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Western militaries have bombed schools, hospitals, and weddings across the world, and by your stated logic in this post you are personally morally responsible for this. Maybe getting a late paycheck and W-2 can be called tit for tat!


I don’t think GP’s logic extends to what you claimed. I took their post as saying all those who are being personally enriched by cryptocurrencies have to acknowledge and take responsibility that the one of most widely adopted, global use cases for crypto is allowing the ransomware industry to mature. Your remark also assumes the poster is American. Assuming the morally dubious personal enrichment claim from GP, your statement would be true for anyone holding stock of Raytheon, Northrop Grumman, or Lockheed Martin, however.


By the username I assumed he was French, whose military frequently helps oppress and murder people across the MENA region.

Bitcoin is a currency, so no, any holder of any US or NATO allied regime's currency should be equally culpable as the currencies have their value rooted in military-enforced petrochemical trading monopolies. Dollars and francs both.




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