Great question! Wars did happen long before modern money printing — Saifedean has addressed this directly in his books and talks.
Under hard money (like the classical gold standard), governments c...
anyone who says something will me "no more wars" is delusional and living in a fantasy.
there will ALWAYS be war.
as for the refugee example that is also not acknowledging the reality.
warlords will simply torture everyone to give up their bitcoin whether they have any or not. and then kill everyone.
once you cease viewing human life with any value then you can quite happily tourture and kill 100 people on the chance 1 of them gives up their coin.
bitcoin is great and can change some things, but ultimately its just a currency and store of value. those that think it will usher in some sort of nirvana are deluded. quite frankly, a lot of it is cult-like
there will ALWAYS be war.
as for the refugee example that is also not acknowledging the reality.
warlords will simply torture everyone to give up their bitcoin whether they have any or not. and then kill everyone.
once you cease viewing human life with any value then you can quite happily tourture and kill 100 people on the chance 1 of them gives up their coin.
bitcoin is great and can change some things, but ultimately its just a currency and store of value. those that think it will usher in some sort of nirvana are deluded. quite frankly, a lot of it is cult-like
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