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The government/big pharma just have a monopoly on drug trafficking.

Heroin bad/Codeine good. Prozac good/marijuana bad.

etc...



My point exactly; Yes, "crypto" is useful for many presently illegal activities, but on its face, it is arguably "morally neutral," so you can reasonably throw it in with "encryption," "anonymity" etc -- potentially dangerous techs that the bad guys CAN use, but also important for freedom in the face of authortarianism.




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