Does a ban on dumping motor oil in the river mean you "have no freedom"?

Is it possible that a "free world" may still have some restrictions on actions that have impact beyond the individual making them?

How is owning and trading cryptocurrency akin to dumping oil into a river? That’s a weird analogy. Obviously, the river is a public good that I share with others, it is not mine to pollute.

Banning cryptocurrency is not just “some restriction”. It is an authoritarian violation of my property rights.

> How is owning and trading cryptocurrency akin to dumping oil into a river?

The environmental impacts of cryptocurrencies have been discussed at length here on HN and elsewhere.

> Obviously, the river is a public good that I share with others, it is not mine to pollute.

Similarly, reining in war crimes is a public good, and sanctions are not yours to violate.

> The environmental impacts of cryptocurrencies have been discussed at length here on HN and elsewhere.

The environmental impacts of cryptocurrency are not worse than any other economic activity, because any human activity requires energy. You are picking and choosing which activities are "bad for the environment" for purely political reasons.

> reining in war crimes is a public good, and sanctions are not yours to violate

Every war is a crime. These "sanctions" are also a crime and they are ruining the lives of innocent civilians who have nothing to do with the decisions of their government.

You are willing to give up your own freedom and comfort for the war effort and trying to enlist everyone else into your war.

Cryptocurrency ban != having no freedom

It does however contribute to that, tbh.

Especially with current govt. track record.

Crypto math is free speech. Pres. Clinton lost that battle in '90s.

"Freedom" doesn't exist. Freedom to "do something" does.

If you study, you may find the right to travel was already litigated at USSC. The gov't will not defend that right when most everyone signs it away by voluntarily applying for a license which has rules and fees. Gov't funded schools obviously don't teach this.

For extra credit, research what requires you to have an SSN. Hint - SSN is not part of passport application. Spoiler - your parents sold you out for the IRS tax deduction.

I suspect you could, if you only used roads built with your own money, on land that you own.

That's not what USSC said. You could look it up and find the driver license for non-commercial use is voluntary. Or keep suspecting things based on how things seem to be and fictional theories.

If you had no freedom you wouldn't be able to comment on the internet. Freedom of expression is a freedom.

Sure, so we have it better the North Korea, for now. I should just count my blessings and allow authoritarianism to creep in?