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Lyn Alden · 157w
The Montana state legislature voted to ban TikTok in the state. The bill would prevent a company from allowing people in Montana to download the app. https://leg.mt.gov/bills/2023/billpdf/SB0419.pdf...
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I thought long about this over the weekend, as I visited some WWI internment camp memorials in the Canadian mountains. Immigrants from Eastern Europe were placed in work camps, not for being found guilty of a crime, but because they were "more likely" to be sympathetic to our adversary.

What happens if btc is framed as the currency of an adversarial state? Then those who hold it could be deemed as an enemy of the state. This is a narrative that I believe is possible, and one that a majority of people could believe.
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Paul · 157w
If this happens, the state that pushes bitcoin out will eventually cease to exist due to capital flight.
nostrich · 157w
They will inevitably bow the to taxability of it in a sea of diminishing tax revenue.
Captain Sarahtoshi Nakamoto · 157w
I seem to remember hearing about another group of people who didn't fear their government and got branded as 'enemies of he state'. I think they were called the "Founding Fathers". You've probably heard of 'em...