Oddbean new post about login | logout Why was it illegal for private citizens to own gold in the Soviet Union?
Why was it in America?
To further a socialist agenda lol
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.