ferdo

> Name a time and place where you'd rather live than today in the western world.

Fiji, circa 16th century.

Maybe you could submit a video of someone doing a dramatic reading of the Patriot Act as a counterpoint.

> "The distrust of the political system is unhealthy," he says.

Tell that to the dead souls of the Jewish, Russian/kulak, Native American, Cambodian, Central American and hundreds of other communities that were beneficiaries of these State-centered political systems that Sunde supports.

Trusting politicians and political systems is unhealthy. Healthy behavior is antithetical to politics.

> if you can't buy BitCoin in your native currency legally

My native currency is now Bitcoin. ;)

The first altcoin to utilize and implement M-of-N-signatures will take over. Bitcoin is close but not quite.

China likes Bitcoin because the USG doesn't. As long as that dynamic holds, Bitcoin is safe in China.

Unlike the US, a hundred million+ internet users in China are already accustomed to digital money through the use of the now defunct Q coin.

It makes no difference to me if Bitcoin stays fringe or goes mainstream. It's value will continue to increase as long as it finds uses all over the globe, with or without the blessing of the USG.

And as more dollars come into existence, they'll continue to be worth less in comparison to Bitcoin's fixed supply.

Also, the accumulated transactional value of Bitcoin is increasing. All of the fees and other costs associated with moving money are being lost by banks and other agencies.

> Step 1: make Bitcoin exchanges illegal to operate. There is no Step 2.

Step 2 is moving my Bitcoin business to a country that's not afraid of Bitcoin.