This is really evil propaganda. It tries to excuse the bad actions.
We must not excuse bad and evil wrongdoings.
Privacy is human right. Freedom is for everyone. Bitcoin is Freedom Money.
Everyone can use Bitcoin the way they want. Freedom of choice is for everyone.
Though, terrorists who use Bitcoin are not EXCUSED!
Criminals who kill with a knife are not excused for using a knife that is used in every house kitchen.
One thing I always respected about Tim May is how relentlessly unapologetic he was when it came to the darker side of cypherpunk technology.
Bitcoin, too, will be used by very bad people to do very bad things. Freedom has its price.
(Referenced post: https://cypherpunks.venona.com/date/1996/10/msg01269.html — but there are many like it.)
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