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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.
    wing-_-nuts · 1789656577 · focus · HN ↗
    Man I always love the straw men you guys stand up to fight this. More taxes = socialism, and not nordic socialism, no, actually, communism. Therefore mass death / genocide. Ok. Sure jan.
    philipallstar · 1789658034 · focus · HN ↗
    Nordics are not socialist[0]. Socialism is central planning and control, sometimes created out of mass killings[1] [2], and often creating many deaths just from incompetent central mismanagement[2] [3] or grisly bureacratic rules[4].
    [0] <a href="https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/denmark-tells-bernie-sanders-to-stop-calling-it-socialist" rel="nofollow">https://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/denmark-tells-...
    [1] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_under_Joseph_Stalin" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Excess_mortality_under_Joseph_...
    [2] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khmer_Rouge
    [3] <a href="https://historyincharts.com/chinese-death-totals-great-leap-forward/" rel="nofollow">https://historyincharts.com/chinese-death-totals-great-leap-...
    [4] <a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-34667551" rel="nofollow">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-34667551
    IAmBroom · 1790079215 · focus · HN ↗
    An awful lot of links, none of which define "socialism". Your point remains: "I think socialism is the same as communism."

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