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>by definition you can't shut down things like Bitcoin)

Tomorrow, the US government could declare that no US company can do business with Bitcoin or enable someone to do business. Effectively declare sanctions (similar to North Korea) against the entire ecosystem.

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Famously, the US banned alcohol and drugs and some states even banned homosexuality. In none of those cases did it work out as intended. The only meaningful outcome was the destruction of individual liberties. Hmm, maybe that was the real goal all along.

King Biden can do this without due process?

The courts have traditionally been very deferential to national security-based arguments. Whether you agree or not (I’m mixed), that’s the situation on the ground.

The Supreme Court has gotten way more libertarian recently.

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