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I've got nothing against philosophy or politics, the point is that in the USA as things stand, the DEA are not thieves by most reasonable definitions of that word. They are acting lawfully, in accordance with the rules set by the democratically elected representatives. If you don't like those rules, you should try to change them through the political process.

If you wish to enforce your own view of how things should be on everyone else without using the political process, you run the risk of being a greater tyranny than what you seek to replace.




Except I don't seek to use force to impose my will. You're suggesting that this is the only acceptable means by which to make change happen. I think that Bitcoin itself demonstrates that this is not the case. We can have a currency that does not rely on the State's bureaucracy. This is, of course, a great to some interests, which is all the more reason to see to it that those interests are defeated (imo) in favour of a free digital economy.




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