Bitcoin vs. The Military Industrial Complex
NBC News reports that the U. S. Military is "...studying digital currencies, like Bitcoin, to learn if they can be traced and to figure out how they are used by America's adversaries around the world." My goal here is to get you to think about how this strikes into the fundamental issues built into life in the United States, where so-called "terrorism" is programmed into mainstream media every hour, on the hour. Please note that this op-ed expresses opinions of the author, not necessarily shared by CCN. Where innovation through fascism is heralded, and grassroots innovations by the common....
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