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Thank you for proving my point with an ad hominem. Clearly because I disagree with minimizing the emancipation of an entire race by comparing it to a software project, I am unqualified to make such a remark. What a fantastically logical argument you have there.

The important part that all this circlejerking seems to miss is that BitCoin has not accomplished ANYTHING yet. However everybody is ready to chalk it up as a humanity-changing experience with the article's comparison the most nauseating fucking example of worth inflation I have ever seen. If BitCoin ends up disrupting every currency in the world you MIGHT, repeat MIGHT, be able to make that claim.

But not a single moment sooner.

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This stuff is legitimately important. Being so dismissive of it is dangerous. We have a real shot at solving a problem thusfar unsolved. Also, its not just a software project, any more than the push for those things were just paper being signed. If you end up reading the article and disagreeing with my points, let me know.

Also, I am clear in the article that it is only if it succeeds will it be considered that.

I am not dismissive of the problem nor of BitCoin's potential. I am dismissive of you comparing BitCoin to some of humanity's greatest achievements like it has actually earned such a distinction. Maybe someday it will. Until then do not dare to put BitCoin in the same league as emancipation or women's suffrage.

Good grief. That is the most offensive thing I've read on Hacker News in ages. That you would even consider drawing the parallel is nauseating regardless of how you qualify your forward-looking statement. Simply by mentioning it you have already made the assertion and you know that. You are not stupid and you did it on purpose.

Disruption of currency will NEVER be an achievement for humanity on the scale of ending the suffering of a gender or a race. That opinion is seriously flawed.

> Disruption of currency will NEVER be an achievement for humanity on the scale of ending the suffering of a gender or a race.

Modern day fractional reserve currency is THE main tool being used to enforce our current servitude, a servitude that most people are unaware that they're in. Running into our fourth or fifth generation of inherited servitude makes it difficult for people to recognize their condition.

What is it said by Goethe?:

"None are so hopelessly enslaved as those who falsely believe they are free."

Your points might be interesting if they weren't the basic talking points for every whacko "banks are the problem" BitCoin discussion that seems to be coming up.

You are not going to find much sympathy in a community of people that society is rewarding well for programming ability. I hardly consider what I like to do at a healthy salary servitude, but if you want humanity to revert to hunter-gatherers in chaos, knock yourself out.

Meh. I agree with you that so far BitCoin hasn't changed squat, but even so, I'm not particularly interested in hearing you spout about how incensed you are.

The world would be a far better place if people spent less time being offended.

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