...I really don’t agree with that counter. Many, and probably most, governments on this earth today have divergent understandings of money and power. You can be rich in Russia, but that money can be easily rendered worthless by somebody pointing a gun at you or your family. There is no comfort in being rich if you are not politically connected, and even then you have to be more connected than the other guy otherwise you are dead. Stalin didn’t even carry a wallet; why bother when you can just say “see that rich guy? Kill him and bring me his money, I want to buy a bagel”.

In the U.S., there’s corruption and racism sure, but by and large money and power are congruent. The business community opposed Trumps’s response to Charlottesville because a rich black man stood up and said that’s not okay. That’s because democratic governments follow rules. You have green paper; here’s a coffee. Oh you’re black and it’s 1960? Let’s change the written rules so you can get coffee in any shop. Authoritarian governments have “rules” and rules. You have green paper? Too bad, you said something in newspaper and I am afraid of the government, so no coffee for you.

That’s what really grinds my gears about people breaking a societal paradigm like currency. Not just a fundamental misunderstanding of micro and macroeconomics (one guy on another thread said stealing money from a crypto exchange reduces the money supply and can be monetary policy), but also increasing the amount of societal chaos. How do you advance in life when common law will not protect your property?