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tuco | 4 months ago (raw) | export | reply | flag +4 
 Why would any politician risk his/her only way of existence by supporting anything remotely related to financial independence or preservation of value?

#asknostr #anarchy #parasites #bitcoin #monero
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shyguy | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 i guess this is a rhetorical question. of course they would not. they are more about to restrict and eventually ban there own state cash money. now why would they embrace some fancy cryptocurrencies like #bitcoin and #monero which are both permissionless and can operate outside of the regulated and surveiled financial system? if people want pernissioned money and want to subject themselves to surveillance, capital controls, taxes and inflation (which is also a tax) they are free to do so. politicians will welcome this. if politicians would endorse XMR / BTC they could just as well stop surveiling, controlling, taxing and inflating lol
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SaberhagenTheNameless | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Exactly. 

And even if they did support it...why would they allow us peons the same privileges? 

You can bet that shit would be under heavy regulations to the general populace.
Only allowed to use it legally with "approved custodians", blacklists, fully surveilled, and taxed to hell.
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MAHDOOD | 4 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 They would not unless it was to undermine you later. You can have your financial independence as long as coinbase and robinhood are holding it for you.