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Rich Nost | 5 days ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +1 
 What is the best steelman'ed argument you have against "bitcoin is a scam"? I literally seize up at how staggeringly dense this statement is and how confidently it is declared.
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BTC_P2P | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Scams aren’t free open source software. That is not the angle scammers take.
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9ueer | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 any scammy behaviors related to Bitcoin are a Layer 2, and function only because the collaborative effort maintaining the network makes Bitcoin valuable.

is USD a scam? or is it scam enabling because it functions to transfer value?
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noisevault | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 There is no way to respond to this really.    If they are open to learning then the right things to say are obvious. But if the statement itself is really spoken? Very little chance of breaking through.
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ede3d957 | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Fiat is a bigger scam
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ede3d957 | 5 days ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 You can not change deluded peoples minds. You need to speak to them like the media does.

If both are scams... "Choose the lesser eveil" like in politics.