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Indirectly. You are processing their transactions.



This drug argument is silly. Dollars are still the main culrpit in drug deals. They still account for the majority of drug transactions in the world.


That’s not an effective rebuttal.

First: Blockchain transactions are only accepted when they’re added to the blockchain, so participating in the blockchain necessarily directly enables the drug (etc.) transactions in a way which isn’t true for fiat or commodity currencies.

(I happen to have the opinion that almost all drugs should be legally available in some form for personal use, but that’s a different argument; partly but not solely because I think legalisation will help to stop criminals getting the money).

Second: inverting group membership like that is poor logic.

Consider for example, that the fruit of atropa belladonna is poisonous. The fact that most poison isn’t derived from belladonna does not change this.


Also worth noting:

Even if you believe that all drugs should be legal for informed personal use, that doesn't change the predatory and destructive nature of drug dealers and cartels in the system as it exists today. If you want to support personal, recreational use of drugs, the ethical, responsible way to do that is through campaigning for reform of our laws, not through enabling and funding violent organized crime groups that profit massively off keeping people so addicted they can't function in society.


Indeed, but I thought I was already a bit too far into that tangent.


Oil is a terrible drug.


It certainly is if you're an environmentalist. Or an Iraqi.


This is just factually wrong. Its literally equivalent to saying by holding us dollars you are funding the drug industry.




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