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Neovim have a ~$800k Bitcoin donation sitting untouched since 2023

320 points · 277 comments · jakemanger

DataDive · 1789652120 · focus · HN ↗
What happens if some of those tax the unrealized gains bills pass in some country where they have obligations?
They would have to either pay the tax on gains or write off losses.
1. philipallstar · 1789652603 · focus · HN ↗
  Surely only an absolute lunatic would pass that sort of law. And by then it's too late, because it's Socialism with extra steps.
  1. IAmBroom · 1789653089 · focus · HN ↗
    Oh, no, not Socialism! That's worse than attending a Macklemore concert!
    kriops · 1789654587 · focus · HN ↗
    Macklemore concerts didn't kill 100 million people at minimum.
    tancop · 1789657938 · focus · HN ↗
    Communism is not socialism. What Stalin, Mao and Kim Il-sung did was wrong because they did basically the exact opposite of a socialist policy, centralizing power out of workers hands and taking all surplus value into the central government instead of distributing it.
    They all turned into paranoid dictators who did everything they could to stay in power, except for Mao who got lied to by other party leaders and regretted it in his final years. None of them represent what socialism really is. Tankies who worship them are a small minority.
    philipallstar · 1789685177 · focus · HN ↗
    You've got spot the pattern though, right?
    Someone says they're going to make everything equal and they just need enough power to do it. Trouble is, that requires all the power, and a) the halfwits who end up in power are nowhere near as good as the people doing the work and taking the risks at deciding what to do and how to do it and b) the people who want all the power can just say that and the credulous believe them.

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