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TwoFire posted:not to mention that bitcoin is so loving broken structurally it really needs a bit more centralization for it to function beyond a spergnerd level.. i mean gently caress it isnt even as reliable as gnutella They just has a "stress test" it failed spectacularly
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theultimo posted:They just has a "stress test" it failed spectacularly i dunno i might be able to dedicate a video card but i'd have to turn on a computer that wants to upgrade to windows 10 because i didn't say 'no' and gently caress that noise
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I now get fully paid in BTC for a 60hr/week software job here in Silicon Valley. It's glorious. Has anyone here ever considered working for BTC in lieu of US dollars? Best, this_is_hard
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no im waiting for my livingston, er lucent, er, nortel stock to mature
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Moridin920 posted:if you don't like it you're welcome to gently caress off but mining bitcoins using tax payer infrastructure while whining about how taxation is theft while you waste taxpayer electricity is some retard logic to be fair, afaik re: utilities, most electricity comes from a private company. the state usually just sets a safety standard and maybe sends an inspector as a legal courtesy around every couple years. that's the government's only involvement in the energy -> consumer process, at least in the us
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Moridin920 posted:over the course of hundreds of years, as society has developed, we have decided that we need certain things like roads or post offices or healthcare that none of us can individually afford but when we pool our money (taxes) we can afford projects to provide those things. holy poo poo wrecked
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The White Dragon posted:to be fair, afaik re: utilities, most electricity comes from a private company. the state usually just sets a safety standard and maybe sends an inspector as a legal courtesy around every couple years. that's its only involvement in the energy -> consumer process and those utility companies get plenty of subsidies from government as well
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The White Dragon posted:to be fair, afaik re: utilities, most electricity comes from a private company. the state usually just sets a safety standard and maybe sends an inspector as a legal courtesy around every couple years. that's the government's only involvement in the energy -> consumer process, at least in the us that's true electricity investments in the US are mostly privately funded but there's still a lot of government subsidies floating around a lot of them are in the form of tax breaks
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Eh, if we only went back to the gold standard......
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theultimo posted:Eh, if we only went back to the gold standard...... dirty, filthy jew gold 
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iirc one of the reasons we abandoned the gold standard is because there was literally not enough gold in the world to back the amount of money in circulation like at one point the US debt was worth 3x the total amount of gold in the entire world or some poo poo and the government said 'well this is dumb we can't even pay this off if we wanted to.' plus your currency's value is super dependent on some dumb poo poo like gold. if you want Russia to crack open Siberia and send gold prices plummeting 50% and thus devalue our currency 50% then cool.
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What is everyone's thoughts on Rand Paul? I truly believe that Rand Paul is just "playing the game". I genuinely don't believe his views are much different than his father's, but he's seen that political success (at it's highest levels) cannot be accomplished on the principled views his father took. I think whether Rand is ultimately a gateway to liberty will depend a lot on what happens in the future. I don't know exactly what his end game is. If he just wants the power and prestige of being president, he probably won't be much different than any other president. If he has some radical ideas for what he could do with executive power (i.e. pardoning every criminal imprisoned on mere drug possession), he could be a very interesting historical figure. Thanks! 
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this_is_hard posted:What is everyone's thoughts on Rand Paul? ok
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Moridin920 posted:like at one point the US debt was worth 3x the total amount of gold in the entire world or some poo poo and the government said 'well this is dumb we can't even pay this off if we wanted to.' I remember when our debt was only 30,000,000x the amount of gold. 
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I think a lot of people forget the executive branch isn't the king/queen and if congress decides they hate you you're not really going to accomplish anything.
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I would recommend you check out some of his websites and his wiki so you can be more informed. http://www.randpaul.com https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rand_Paul Please come back and post once you've read up a bit! Thanks!
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this_is_hard posted:I have been pondering this issue quite extensively; if I do business with a state employee, who's wages are certainly stolen, have I not abetted the crime? IF the government is a lie and the law is wrong, then there's nothing wrong with stealing. Take that tax money, and your employee's wages while you're at it! No gods no masters!
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Moridin920 posted:I think a lot of people forget the executive branch isn't the king/queen and if congress decides they hate you you're not really going to accomplish anything. yeah thats worked really loving well the last decade
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lol there is no private enterprise without support from the state, the question is nonsense
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Aug 12, 2015 20:52
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this_is_hard posted:What is everyone's thoughts on Rand Paul? I agree but libertarianism is wrong. I would love to have a fleshed out, polite debate with you to explain why free market capitalism is inherently contradictory and libertarianism is wrong
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Commie NedFlanders posted:I agree but libertarianism is wrong. I would love to have a fleshed out, polite debate with you to explain why free market capitalism is inherently contradictory and libertarianism is wrong says the guy with a white waifu
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I see LF is back
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full socialism now
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