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0 pointsmaglavaitss9y ago0 comments

Anything that raises a flag and makes people think and consider alternatives to FB, Google, printed money, etc, is good activism. Whether it's from the couch or the armchair, is irrelevant.

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pjc509y ago

FB, Google, printed money

One of these things is not like the others.

iamdave9y ago

I don't think their point was to make precise and completely congruent analogues of these three topics.

pjc509y ago

It's more that I don't want sensible concerns about privacy in online services diluted by monetary theory that's at best "fringe".

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patrickaljord9y ago

Yeah, one of these are being forced upon us by guns.

GunboatDiplomat9y ago

Printed money as opposed to what? Printed money is far better from a privacy standpoint than electronic money.

And no, bitcoin or similar is not going to be a realistic replacement.

Neither is money backed by gold or the element or compound of your choice.

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pjc509y ago

FB, Google, printed money

One of these things is not like the others.

iamdave9y ago

I don't think their point was to make precise and completely congruent analogues of these three topics.

pjc509y ago

It's more that I don't want sensible concerns about privacy in online services diluted by monetary theory that's at best "fringe".

2 more replies

patrickaljord9y ago

Yeah, one of these are being forced upon us by guns.

GunboatDiplomat9y ago

Printed money as opposed to what? Printed money is far better from a privacy standpoint than electronic money.

And no, bitcoin or similar is not going to be a realistic replacement.

Neither is money backed by gold or the element or compound of your choice.

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