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In reply to the discussion: RIP Bitcoin. [View all]woo me with science
(32,139 posts)80. Of course you don't think so :)
It was clearly important to deny even the *suggestion* that experiments like Bitcoin arise in reaction to an inherently corrupt and predatory economic system.
In similar pro-corporate fashion, you also post reliably and prolifically to smear Greenwald or Snowden rather than focus on the criminal surveillance state, (e.g., http://www.democraticunderground.com/1014723670#post8), a tactic perfectly exposed and described in this superb OP:
Every single instance of a discussion instigated regarding Greenwald's character is an attempt to deflect attention from the NSA.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10024473478
Similarly, rather than respond to specific posted and supported information about how the TPP will allow global corporations to supersede national regulations and destroy worker protections, you join other corporate posters in trying to smear by association those who have documented such dangers as right-wingers: http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=4376929
Based on your diligent pro-corporate activities here, I wouldn't expect you to respond to this post with anything other than denial of the predatory underpinnings of our current banking system and their obvious role in catalyzing experiments like Bitcoin.
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...annoying libertarian facebook friend will have to buy his weed with cash from now on
NightWatcher
Feb 2014
#7
I guess people will have to barter weed for copies of The Fountainhead. nt
geek tragedy
Feb 2014
#10
I agree. I think the association is more with the fact that bitcoin users are more likely
chrisa
Feb 2014
#94
that's so fucking funny, the only guy i know who is into bitcoin is a hardcore libertarian.
dionysus
Feb 2014
#16
I find it hilarious that Libertarians who totally despise the Federal Reserve system as being
Ikonoklast
Feb 2014
#41
You think Bitcoin died because the price dropped or because of technical problems on an exchange?
DesMoinesDem
Feb 2014
#33
Yes, but if something loses half its value in a week, wouldn't that be a tad alarming?
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2014
#44
I don't understand why it's not compatible. I see lots of dislike for it from people here
penultimate
Feb 2014
#53
Oh man, I just sold all my Beanie Babies so I could buy bitcoins for my retirement
central scrutinizer
Feb 2014
#38
Except when the alternatives sound worse than the system it is seeking to replace.
Tommy_Carcetti
Feb 2014
#48
how on fucking earth did you manage to work glenn fucking greewald into a bitcoin thread?
arely staircase
Feb 2014
#81
"You died before I even had a chance to understand what the hell you were about."
anti partisan
Feb 2014
#51