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		colordrops on Nov 30, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin ‘Ought to Be Outlawed,’ Nobel Prize Winner... Maybe not "buying stuff" unless you truly need it would be a boon to the environment. Endless growth is for cancer, not the economy.

username223 on Nov 30, 2017 [–]

Agreed, but I kinda like buying food and shelter, and it's much easier to do so with dollars or euros than with barter goods or magic digital beans.

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