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[–] lukewarm_ozone 20 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

All money is "entirely fake". The only difference is how big the value fluctuations are and to what degree you can exchange it for other currency. Crypto has a big problem with the former and minor problems with the latter, but generally speaking it's not much less real than, say, the US dollar.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 1 points 18 hours ago

When the value of your money is only measured by how much of a different currency you can exchange it for, and not it's actual purchasing power (which is 0 for 99.9% of all cryptocurrencies) then it's essentially fake money. Literally no different than the monopoly money Luigi was carrying around with him.

[–] futatorius@lemm.ee -1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The Democrats should issue a statement that they will ban this shit as soon as they're back in office. See what that does to the market cap.

But they won't because they are fucking spineless and have no fight in them.

[–] PrettyFlyForAFatGuy@feddit.uk 10 points 1 day ago (1 children)

the Covfefe in Chief will never allow another Democratic presidency

[–] Jumpingspiderman@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

You mean the billionaires who own Trump will never allow another Demicratic president nor Congressional majority. Rule of law and democracy, even the pale shadow of democracy we had, in the US is dead.

[–] capital_sniff@lemmy.world -1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

You can't pay taxes in crypto.

[–] GoodEye8@lemm.ee 7 points 22 hours ago

I'm pretty sure people in the EU can't pay their taxes in USD either, but it doesn't mean the US dollar is fake. Or it does mean that it's fake and all other currencies are also fake.

[–] Shteou@lemmy.world 9 points 1 day ago

I can't pay my taxes in rupees, but that's a legitimate currency.