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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by tehjoker on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:57PM (#28765527)
Democracies can control the economy deliberately. Democracy without economic control is near anarchy and the democracy is debilitated, subject to the whims of the people that own production.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by dorgo on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @06:16PM (#28766426)
Governments exist to prevent/fix market failure. The only problem is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Government_failure
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by tehjoker on Wednesday October 06, 2021 @12:20AM (#28769154)
Governments have existed before capitalist markets and they will exist after them too.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by cwkoss on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:39PM (#28765979)
The US currently has a high degree of economic control AND is still subject to the whims of the people that own production.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by tehjoker on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:59PM (#28766224)
That's true, and why the real answer is to depose the owners and have common democratic ownership.
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