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 Practically I agree, but it is a cop out answer.  Your response sounds like everyone I tell about Bitcoin.  Why not just keep the system we have, it's worked well so far. 

It would be practically difficult to implement what I'm describing, but I don't think that makes it fundamentally the wrong idea.  Lots of great ideas are going to be difficult to implement......but very worth it(Bitcoin, private roads, minarchy in general etc.)

Well someday we'll get into this in person😂.  Thanks for the rousing debate.  I'll agree to disagree.  

 
 The monetary system is stealing from people & destroying society, dividing sports into men & women's divisions protects people & expands participation. I don't think the comparison makes any sense. 
 segregating criminals away from good people is the same principle

good boundaries are vital for growth, and the most important ones are very abstract in nature 
 💯, but criminals are segregated by decisions they made not by their natural composition. 
 habits are nearly as solid as bones, in the decadent 
 What? 
 english, do you speak it? 
 Yeah maybe not the best comparison