macromage

For anyone reading along at home, this is one of the oldest and most standard anti-union talking points. #1 on the list, in fact. [1]

[1] http://www.bankableinsight.com/ways-unions-hurt-the-economy....

[2] http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2011/03/17/unions-harmful-wor...

I don't see how that relates to the point you were making. Clarify?

> Bitcoin as a currency is fairly useless unless you're buying drugs or you're a botnet operator

You claim that Bitcoin is useless. This was to justify the point you made before (nothing will settle in Bitcoin) or maybe as a cheap dig. Either way, your statement as it stands is worded to be condescending and confusing.

It's like saying "Mouthwash is fairly useless unless you don't want bad breath." Turns out, the market for people who don't want bad breath is pretty big. Calling it useless is wrong.

Fairly useless unless you're part of a roughly $1-trillion dollar[1] global industry, you mean?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_drug_trade - Take the 2003 figure as a % of world GDP, apply to today's world GDP.