. That, OTOH, is definitely not reasonable.
You turned his "I despise libertarianism" into "an aspiring central planner who wants to take Bad Excuse #1 for intrusive government surveillance, rampant violation of peoples' privacy, and the like — to collect all its abuses, and expand it to a new area." So, no: "false dichotomy" my arse.
> Our author wants the same sort of laws brought to bear, to stamp out what he sees as moral evil, and perhaps he's right it's evil, just as it is certainly true that child porn is evil.
Exactly: Perhaps he's right. And if it is as evil as child porn then it logically should be stomped out with the same vehemence. Or does your definition of libertarianism entail different responses to equal evils?
> Next time you rag on someone for not drawing any distinctions, maybe try actually drawing the distinctions yourself??
I don't think you're in any position to criticise my reasoning when your own is this muddled.