Electronic transactions, and even widespread use of cheques, are very new on the historical timescale. The current level of financial surveillance by the central government, that has been enabled by this technological shift, is unprecendented.

A permissionless and decentralized financial ledger holds the possibility of reversing this trend and restoring the more decentralized distribution of power that traditionally existed.

On a historical timescale, many things we take for granted, like centrally controlled currency, are very new.

> A permissionless and decentralized financial ledger holds the possibility of reversing this trend

OK, so let me repeat this for those that didn't get it the first time -

This is not what Stallman's trying to achieve and it's not something he thinks is a good idea. Whether you agree with this or not, that makes Monero a bad fit for his ends.

Transactions are only now taking place increasingly electronically. That's why only now are banks being moved into the position of police investigator and enforcer.

Whether gold is transacted in for daily items is a non sequitur. It is used. It's simply expensive to transport.

You've also ignored cash entirely.

To be honest I remain unconvinced at the weight of your counterargument.

Neatly ignoring the whole point of my posts, let me repeat -

"All of which is orthogonal to the point at hand - whether such things should enable such oversight. Stallman clearly feels they should."

And to repeat from my first post - "the sorts of privacy guarantee that are provided by things like monero are not what he wants."

Whether you feel he is right or wrong in that, Monero does not fit his requirements.