Oddbean new post about login | logout No. To propagate authoritarianism.
Yup lol authoritarian socialism definitely doesn't exist and definitely doesn't rely on coercive theft of wealth from citizens. Really solid points
That is not what I am saying. I am saying that authoritarian policy doesn't mean it's a socialist policy. All colors of authoritarian benefit from soft money.
People always talk about this non-authoritarian socialism... care to share an example? The question was will socialism exist on a Bitcoin standard. You answered yes. If you're talking about utopian bottom-up socialism, ok then maybe. But that's also never existed at any meaningful scale. Top-down socialism - aka authoritarian socialism - necessarily requires coercive private property theft by the state. Bitcoin makes that untenable.
Norway? Sweden?
Relies on theft. Relies on theft.
You say that. To a country with incredibly high metrics and happiness rankings... Ok.
And yes, I suppose that as an anarchist I so mean bottom up socialism. In a Bitcoin standard that makes life fair, I expect plenty will want to chip in for things that benefit others over themselves.