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Capitalism is highly dependent upon the state. This is easily demonstrated by the fact that without the state and the rule of law it enables property ownership, contracts and security of people and territory which underpin capitalism are not possible.

To translate that buzzword salad: "Pay me for pointing a gun at you, and in return I'll 'protect' the property I'm now leeching off."

State-sanctioned theft is an attack on rule of law as dictated by man's conscience. The professional agitator who raises the sales tax on gasoline nationwide is a billion times more destructive than the guy who loots only one gas station.

How about all the extortionists of the world just fuck off, and if someone earns money they can keep it?

I don't get it. I give someone $100, they give me 0.001 BTC, and then someone like you comes along demanding $20 for the Somali children because "society." Why?? Enough of the taxation bullshit. I don't care if it's been going on for thousands of years. Enough is enough.

People want to have government- it provides the rule of law and certainty that capital wants.

Remove government and the people clamour to replace it because they understand the nature of life without it is fucking chaos and law of the jungle.

Go live somewhere there is no government and report back

  • oh but you will not ever do that because you are a blatant hypocrit and are not insane &/or suicidal enough to actually go live by the Libertarian bullshit you preach.
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Go live somewhere there is no government and report back

You act like it's my fault. The gangs follow me. You don't let me leave.

I separated my money from the state, at least. And my wealth is infinitely safer as a result.

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Bullshit.
Nobody is stopping you from going somewhere there is no government except yourself and you self preservation instinct.
Because life without any government is fucking hard and you would not last 5 minutes fending for yourself.

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Try life with no Bitcoin.

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Bitcoin is a nice to have.
Good government is essential to prosperous capitalism.
Learn the difference or learn to enjoy poverty and disillusionment.

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11 sats \ 1 reply \ @ZhangJiao 9h

It's not just a "nice to have" when the alternative is the government ripping you off with a scam token.

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Yes it is.

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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @optimism 10h
Good government is essential to prosperous capitalism.

Can you expand this into an actual argument? Or even give an example of a good government?

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Scroll up through the preceding arguments for your answer.

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