The thing with these technologies is they are complete game changers.
THE INERNET a perfect means of spying on everybody. All of their communications, all of their shopping, everything. Also, the perfect means to share everything about the govern-cement. When everyone can speak to everyone, lies become apparent. And since, by and large, the govern-cement is the one who is lying, and the one who has always stayed in power by propaganda, well, the internet cuts both ways.
BITCOIN an easy way to send wealth to anyone on the planet. But, it also records all transactions. It has to, in order to say which address has how many tokens. That ledger is now all in one place. Perfect for those who want to know where the tokens are going. But also perfect for all the people that rely on their tokens being theirs.
The govern-cement watches all the internet traffic. They have many man-in-the-middle boxes installed. (and yes, they are black) So, since any token transaction requires a couple communications, then those communications can be used to track a person. Even through a VPN.
The thing is, if it was or wasn't developed by the govern-cement, the cat is out of the bag now. And, all of us honest people who have not much to hide gain greatly from its existence. The govern-cement who wants to stay a dark evil entity cannot stand the light being shined in its corner.
Remember, the IRS is a terrorist organization. All the money you send there gets thrown in a furnace. All they exist for is to keep people in fear, and extort as much of their pay check as possible. If 1% of the people started revolting, they would be too swamped to do anything.
It's interesting that you mention the internet, because I was going to mention that also. The names we use, inter-net and world wide web seem to hint at the original intent was always to capture information. If I had developed the internet, knowing what it does, I feel I would sooner have called it something like the information grid, or communications matrix. Why the need for the words net and web which allude to this sense of trapping or capturing something?
Now, with that in mind, I wonder why the thing we refer to as a blockchain is referred to as a blockchain? Knowing what function this technology serves, would this be the name you would have come up with if you were not looking for it? It seems an interesting decision to call the packets of data "block," and the word chain being used here over string or another word that doesn't imply a type of bondage, also seems rather deliberate.
I thoroughly disagree with this. I hope that you will read the post I am about to write and then we can continue this discussion and see if you still feel the same way about that statement.
Oh yes, I too have reservations about the statement, but I am looking at it from the biggest perspective. In the short run, many people will be hurt by the state. But, in the long run, the honest do not need to fear the truth.
I will read your next post, as long as I have internets.