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If we can create , then we can destroy just as easily.


It's not enough to 'destroy' money, you'd have to prevent it from reappearing. Since it's easy for communities to create 'money', destroying it won't bring any freedom or radical change; just disruption.

It's just as with anarchy - you can destroy government, but you can't prevent "government"(s) from springing up to replace them, and usually worse than the ones before.


It's not enough to 'destroy' money, you'd have to prevent it from reappearing.

If you can't get rid of drugs and prostitution, you won't be able to get rid of money.


History has shown that black markets are extremely resilient. Those two are great examples.


Idiotic equivalence. There are very few processes that can be reversed just as easily.

Radiation, waste heat, carbon dioxide - the list goes on and on.


Markets are powerful.




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