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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is why we must focus on empowering all workers. There are situations where a leader/manager (not in the semse we know it) is necessary, but we must also be able to function without them.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

This is exactly why Bitcoin works. But it will be much harder to create a democracy than a currency

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does Bitcoin work? As anything other than scam?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Better than that, it can't break

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It would literally break if it replaced all currency. Transaction times would be either measured in months if that happened or bitcoin would consume 10x the current energy production of the entire earth.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bitcoin only consumes spare energy that couldn't be sold for a better price to someone else

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

In that case transactions would take months if not more making it effectively useless.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It can't? So pump and dump schemes are a feature not a bug?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Bitcoin doesn't care how much people price it in dollars

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

The people speculating on its worth do