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a6e7bf3a | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +3 
 This is a nice sentiment but not realistic. 
Every single country in the world has a central bank cos that’s the only way they can control their currency. No Govt in their right minds is going to let go of that. For the foreseeable future we live in a world of central banks. Individuals can opt out of the system with BTC but not governments.  We’ve got to work in this framework.
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TheGuySwann | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 It is neither a sentiment nor unrealistic. It’s a simple fact, there is no such thing as economic freedom when there is a central bank. Period. They are axiomatically opposed. How anyone feels about it is meaningless.
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Séimí Mac Síomón | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Armchair communists (which are the only kind presumably given that anyone that has lived through it seems to have nothing but bad things to say) don't realise that we don't have free market capitalism as long as central banks exist. It's more like comminism with extra steps. They don't realise that they are attacking a system that more closely resembles the very thing that they are advocating for.
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a6e7bf3a | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 I’m not advocating for a central bank. I’m just saying they aren’t going any for the foreseeable future.
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choke_this | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Governments will start opting out…do you think CFA Africa will continue the status quo, South America will be perpetual IMF debt slaves?
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a6e7bf3a | 3 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I’m not sure. My feeling is that governments don’t see central banks as a negative. They see it as the only way of controlling their own currency. And monetary policy. As long  as sovereign fiat currency is around central banks will remain to control it.