--On Tuesday, January 21, 2014 7:14 PM +1000 "James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:
Kelly John Rose wrote:
Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency, the free and democratic world has aircraft carriers, tanks and cruise missiles.
"James A. Donald" <jamesd@echeque.com> wrote:
As I said before, there are too many people in the ruling elite, and they do not like or trust each other.
On 2014-01-21 10:34, Steve Jones wrote:
This is just nonsense. The political elite can easily rely on their footsoldiers to enforce the law,
Suppose the political elite are not in agreement
But they are in agreement. And that's not really the point anyway. I'm asking what practical means would governments use to deal with bitcoin if it becomes a real problem for them. - and they are
finding it harder and harder to get agreement. They tell their footsoldiers to implement the policy, and tell their footsoldiers to not implement the policy - and suddenly the footsoldiers are kingmakers, making the ruling elite nervous.
This is already happening with "asylum seekers".