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by NaturalPhallacy 1666 days ago
Banks and payment processors have been our de facto shadow government for years now.

They cut off Wikileaks, the pirate bay, various kink/porn sites, and any entity they don't like really. Usually all it takes is a warning from them to completely shutdown an entity, or worse, force them to obey. Coinbase voluntarily doesn't deal in Monero for this reason for example.