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Re:The Ecash Act by yucky on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @01:20PM (#30845577)
>If a currency can be used completely free of interference from the government, then it can and will be used for crime.

If a currency can't be used completely free of interference from the government, then it can and will be used for crime.

Governments always want more control. More control requires trust. Governments have not shown themselves trustworthy.

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Re:The Ecash Act by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Thursday March 31, 2022 @07:25PM (#30873419)
Random people on the internet have also proven themselves to be untrustworthy. At least I know who the elected officials are.
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Re:The Ecash Act by yucky on Friday April 01, 2022 @10:52AM (#30878615)
Random people on the internet have enslaved and/or killed far fewer people than governments have.
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Re:The Ecash Act by Eddy_Viscosity2 on Friday April 01, 2022 @06:26PM (#30883957)
This is a non sequitur. It's also true that governments have saved far more people from being killed and/or enslaved than random people on the internet have.
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