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		seibelj on June 21, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Where are all the crypto use cases? Aren't drug dealers in the US and Europe using paper currency? Shouldn't we outlaw that so the government can track everything?

anon2020dot00 on June 21, 2022 [–]

The previous argument was that crypto will be a bane to authoritarian governments; I'm just pointing out that crypto can also assist authoritarian governments.

I never said to outlaw crypto or paper currency but I just brought-up that crypto is just a tool that can be used against and for such governments.

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