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danaris

How To Fix Them:

1. Use A Bank

2. Admit That Cryptocurrency Only Solves Problems If You Like Crime

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1. Use A Bank

citizens of china, lebanon, and history would like a word ser

2. Admit That Cryptocurrency Only Solves Problems If You Like Crime

if crime is the ability for the average internet user to custody their own money and to use it however they want without intermediary, then I would assume most enjoy crimes winkwink

a good tell if one is on the right side of history or not, is whether they support the free flow of capital and the rights of individuals to own their own money/capital.. or not ;)

If the cost of enabling some banking for a small subset of people in countries with terrible governments is also enabling absolutely massive fraud, rampant speculation, and a transfer of wealth from less-financially-literate people to wealthy hucksters, then I think we need to find a better way to help the people in those countries.

"Those people need help; this helps them; ergo, we must do this" is not sound logic.

1. You are from Africa, how will you use your money without banks, eh? 2. Not at all. In this logic, everyone who is a prisoner, 100% guilty?

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