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nishmastime | 6 years ago

Having more than one option is worth infinitely more to me than just one option I can vote on. It's not like the US dollar is going away. You present a simple example of false dichotomy rhetoric which hurts discussion and is uncharitable to the reasons someone could see the upsides of having Libra around.

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colechristensen|6 years ago

Libra becoming a significant amount of trade takes soverenty away from governments. Giving it to Facebook is not giving it to the people, it's transferring it to a corporation.

There's no dichotomy there, but straightforward transfer of soverenty to a corporation.

rock_hard|6 years ago

You could also argue that some competition in the currency space could lead to start governments to innovate again in that space