The government allows things that enrich the rich. The government does not allow things that enrich you, or even just leave you alone.
You are tax cattle, and you will continue to be tax cattle, no matter which currency you use.
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That’s part of it, but the other part is that there are legitimate reasons to require transparency.
there is no legitimate reason to require transparency, any such requirements are an abuse of the power given to government and are anti freedom.
And yet the entire bitcoin blockchain is public and that's seen as a good thing or at least downplayed around here, and posts on Nostr are public as well, curious.
(And don't give me cope about how Lightning is totally anonymous, the people who own the internet infrastructure can learn basically anything about anyone making any transaction)
There absolutely are legitimate reasons for transparency. If every transaction in the economy was completely untraceable, there would be massive fraud, money laundering, and crime. You think the banks and very wealthy ppl wouldn’t exploit that at your expense?
Well, to be fair...When the justice system is completely broken and two-tiered, I'm not sure transparency really does "we the people" any good except to give everyone something to scream and shout about.
See: Nancy Pelosi insider trading, also Diane Feinstein, and okay pretty much everyone in Congress.
Do personal finance reporting requirements actually deter any elected official from making corrupt deals these days?
Rules for thee but not for me
I can think of a couple institutions with zero transparency
The Federal Reserve
The Bank of International Settlements
It’s just a fundamental flaw with the system. The ppl making the rules aren’t going to impose rules on themselves. What they do is criminal imo. But that’s aside from why some transparency is legitimate.
The government will allow things it can’t stop, it wants to remain in power. Regulation is its only defense, and therefor must be ignored.
> There are more non-DOD federal employees with firearms (200,000+) than there are U.S. Marines (186,000).
> The Internal Revenue Service has 2,159 “Special Agents” and spent $21.3 million on guns, ammunition and military-style equipment between fiscal years 2006 and 2019. The agency stockpiled 4,500 guns and five million rounds of ammunition.
> The Office of Inspector General at HHS owns 1,300 guns including one shotgun, five submachine guns, and 189 automatic firearms. Over the last eight years, the HHS has purchased four million rounds of ammunition.
The Social Security Administration has a stockpile of 800,000 rounds of ammunition.
> The Environmental Protection Agency just spent $61,650 purchasing “body armor systems” for 137 special agents. Their gun locker includes 867,000 rounds of ammunition and 600 guns.
"Regulation is its only defense"
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You’re going to have to make a choice, I hope it’s something you’re happy with.
Hey, I'm just as unhappy with the US dollar and the way it's been destroyed as the next guy, but I'm also living in the real world. People here think they're going to fight the system, but in the end they pay their taxes just like everyone else, like good little tax cattle.