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0 pointslkrubner4y ago0 comments

"no evidence of this" is too strong of a claim. The folks who argue that fiat currency is dead, or should be dead, are implying they want a world where fiat currency disappears and then cryptocurrency emerges as the replacement. In that scenario, it is correct to say that some people are trying to force crypto on the rest of the world.

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fallingknife4y ago

That's like saying people who said that the telegraph is dead, and will be replaced by the telephone, were trying to force telephones on people.

lkrubnerOP4y ago

Your comment only makes sense if the telegram was run by a government monopoly, since fiat currency is a government monopoly, and then if people were advocating for the government to close its telegram monopoly, then yes, those people could be said to be forcing telephones on people.

jakelazaroff4y ago

Crypto people aren't neutral observers simply predicting it will replace fiat, though. They are actively working to make that true. This is not an inevitable future for our society; if it happens, it will be because of activism from powerful people who stand to benefit.

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fallingknife4y ago

That's like saying people who said that the telegraph is dead, and will be replaced by the telephone, were trying to force telephones on people.

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