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It still doesn’t change the fundamental elements of human nature and the propensity towards violence. Snap your fingers and all EXISTING states cease to exist and all their figureheads/bureaucrats also disappear…

10-20 years later, people will band together to share resources (eg: farmer coalition to ship goods to markets farther afield). Then someone threatens to rob those coalitions. Then someone becomes the “defender” of that coalition. Then that person becomes the new head of state.

Or, conversely, the robbers win and THEY become the new state.

Any time a person bares the power of enforcement of even MORAL rules (like contracts), they BECOME the state and serve that role.

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Josephus 6mo ago

#politics #violence #enforcement #philosophy #society #civilization #humannature

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Toxic Bitcoiner 6mo ago

Except it does change the “fundamental elements of human nature and the propensity towards violence” by making the defender of property (Bitcoin) asymmetrically more powerful than an attacker, thereby making violence an unprofitable endeavor.

Josephus 6mo ago

It REDUCES the effectiveness of violence. It does not change the base of human nature nor does it make violence suddenly cease to exist.

Even ignoring the obvious example of a mugger holding a victim at gunpoint demanding the contents of someone’s BTC wallet, there can be less than monetary reasons for force, like “revenge attacks” against a girl that rejected him.

Toxic Bitcoiner 6mo ago

I’m sorry you feel that way and don’t understand.

Josephus 6mo ago

YOU are the one that doesn’t understand. BTC is a wonderful product and technology. But it does not single-handedly solve all of our governance problems. You are acting delusional. Sound money solves MOST current problems, but not everything and you are acting like a “peace and love” hippy about it.