• Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.socialOP
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    1 day ago

    So do we just not stop crime?

    We need some concentration of power as long as there are checks and balances to keep them in place.

    The police in the Netherlands have a concentration of power. But they can’t abuse that power because other powers keep them in place.

    You want a separation of powers holding each other accountable.

    No concentration of power is just anarchy

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      1 day ago

      Did you read all the way through? I think I made that exact point, although in less detail.

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        21 hours ago

        I don’t understand the point you were trying to make in the message I responded to.

        I fail to see the benefit Crypto brings us. It gives us some desensitisation, but we already have that, I can open bank accounts in different counties, even have secret bank accounts etc.

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          3 hours ago

          I get that the internet is for fighting, but can’t I just point out the pros and cons of both sides? That’s what I was going for.

          The only thing I was really arguing with is the specific way you compared banning (?) crypto and surveillance.