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Right-wing American libertarians in particular have this simplistic view that government control over anything is the root of all evil. Therefore the decentralized aspect of crypto must seem like a wet dream.

I believe the system where a semi-independent central bank has the ability to regulate the currency of the country is a good thing on the whole. It's the best balance of compromises we have seen actualized.

Having a fixed supply of digital coins seems more like a return to the old days where there was a fixed supply of gold and silver coinage. And that era was called the dark ages. A system with fractional reserve credit is much more conducive to economic growth and prosperity.



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