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As someone who's family is affected by the Iran sanctions regime I think that Bitcoin being useful to circumvent it is a rather wonderful thing.


As someone who doesn't like it when Iran threatens to murder me and my people, I don't like that they hire terrorists to attack the world oil system while chanting death to me.

Crazy, I know.


So the benefit of controllable finance systems is not that they eliminate violence and suffering, only that the powerful can decide who is to bear it.


Government =/= people affected by sanctions.




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