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I wonder how real currencies existed before central banks...

As opposed to what? Billion dollars of taxpayer bail out because government have no incentive and have no idea how to run a commercial enterprise efficiently. If a private company fails on its obligation you can sue. If public company fail not only can't you sure but you have to pay more taxes to bail it out. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2014/09/30/munic...

"That site was created by Taxpayers Protection Alliance which a Koch front group." So what? Ad hominem fallacy?

When the municipal broadbands fail taxpayers are on the hook for million dollars bail outs. https://www.forbes.com/sites/patrickgleason/2014/09/30/munic...

Government running commercial enterprises. Now that's a recipe for success! http://munibroadbandfailures.com/

When has the Russian government ever said the US was the enemy? The only saber rattling sound is coming from Washington.

You could say a lot worse about many US allies. Saudi Arabia anyone? Human rights are irrelevant when the US government decides who is an enemy and who is an ally.

How about none of them? Your premise is wrong.

Except Russia doesn't give a rat's ass about little you. The NSA on the other hand...

What a wonderful Orwellian world we live in! Government agencies that develop dangerous hacking tools which end up in the wild are the good guys and the anti-virus company who finds them out is the vilain of the story.

An adblocker is not a tool which can be used to "circumvent technological restrictions" on accessing other, unrelated copyrighted content. It is a tool to restrict access to content.

> Do you deny that these sorts of claims are made, or that they're just a bit delusional?

You don't seem to understand what constitutes a proof. Deifying yourself is hardly an irrational strategy for a dictator. It's an easy way to ensure obedience. The roman emperors did just that and so did Staline to some extent. All that matters is whether your people will buy it.

> Also, BTW, did you really create an account only to argue on behalf of Kim Jong-Un? How interesting.

Sounds like you are running out of argument since that's hardly relevant. I felt compelled to educate a redneck's binary view of foreign policy probably shaped by years of watching Fox News and Hollywood action movies. Futile I know, given that most Americans can't even place NK on a map.

> the numbers get larger among children of dictators whose parents bequeathed them a massive security apparatus

Except his predecessors all had exactly the same behaviour. So either they were all crazy yet managed to build that massive security apparatus and perpetuate their regime. Or, more likely, you have never bothered to put yourself in their shoes to consider that this might be their optimal strategy (hint: Irak, Libya, Syria).

You claimed earlier to have proofs that the NK leadership is crazy. Where are they?

Few irrational people attain position of power and even fewer retain it. The conquest and perpetuation of power requires rationality and the ability to strategize. You are the one making claims thus the burden of proof is on you. What proof do you have that the NK leadership is crazy? Because the media and the US government says so? Have you ever tried to put yourself in their shoes and identify their motives? How do you know their behaviour is not a rational strategy to perpetuate their regime for as long as possible?

Assuming that your enemy is crazy is just intellectual lazyness. If you can't explain the behaviour of your enemy then it's probably because your understanding of his motives is lacking.