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 #Bitcoin cannot truly set us free until we abolish Income Taxes, Social Security, Medicare, The Fed, and the Fake Fiat Debt.

You can disagree and bitch and moan about it all you want, but the Truth doesn’t care. 
 then...was it really bitcoin that set us free?

i think you missed the point

bitcoin makes those irrelevant 
 Hopium doesn’t change the Truth. 
 and what you mean is "doesn't change Reality"

which is also wrong 
 One way or another Marxist Clown World brainwashing has to be reversed, which includes everything I mentioned.

#Bitcoin needs fertile soil to grow in

Which is just The Truth.

It’s fine if you disagree. The Truth doesn’t care. 
 you'll never see the end of medicare and social security.  In fact those programs are great, or they would be great, without fiat inflation.  But because the currency is being debased people are paying into the system their whole lives and when it's time to take advantage of those benefits their value is destroyed.

If you think that being "free" means free of your debt to society and the need for you to pull your weight (and then a little more), you're mistaken.

Bitcoin will not free you from that.  
 The “programs” are bankrupt and completely disconnected from economic reality and accountability. 

Your assumptions about what I think couldn’t be less accurate and have nothing to do with my OP.

#Bitcoin is not compatible with systemic theft, which is what all Govt programs are 
 they are disconnected because of fiat debasement, that was my point.  And I am not responding to what I assume you think I am responding to what you said.

You have a debt to society and any civilization you live in will require some of your energy to repay that debt.  Bitcoin will never change that. 
 Whatever “debt” you speak of that I may or may not owe to your nebulous “society” in no way justifies systemic theft. 

“Society” is not my Master, and we are not its Slaves. 

Taxes and money printing are theft. If you disagree, you’re just being logically and ethically dishonest. 
 also, society is not a nebulous concept.  If you study history you'll find that groups of people have been organizing into groups we call societies, which are typically characterized by a shared language, shared laws, shared culture, and so on.

Another thing you will discover, if you study some history, is that societies have been killing each other as long as there has been history.  In fact the history of human civilization is mostly the history of war.

Before the industrial revolution wars were pretty cheap to fight, and taxes were low.  That's because wars were fought mostly with raw manpower.  You had to feed an army, and equip them, transport them, train them, but relatively it was pretty cheap.

But after industrialization societies required more energy and economic power to defend themselves or wage war on other societies.  And as a result, taxes went up.  

Most successful societies eventually become over-extended regionally, or more recently, globally.  When that happens the society debases it's currency.

It happens again and again.  So much that you can say it's the default behavior for a society.

If you imagine some magical world where there is no war and all 8 billion humans all get along and trade with free markets in a global society with rule of law and property rights, that's great.  That's the world we would all like to see.

But to think this is somehow easy to achieve is naive.  Human civilization is a difficult thing for us.  We try.  Sometimes we do well for a little while, but it usually turns to shit and we all start killing each other again.

If you think that your life was not facilitated by the society you live in then you are again naive.  The debt you own to society is the same debt you owe to your family, your friends, you community, you country, and the human race in general.

Are taxes theft?  Sure, you can define them that way.  They are taken by force so they fit the definition.  But the idea of a global society without taxes is a very long way from reality and if you think bitcoin is going to usher in that world in a few decades you're naive, again.

Your position sounds to me like "You're taking my money that's not fair and so you shouldn't do that" and that somehow that can just happen.

The world is a complex place, societies are complex, and the idea that you'll live in a world without taxes is naive.
 
 I’m not reading all that. 

Our “government” that represents society creates no value for our tax dollars. It is pure unadulterated theft and parasitism. 

It all needs to be abolished and we need a complete reset starting fresh with first principles. 

Thou shalt not steal, accurate and honest weights and measures, etc… 
 Who's government are you talking about?  You are assuming I live in the same society as you?

Also not surprised you don't want to read.  You don't seem very well read. 
 You seem like a mental gymnast trying to escape the Truth. 
 what truth do you imagine i am trying to escape? 
 Also be careful what you wish for.  A "reset" of society is something history has shown us happens quite often.  Very seldom does it go well.  Typically it involves lots of death, suffering, starvation, disease, and a dramatic decrease in the quality of life for those in the society. 
 Money printing is theft.  If you think your country can exist without taxes then you've probably never had another country invade yours.