Ive been in the crypto verse now for two months. Im continually fascinated, intrigued and forced to ask the question of the role of government. Two people's perspective and expertise have particularly stimulated me - Andreas Antonopolus who speaks world wide on blockchain technology and Anarcho-Capitalist Jeff Berwick of Dollarvigilante.com.
I have loved the inability for government to monitor the blockchain, and I believe that every government will be forced to take some level of clear legislative adoption of different crytpcurrencies within their borders in the near future. What and how that happens...I have no idea.
This has brought up a bigger question for me in - what do I want the governments role in American culture to be. Do I want them setting culture or do I want them maintaining a landscape of choice and freedom. Is their role to set culture? Thats not what the founding documents say. The Constitution opens with
"We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America."
In fact go actually ready the Constitution and Declaration of Independence...
http://constitutionus.com
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/document/
I want a government that creates a landscape of peace and choice. I dont want my government telling me how I can live my life or even pressuring me to think a certain way. I dont want my government telling me whats "morally" acceptable...I want to be a big boy and make that call myself.
As the government takes on greater influence into our moral landscape, as the legislation increases, the "oversight" becomes tighter, we will only be led back to the Declaration of Independence...which in the very name is an overthrow of controlling entities and a move back to freedom.
If you have a social issue thats a make or break for you, no problem...you are welcome to live and die on that ship...I would encourage you however to use your brain in how you vote and more specifically what you want the role of the government to do. If its minimum wage, if its universal income or healthcare, if its your right to commerce....
You want the government to tell you whats right and wrong, you want the government telling you how much money you can make, you want the government telling you what and how to learn...you are welcome to that government, you just may not be free...
steem on, use your brain and #livebig